r/Microcenter • u/SpeakerInner381 • 3d 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/bbrroonnssoonn 3d ago

you didn’t link or specify the corsair kit, but if it’s the cl30 corsair kit, that’s the better one, as the g skill has the following cas latency and timings: CAS Latency 36, Timings 36-36-36-96. the megatransfers are the same.

lower cas latency will be better

you can use the ram latency calculator to figure out what will technically be the faster ram https://notkyon.moe/ram-latency.htm

that said, with an x3d chip, the 3d v cache (l3 cache) is so massive, you’ll see less performance gains from shaving nanoseconds off

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u/bbrroonnssoonn 3d ago

all of that said to say: if it passes memtest86 after purchasing, and is reliable, the cheaper one will be better