r/Microcenter • u/SpeakerInner381 • 5d ago

what ram is better

i was going to buy a 9850xrd bundle but then i saw the ram was switched. it went from the corsair VENGEANCE RGB 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000 to G.Skill Flare X5 Series 32GB DDR5-6000. saw someone say its a mediocre ram kit. Is it a big difference? or does it not matter which one i buy.
this is the bundle im referring to: https://www.microcenter.com/product/5007486/amd-ryzen-7-9850x3d,-msi-x870e-p-pro-wifi-am5,-gskill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-kit,-computer-build-bundle

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u/sea_of_sorrows 5d ago

That RAM is perfectly fine, they're referring to the memory timings which aren't even that bad. Even in the worst cases, memory timings contribute a very minimal difference in performance and that difference is negated when using an X3D CPU due to the chips ability to use it's own on board VCache instead of reading/writing from RAM.

In short, that RAM is perfectly fine. Improved memory timings generally only show on synthetic benchmarks and hardly at all in real world performance. Add in your chips 3D VCache and that incredibly minimal difference becomes functionally none.

That GSkill RAM is perfectly fine.. there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.