So it's slowly but surely approaching build o'clock for my HTPC upgrade, and I'm thinking I'll take advantage of the current low RAM prices before they shoot up again due to [insert entirely random and not at all intentional occurrence limiting RAM supply].
Very briefly: Are there any options beyond Corsair LPX?
I'm still not sure if this'll end up being a 3400G/3200G or future Zen2 APU build (depends on when they arrive and their price/perf, I guess), but what I do know is that this build will do well with some fast RAM. It doesn't need more than 16GB (this is an HTPC, mainly for video, with some light gaming and multitasking, web browsing, possibly some transcoding at times, but never any sustained heavy loads), and I don't want it too expensive. It also needs to be standard profile-ish, as I'll be making a modded cooler out of an old Arctic Accelero S1 to fit into a Lazer3D HT5. I'm not interested in doing any manual RAM overclocking - too much of a hassle and too much to learn.
From what I can see, my options are either Corsair LPX 4000 C19 (around 2300 NOK) or 3600 C18 (between 1000 and 1300 NOK depending on the store). The latter seems like a no-brainer, really. But are there any other options worth considering?
Very briefly: Are there any options beyond Corsair LPX?
I'm still not sure if this'll end up being a 3400G/3200G or future Zen2 APU build (depends on when they arrive and their price/perf, I guess), but what I do know is that this build will do well with some fast RAM. It doesn't need more than 16GB (this is an HTPC, mainly for video, with some light gaming and multitasking, web browsing, possibly some transcoding at times, but never any sustained heavy loads), and I don't want it too expensive. It also needs to be standard profile-ish, as I'll be making a modded cooler out of an old Arctic Accelero S1 to fit into a Lazer3D HT5. I'm not interested in doing any manual RAM overclocking - too much of a hassle and too much to learn.
From what I can see, my options are either Corsair LPX 4000 C19 (around 2300 NOK) or 3600 C18 (between 1000 and 1300 NOK depending on the store). The latter seems like a no-brainer, really. But are there any other options worth considering?