An interest finding on RAM configurations with Zen 3 CPU’s

[NoddyPirate]

Stumbled on this and thought it was interesting. Appears that Zen 3 may require questioning the usual advice that 2 stick ms of RAM are better than 4 for dual channel platforms?

RAM Configs on Zen 3

 

[Scott]

We had a discussion on it back in November

Note about Memory Configurations with Zen3 - 4 RAM sticks seemingly better than 2

Below content is from the original poster. Highlighted and edited by @Scott for new customer consideration. Very much worth a watch to see if if can affect your potential memory choices for any Zen 3 builds. I use the word interesting with caveats lol. the review looks at 2x sticks vs 4 x...

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

 

[NoddyPirate]

We had a discussion on it back in November

Note about Memory Configurations with Zen3 - 4 RAM sticks seemingly better than 2

Below content is from the original poster. Highlighted and edited by @Scott for new customer consideration. Very much worth a watch to see if if can affect your potential memory choices for any Zen 3 builds. I use the word interesting with caveats lol. the review looks at 2x sticks vs 4 x...

www.pcspecialist.co.uk

Ah fer gawds sake! Apologies Mods!

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[Scott]

Ah fer gawds sake! Apologies Mods!

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Not at all, it highlights it for anyone that missed

 

[Martinr36]

I think it ended up a sticky

 

[Stephen M]

Anyone remember Orwell's Animal Farm, seems we can paraphrase it for the computer world. "Four sticks good, two sticks bad" eventually becomes "Four sticks good, two sticks better."

 

[ubuysa]

Anyone remember Orwell's Animal Farm, seems we can paraphrase it for the computer world. "Four sticks good, two sticks bad" eventually becomes "Four sticks good, two sticks better."

Or.... "all RAM configurations are created equal, but some are more equal than others"......

 

[Stephen M]

Or Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Stickies.

 

[Stephen M]

And if you want a musical twist to it.

 

[NoddyPirate]

Ah fer gawds sake! Apologies Mods!

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Ah fer gawds sake! Apologies Mods!

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😀

 

[ubuysa]

Would this help do you think?

 

[Stephen M]

The moral of the thread is before posting consider the ramifications.

 

[NoddyPirate]

The moral of the thread is before posting consider the ramifications.

I hang my head in shame at my naivety!

 

[Resistance100]

 

[Bigfoot]

While there may be a performance improvement there have been a number of reports of instability with 4 sticks of RAM at 3600 MHz

 

[ubuysa]

While there may be a performance improvement there have been a number of reports of instability with 4 sticks of RAM at 3600 MHz

Yep, and for me at least, and until there is a permanent solution, I would avoid 4 x 3600MHz RAM sticks with an AMD build (note that I know of one user having problems with four 3200MHz RAM sticks too...).