RAM Questions You Were Too Scared Ask

Gordon chats with Shannon Robb, Marketing Manager at Patriot Memory, about all things DRAM and DDR5. Questions like: how to get the highest clocks, whether XMP or EXPO matters, which die is best, and so much more.

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#ram #ddr5 #computex2023

00:00 - Intro
00:36 - 2 DIMM vs 4 DIMM Board
02:37 - Can Every CPU/Board Hit High Clocks?
04:01 - How Much Does Cooling Matter?
04:45 - Is QVL The Best Way To Buy?
06:38 - Does XMP or EXPO Matter?
08:10 - When Should You Buy RAM?
10:04 - Should You Care About DRAM Die?
12:52 - Should You Worry About DDR5 Temps?
13:38 - What Is A PMIC?
14:45 - Does RGB Make RAM Go Faster?

[JohnCarter]

I was introduced to this channel a few months ago and I've found myself continuing to come back for more. The interviews are truly the bread and butter of this channel, the breadth and depth of the questions asked are obviously thought about beforehand, and it leads to an excellent video. Keep it up!

[-eMpTy-]

Patriot is underrated. They produced some really good DDR3 and 4 kits in the past for an affordable price. The 4000+ Viper B-Die for DDR4 or higher-end Sector 5 DDR3 PSC kits in particular come to mind.

[aytokpatop]

I am a computer technician and I work more than 15 years, this Ram guy is really honest and not lying to the people. Congratulations 👏👏👏

[liontuga]

The DRAM crash course I didn’t know I needed. Thanks, guys!

[pinakmiku]

This guy is great! He knows the stuff in and out! This video clarifies a lot of questions on RAM

[Ben-Rogue]

Good to know Patriot has redundant memory profiles and both XMP and EXPO build in... Will definitely consider them for my next build, as memory timings are a bit daunting for me as a fairly new PC enthusiast

[danabell]

When I started my recent build, I bought the CPU and mobo as part of a bundle first. Then I checked the QVL for the mobo and bought my RAM off that list. That worked out really well for me :)

[stephanematis]

Shannon is great. Gordon thanks for making interviews fun.

[noer]

That Shannon Robb guy is a pure natural in from of the camera! Loved his energy!!!

[LuckynbOC]

Every RAM Vendors need a Shannon on their team for sure, great interview :D

[szaszm_]

The interview teaches you the most important high level things that you would learn over 3 hours worth of Buildzoid RAM overclocking videos, but only takes 15 minutes. Great interview!

[AndyU]

Wish this guy was my dad instead, knows a lot and is quick to just give it all

[FrietjeOorlog]

These more casual interviews are the best.

[Cooldudec]

This guy is highly knowledgable and damn awesome 👍

[porina_pew]

To all enthusiast ram manufacturers: Please can we get the module rank listed as standard? In DDR4 era there wasn't much difference running 1DPC 2R vs 2DPC 1R, but DDR5 seems to have a bigger clock hit from running 2DPC. 1DPC 2R seems to be the better way to go. This info is commonly available for JEDEC modules, so why not on the higher end? I'm not looking for the most extreme ram and want to turn on XMP and done, but 2R modules does make enough of a performance difference to seek out vs 1R modules.

[timcorcoran]

What a fun vibe off you two gents. Would love to see more videos of you both.

[SeriousBoot]

Patriot memory sure comes across as genuine. I have heard about their kits before, I have a G.Skill B die kit in my AM4 system running custom timings as fast as they can run stable at 1.45v (3733MHz CL14 / tuned sub timings) but I know that it can run higher speeds since I ran it on Intel 10900KF before at 4266MHz. Ended up having to turn it down a notch with the 5800X3D which is fine due to the insane L3 cache available and I'm happy I made the switch. Also like Crucial a lot. I don't know which memory is being used by Kingston but at my day job which is mostly PC Boutique and solving ICT end user problems / sale stuff I go with Kingston Fury Beast memory but that's just XMP profiles and it just works on ANY motherboard which is quite impressive. So keep in mind that if you build systems for people you want a safe bet, but if it's your personal PC you can go a bit crazy and mess with custom timings at insane speeds if you like! So Patriot memory might be something I look at in the future when I upgrade my platform with DDR5 in a couple of years. But 5800X3d is still very fast in my PC @ 4K even with a 4090 that I UV at 0.945V with stock performance still. Only runs at 4080 wattage or less depending on the game which is kind of insane. But I always turn off raytracing since it's a huge fps drop and it hammers the CPU. (running custom water cooling loop but a fan on top of the gpu aimed at memory is always an option)

[gasracing]

So cool to see people thst are pasionate about there work. Dude was great.

[erikhendrickson]

This guy is ON POINT. I *_REALLY_* wish some some mainboard manufacturers would offer *_cheaper, _* two-DIMM boards. I've tried FOUR Z790 boards and they were all limited to 7200MHz DDR5

[Mr.Morden]

I want a Rosetta Stone for DRAM overclocking because I'm just too afraid to do it. There's so many settings that I have no idea what they do, and motherboard setting names aren't consistent. Then there's offset values vs total values which can confuse people into frying their hardware. DRAM overclocking is so weird it makes it hard to want to play with it.