Does the chipset of a motherboard have any appreciable effect on the overclockability of RAM or is that solely dependent on the CPU's memory controller? If I am able to get RAM to run at 4000mhz CL18 on an x570 with a Ryzen 3000 CPU, would you guess that I am also able to run it at 4000mhz CL18 on a b450/x470 with the same CPU?
Yes, this question is somewhat speculative in regards to the new x570, so I guess what I'm really asking is in regards to past chipsets so that I can make an educated guess for the new one. So to put it another way, does anyone have experience comparing RAM performance between b350/x370 and b450/x470 chipsets using the same Ryzen 2000 CPU?
I may not be using the best search terms, but I'm not finding much in the way of answers through google. The closest I've found is this video: The only issue with the video is that I can't see what timings their "tuned" RAM was running at, and if they were even the same settings across the chipsets - they were all at 3400mhz, but no mention of the timings is made.
More specifics - I'm debating splurging for a x570 while grasping at any reason that I might get an appreciable upgrade from it. My case is using a pcie gen 3 riser, so my GPU will not be able to make use of the extra bandwidth provided by pcie gen 4. Thus, only my m.2 NVMe drive will possibly take advantage of pcie gen 4, and that might turn out to take quite a while before we see an appreciable difference in performance. x570s seem to have improved the VRMs, but it seems that at least some of the b450/x470 VRMs will be sufficient, so that isn't too much of a consideration imo. That leaves only 2 items that I can think of: 1) very likely compatible with the future Ryzen 4000 (with b350's potentially missing out on Ryzen 3000, I suspect that b450's may be in the same boat with Ryzen 4000) and 2) RAM overclockability. Hence my reason for asking about RAM overclockability
Thanks for reading!
Yes, this question is somewhat speculative in regards to the new x570, so I guess what I'm really asking is in regards to past chipsets so that I can make an educated guess for the new one. So to put it another way, does anyone have experience comparing RAM performance between b350/x370 and b450/x470 chipsets using the same Ryzen 2000 CPU?
I may not be using the best search terms, but I'm not finding much in the way of answers through google. The closest I've found is this video: The only issue with the video is that I can't see what timings their "tuned" RAM was running at, and if they were even the same settings across the chipsets - they were all at 3400mhz, but no mention of the timings is made.
More specifics - I'm debating splurging for a x570 while grasping at any reason that I might get an appreciable upgrade from it. My case is using a pcie gen 3 riser, so my GPU will not be able to make use of the extra bandwidth provided by pcie gen 4. Thus, only my m.2 NVMe drive will possibly take advantage of pcie gen 4, and that might turn out to take quite a while before we see an appreciable difference in performance. x570s seem to have improved the VRMs, but it seems that at least some of the b450/x470 VRMs will be sufficient, so that isn't too much of a consideration imo. That leaves only 2 items that I can think of: 1) very likely compatible with the future Ryzen 4000 (with b350's potentially missing out on Ryzen 3000, I suspect that b450's may be in the same boat with Ryzen 4000) and 2) RAM overclockability. Hence my reason for asking about RAM overclockability
Thanks for reading!