ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 ATX Motherboard question

reddwarf4ever said:

This memory is £77 in the UK is there an alternative

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Found this £39 Wil this be good
G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory

If the RAM configurator said it's OK... then it's OK.


Here... the RAM configurator found this for 3600Mhz 2x8GB sets...

RAM Configurator - G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd. <--- pick one of these.


I'd need the model number for the RAM to check if it's on the list.
For example... this is a GSkill model number... F4-3600C18D-16GTZRX


58 pounds... G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (F4-3600C18D-16GTZRX) - PCPartPicker

39 pounds... G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (F4-3600C18D-16GVK) - PCPartPicker


These are both on the list.



These are the proper choices for your motherboard and CPU (APU in your case)...

Thankyou are these both as good ?

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The one I found is F4-3600C18D-16GVK

Wonder which is best don't need rgb

reddwarf4ever said:

Thankyou are these both as good ?

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The one I found is F4-3600C18D-16GVK

Wonder which is best don't need rgb

They're all good. The ones with the lowest timings are the... "good stuff".

The frequency (3600Mhz) is like the muzzle velocity of a gun... it's a fixed number.
The timings however, are like the person shooting the gun... how fast they can reload and fire again.

So, as you can see... with the same muzzle velocity... the lower timings will get you a LOT more bullets coming out of the gun, in the same length of time.

So when we talk about RAM "speed", we have to consider the muzzle velocity of the gun (frequency in Mhz), AND the speed of the person shooting the gun (the timings - lower is faster for timings).

There's also limits. The frequency can only get so high, and the timings can only get so low.... before things become unstable.
Ofc, the manufacturers test their RAM. They check how high they can get the frequency, and how low they can get the timings. Then they calculate the price accordingly.

That's why 3600Mhz RAM with lower timings, costs more than 3600Mhz RAM with higher timings.

Thank you