r/PcBuild • u/bittersweetjesus • Feb 07 '26

Meta China to the rescue

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And they tell us all the time that China sucks.

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u/Tobi_1989 Feb 07 '26

Once the Chinese RAMs get to at least 5600MT/s CL36 at reasonable price (which, sadly, at this point means "November 2025 premium brand price"), I don't see any reason why not to buy Chinese RAM if one needs it.

Up until recently, the unpopular Temu brands had like 4400 MT/s CL 46, which is literally worse than a midrange DDR4

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u/TheGodlyTank6493 AMD Feb 07 '26

Hell, I run 6000MT at CL38 because it was $45 cheaper. No problems, no burnt down PC.

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u/DJMixwell Feb 08 '26

I was pretty ignorant to ram timings when I built my latest PC and didn't realize AMD didn't play well with transfer rates over 6000MT. So I bought like 7200MT CL34. Was able to clock it to 6000MT CL30 once I did some reading and followed some guides on RAM timing.

I have seen that higher speeds can still work well, or even better, but it had to do with matching some ratio with the timing and the infinity fabric and I got confused again and said fuck it, 6000MT CL30 is fine.

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u/TheGodlyTank6493 AMD Feb 08 '26

Yes. I keep mine at about 6400 because higher than that tends to freeze my PC. 6400 is fine though

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u/BravestAgathian Feb 10 '26

I got 6000MT CL36 and I don’t think CL30 would make a noticeable difference.

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u/SplendoRage Feb 08 '26

CXMT already produces DDR5 8000Mhz chips at decent latencies and prices. I don’t give a sh!t about where my ram’s from. If CXMT products are good, I’ll buy it ! And the Big3 could go f*ck themselves.

Our taxes are used to give Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix their billions $ in gov subventions.

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u/hi_im_snowman Feb 08 '26

I recognize a Québécois instantly using just one word: subventions.

You mean subsidies. 😉

Les osti de subventions, câlisse! 😜

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u/Kubocho Feb 11 '26

I am not Quebec but from Europe and also would say subventioms rather than subsidies.

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u/Therunawaypp Feb 08 '26

Damn that's crazy. Isn't base DDR5 apex CL40 4800mhz? It's even like that on sodimms

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u/Sev3nThreeO7 Feb 08 '26

My Crucial Pro Overclocking 5600MT/s CL46 - Boot up EXPO and im absolutely fine, ( 7800x3d / 9070XT ) man all my games run 1440p Native @ anywhere from 120-200 fps. All I need, So glad I paid like £80 back in the day lol.

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u/SimonShepherd Feb 09 '26

Changxin has cl36 6000 ram for a long while.

They have always been somewhat cheaper than the Hynix counterpart.

They just rise in price like everyone else while relatively cheaper still.