Hello, everyone! I just joined the AMD family with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. I just purchased 32GB of DDR5, but I’m afraid I might have made a mistake with the DDR5. I’m looking for some help to reassure me about my purchase.
I bought the G.Skill 2x16GB DDR5-6000 (F5-6000J3636F16GX2-FX5).
I’m a little lost as this is my first time with AMD after 20 years with Intel/Nvidia.
That DDR5 set sounds fine, and I bet it was expensive too. Memory prices have in some cases tripled from a year ago. Do you have it installed and running now? Have you tried to enable AMD EXPO in the motherboard BIOS settings?
From my personal experience with AM5 systems, you made a good choice with your RAM option. For some time I have only bought G.Skill and ADATA (XPG) RAM. Reliable, more accessible (when it still was), and purrs all the way with EXPO enabled.
Nothing wrong with your kit. I know many who are using G.Skill Flare X5. It also has very good RAM clearance when using an air cooler. It will last you a very long time. I don’t think consumers will adopt DDR6, any time soon, when it eventually arrives.
I also won’t be concerned with it being CL36. I have a CL30 kit, and another person with a CL36 kit are getting results very close to mine during long gaming sessions.
Be happy, have a good time. I mean, you have a 9800X3D! It is heaven-made silicon.