3000/3200Mhz are overkill, they don't give enough of a performance improvement to justify the price tag.
According to Linus, 2666Mhz RAM is the best value for money, beyond that you hardly see any performance improvements at all, and the money would be better spent on making the rest of the PC better.
That's a good idea IF his motherboard has 4 or more slots. Otherwise it would make upgrading later on more expensive since he would have to throw out the RAM he already has.I would get 2x4GB so you can get dual channel
CPU: Ryzen is cool, don't get me wrong, but I found that the Intel Core i5 7600K overclocks very nicely. I might try to increase my overclock from 4.2GHz to 4.7GHz.I was aiming to create a gaming computer that can run modern games decently (as my current laptop is starting to fall behind (~20 fps in Owerwatch on lowest settings, ~15-20 fps on GTA V lowest settings, ~20-25 fps in PayDay 2, you get the drill)) and is also somewhat cheap. If you have any suggestions, please share.
CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor
Cooler Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Video Card Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card
Power Supply Corsair - VS 450W ATX Power Supply
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link - TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter
Monitor Asus - VS228H-P 21.5" 1920x1080 Monitor
Case NZXT S340 Mid Tower Computer Case
CPU Intel Core i5 5200U @ 2.20GHz
Cooler Built-in cooler
Motherboard ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X555LB
Memory 8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz
Video Card
- Intel HD Graphics 5500
- 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce 940M
Power Supply idk, stock one?
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio
Wireless Network Adapter Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter
Monitor Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
Case Original case
it's sometimes a better idea to use multiple cards for RAM rather than one. buying singular cards costs more, and you won't have any backup ram if your only card fails
+1 to this, (i'm not biased, I use intel on my current system.)I have personally used both Intel 7th gen and AMD Ryzen. I can say that I am much happier with my Ryzen 1600 build over my 17 build I used. What people fail to realize is that there is hardly any noticable differences between Ryzen and Intels 7th gen chips. Yes, Intel chips are better for over clocking and what not. But if you play the same game on the same specs, just swap from intel to amd/amd to intel, you won't see much of a difference.