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[HELP] New PC, confused with board and ram
Specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
GPU: ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER OC 16GB
Display: Dell Alienware AW3225QF
PSU: be quiet! Straight Power 12 1000W ATX 3.0
CASE: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower
COOLER: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360
Board: ?
Memory: ?
As for the board, i am VERY lost. Really no clue what asus has been thinking when they came up with so many options where it's so difficult finding any difference between the products...
ROG STRIX B650-A GAMING WIFI
ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING WIFI
ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WIFI
ROG STRIX X670E-A GAMING WIFI
ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI
ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI
ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO
ROG CROSSHAIR X670E EXTREME
All of the above boards use ATX except the last one using EATX where i don't know if that's compatible with the Corsair 4000D Airflow Tower.
The first three boards use the AMD B650 chipset, the rest AMD X670.
Both seem compatible with the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D.
Additionaly all boards use dual memory according to the specs page of the manufacturer.
I imagine that 650 is simply an older generation where 670 is the latest one, but i couldn't find any 660.
If you're going to explain things please be precise and detailed.
Basically i've got eight boards to chose from, just why asus, why?
Some of the boards don't support spatial audio, what is that and should i care?
Help me decide which board is the optimal choice, thank you for your service.
As for memory i'm convinced corsair is a good choice. Particularly Corsair Vengeance DDR5 2x16GB CL?
The specs page of the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D says:
Max Memory Speed:
2x1R
DDR5-5200
2x2R
DDR5-5200
4x1R
DDR5-3600
4x2R
DDR5-3600
Does that mean the cpu won't work with any ram above 5200 or will it work but not fully utilize it?
Specificaly the "2x1R", etc confuses me. What does that mean?
What ram would be optimal for the cpu and the dedicated board?
I'd like a very responsive memory, guess that's what they call timing? (CL latency)