Build Advice Memory and cpu fan advice (3600 build)

Hello everyone,

I’ve just purchased a 3600 and the ASRock X570 steel legend board. I need to buy some memory but struggling to understand what definitely adds value for the money.

• I’m not going to overclock it
• Computer is for photo editing (photoshop and Lightroom) and some gaming

I’m thinking 32gb for the photo editing, but I don’t understand the memory MHz - it seems like the consensus is anything over 3000 MHz is fine. Is this true? Are the gains over 2400 MHz worth the extra money?

My budget is around £150 - I’d prefer to spend less if I can get away with it. I could also spend more if the performance gains were that good.

thank you!

edit: totally forgot to ask about CPU fan.

budget is £50-60.

Is it worth keeping with stock cooler or upgrading to something?
I’d ideally like to keep things fairly quiet.
Not bothered about aesthetics.

 

OK. 2400 is out. You lose all of the benefits of Ryzen. 3000 is OK. Not great, just OK.

3200 with CL14 and 3600 with CL16 offer optimum performance.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CM...ld=1&keywords=32gb+3200&qid=1586521031&sr=8-2

TBH I would use that as a minimum.

Personally I would get this.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Patriot-Vi...d=1&keywords=32gb+viper&qid=1586521095&sr=8-1

It's a tenner more, but the timings are lower. Very close to optimal, without wrecking your bank account.

 

Great thank you I’ll buy the second one in that case.

I’ve made an edit to my original post to ask about the cpu fan!!