Hey all.
I’ve currently got 32GB of Corsair Vengeance 3200mhz C16 Black RAM (as 4 x 8GB sticks)
I have the opportunity to buy 2 x16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 3600mhz C18 at a reasonable price, new.
I’m running it on an Asus ROG X570-F gaming with a Ryzen 3900x. I will eventually upgrade to a 5900x if they’re ever back in stock at a sensible price.
I’m not massively knowledgeable when it comes to RAM. Essentially, is it worth it? Am I going to see a material difference in FS specifically, or is it a placebo pointless ‘upgrade’?
Appreciate any input. Cheers & thanks.
Hello,
I have 16GB RAM still no problems with performance, CTDs, …
Hey.
I appreciate the response but it’s not really addressing the question.
Thanks all the same 
Ryzen benefits from faster RAM, especially the Zen3.
For your current setup, I don’t think you’ll see much of a difference so I’d wait and then purchase the ram together with the 5900x with maybe lower prices at some point.
Do you have an nvme SSD already? If not then this might be the better invest right now since SSD prices might rise again due to a new mining algorithm.
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Thanks very much, that’s worth knowing.
I’m running an 2TB Intel 660p M2 drive FWIW.
That should be fast enough 
In terms of RAM, MSFS populates a lot of it while loading but then once you’ve spawned the i/o on ram isn’t that significant (opppsed to VRAM on your GPU). The bottleneck is then rather the CPU clock, not the RAM clock.
3200 MHz C16 and 3600 MHz C18 is the same speed. Frequency is only part of the speed, the other part is latency, which means the number of clock cycles required for each operation. What matters is frequency of operations, which is calculated by clock speed (first number) divided by cycle numbers (second number). In your case, 3200/16 and 3600/18 gives you same value.
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You can measure the difference but I don’t think you can feel it by your own.
Years ago, I heard someone, you need to have a minimum of a 50% faster PC to clearly see, without a tool, that it is faster than the slowly one. I guess he is right.
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I like these answers, they’re saving me money 
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Hello,
I just answered to your topic name, you meanwhile changed name and now my answer looks like outside of your topic name 
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I only added ‘for 3900x’ to give it more context.
No worries anyway, all replies welcome!
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I’d save the money. You will not notice a meaningful improvement in real life. If you had 2666 MHz the situation would be different but 3200 MHz is fine.
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yeh, especially if the 3600 kit is CL18 and the 3200 kit is CL16. Not much performance there at all.
A 3600 kit with CL14 would help a bit more, but those come at a big price premium.
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