So, everything has been running great with my Ryzen 5 5600X, 2 x 16GB ECC KSM32ES8/16ME (on QVL), and X570D4U-2L2T…but
I’ve recently come across information though that says it’s generally preferred to have dual rank memory for Ryzen. These two KSM32ES8/16ME are single rank at 3200 mhz. If I were to get two more sticks, I’d be using the full bandwidth. But with only two sticks, I’m leaving some performance on the table. I’m sure that 32GB of RAM will probably be more than enough for me with running lots of docker containers and handling transcoding.
Would it be worth the extra performance to submit a RMA to Provantage and get two KSM32ED8/16ME’s (dual rank version) instead? They cost almost exactly the same but they’re not on the QVL (although the 2666 mhz version (KSM26ED8/16ME) is).
I like that they’re working well but I’m worried that I’m not fully getting my money’s worth with this RAM. Any thoughts?
On a separate note: I’m going to return my X11SCA-F in my backup server and go all in on the X470D4U (right now is $200 on Newegg). It might not be ATX but it still offers a lot of room for expansion and can go all the way up to 16 cores/32 threads. Probably going to go with a Ryzen 7 2700(X) to start and see what I can do with some VM’s in UnRAID.