jumbloYeah, the RAM thing has crossed my mind a couple of times. With all the Black Friday deals going on I'm going to check around this month and see what's a good deal on sale that's faster. At this point I won't have the 3080 till December at the earliest so I can put some money towards some new RAM. Any suggestions. I've always stuck with Corsair, but open to other's if the performance is there.
Dabadger84jumbloYeah, the RAM thing has crossed my mind a couple of times. With all the Black Friday deals going on I'm going to check around this month and see what's a good deal on sale that's faster. At this point I won't have the 3080 till December at the earliest so I can put some money towards some new RAM. Any suggestions. I've always stuck with Corsair, but open to other's if the performance is there.G.Skill is typically considered top notch. Most of the brands nowadays use the same stuff, there's only 3 actual chiplet makers for the RAM chips that are really in the game so to speak, SK Hynix, Samsung & Micron. Samsung B-Die is typically considered the top tier, because it usually overclocks the best.The majority of G.Skill's better (tighter timing higher speed) kits are Samsung B-Die, though you can google "Samsung B-Die checker" and check the model # of the RAM you want before hand & see if it is or is not. One thing to keep in mind if you do get Samsung B-die chips, they don't like running on the hotter side, anything above ~40C and they will typically overclock less... assuming you want to OC your RAM at all past XMP.For the X299 Dark, it ain't the fastest, or the cheapest, but it is a solid option: https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820232492 is the exact same RAM I have, and I'm running mine at 4000MHz CL17 1.42V with no issues... but we are on different platforms. It is on the QVL in a 64GB version, but that's 8 sticks, this one is 4 sticks, everything else is the same so it should "just work" & all you have to do is enable XMP & fly.