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System Name | ab┃ob |
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Processor | 7800X3D┃5800X3D |
Motherboard | B650E PG-ITX┃X570 Impact |
Cooling | NH-U12A + T30┃AXP120-x67 |
Memory | 64GB 6400CL32┃32GB 3600CL14 |
Video Card(s) | RTX 4070 Ti Eagle┃RTX A2000 |
Storage | 8TB of SSDs┃1TB SN550 |
Case | Caselabs S3┃Lazer3D HT5 |
I like that the main concern is the brand of RAM because it tells me the rest of the build should be ok. The warnings against Corsair are always about their RAMs in general not the Dominator line in particular (yet to see a bad report about it). I may change for GSkill if the price difference is better invested somewhere else.
Another question. The mobo has 4 internal USB ports, the case has 5 front ports. And there's 1 internal port used for LINK.
The mobo has:
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C)
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
The case has:
1 x USB 3.1 Type-C
4 x USB 3.0 (pcpartpicker says USB 3.2 Gen 1 Header Plug)
What's the best way to connect this?
The issue with Corsair DDR4 was either that the ICs were utter garbage (which they still would have been on any other brand), or on their low end early B-die products (pre-2020) they either used super bad bins and/or had super sketch PCBs that struggled with OC and compatibility. Later on the crappy B-die went away and Corsair was making some midrange-high end B-die without issues.
If there are any DDR5 issues, I'm not aware of any that don't fall into the super shit IC camp. You are exclusively considering pretty bog standard Hynix here (6000CL30/32), so those problems don't apply. Haven't heard of their Hynix being way worse than other brands' Hynix, which is really all that matters at the end of the day.
Yes, you might still get 16Gb M-die or a lower bin of A-die (e.g. 1.4V XMP, looser tRCD/tRP), but for the purposes of 6000CL30 XMP or tuned there are no issues.
As to the front headers:
- the Type-C header can only be 1 port
- assuming the 3.2 Gen1 port is a blue header, it can do 2
- as to the other 2, you might be able to convert them to run at 2.0 speeds with an adapter
Something like this