building a new system - primarily for P3D.

Asus rog maximus xi formula is my MB choice. case and fans are all corsair so I'd like to go with corsair ram for the rgb compatibility. 

I think I am going with the Dominator Platinum RGB. Problem is, I cannot decide what configuration, speed etc. I know I want at least 32GB total. 

Now, the decisions.... 3000, 3200, 3600..... 2x16, 4x8, 4x16.  4x8 will look the best but I know won't perform as well as 2 x16. 4 x 16 would be best but $$$$$.I currently have 2 x16 3200 in my current system so don't think I would want to go lower than that. 

Any input? 

avi8tir,

I really do not know just what you are chasing, ie performance or prettiness.

I personally think that if your current RAM is reliable, it certainly is more than adequate for now and well into the future. 

I have no idea what your GPU is, but, again personally, I would be investing the RAM changeover money into upgrading the GPU or CPU as everything else appears to be right up there.

Regards

Tony

Personally I'd go with 2x16GB, the fewer components the better.

As for the speed, well, that depends on both frequency and latency.  A lot of the higher frequency RAM has higher latency so the effective "speed" ends up being the same as a slightly lower frequency.  There's a formula you can use to determine the effective speed, just search for it online.

Dave

55 minutes ago, himmelhorse said:

avi8tir,

I really do not know just what you are chasing, ie performance or prettiness.

I personally think that if your current RAM is reliable, it certainly is more than adequate for now and well into the future. 

I have no idea what your GPU is, but, again personally, I would be investing the RAM changeover money into upgrading the GPU or CPU as everything else appears to be right up there.

Regards

Tony

This is for a new build. GPU will be RTX 2080ti. My current i7-6700k build has 2x16 DDR 3200. Prettiness is part of it.... I'd rather have 4 sticks of 8GB as long as it won't impact performance in a major way.

avi8tir,

OK, I am with you.

I think, for a start, depending on your choice of processor, you are going to be talking about DDR4 RAM as opposed to DDR3 with your current system. In this case, your DDR3 RAM IS disposable.

I would go with your Corsair choice and start with 2 x 16 sticks.  This gives you room for an upgrade in the future, whereas 4 x 8 (granted, will look great) means that to upgrade later you have to replace the lot. As with all things COMPUTER, look to the future upgrades.

Hope this helps

Tony 

8 hours ago, avi8tir said:

This is for a new build. GPU will be RTX 2080ti. My current i7-6700k build has 2x16 DDR 3200. Prettiness is part of it.... I'd rather have 4 sticks of 8GB as long as it won't impact performance in a major way.

I should buy one more 2x8gb 32000mhz kit and run 4x8 gb , try to find a kit with similar timings , when i had a 6700k i run it with differnt mem combos first 2x4gb 3877mhz then 2x16 Gskill 3600mhz c15  finally  4x8gb 3600mhz C15

it was mixed kits one 2x8 3600 c15 G-Skill and second 2X8 3600 c16 G-Skill run them all with xmp from the c15 kit 

I suppose that we tailk DDR4 with your current 6700K system, DDR3 3200 2x8gb kit most be very hard to find.

Edited August 18, 20196 yr by westman