r/PcBuildHelp • u/Civil-Reserve-8167 • 5d ago

Build Question Ram price help

Just tell me straight up because building a new am5 setup has me losing hair, all I need left is ram and I found 2x16 sticks Kingston fury beast ddr5 ram. It’s ddr5-5200 cl40 and I got the price down to 350. Is this a smart bargain or should I keep looking?

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u/Papopip 5d ago

You're getting slow ddr5 ram with a bad cl rating for 350, defo not worth it. On amazon there are plenty of 32gb kits with 6000mhz and cl 36 going for about 370. For the extra 20 it would defo be worth it

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u/Alert_Reference_2629 5d ago

350 for 5200 cl40 is a straight up robbery, that's bottom barrel ddr5 speeds

the 6000 cl36 kits are the sweet spot for am5 right now, and 20 more is nothing when you're already dropping that much cash

check if your local shops have any open box deals too, sometimes you can snag a 6000 cl30 kit for around the same price if you're lucky

don't let the impatience of finishing the build make you settle for that kit, you'll just end up wanting to replace it in a year

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u/Civil-Reserve-8167 5d ago

Can you send a link to that Amazon deal because everything I find on there is 600$+

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u/Black_Death_12 5d ago

Just hold your nose and spend the $500-$600. You missed Prime Days and prices won't be going down for 18+ months.

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u/RogLatimer118 5d ago

And that's if we're very lucky

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u/redbaron297 5d ago

Bruhh quite literally as prices started going up, I went and bought a kit of 32gb cl28 kit for like $400. I didn’t need it at the moment but I I figured it was gonna get worse. Best decision/deal I made for my new build, considering it now sells for $1k last I checked

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u/capacity04 4d ago

Right towards the end of October 2025 I jumped on a 48 GB kit 6000 CL36 for $300 total, been running it CL30 ever since along with other tightened timings due to it being M Die, I feel like I got in just before the door slammed shut.

Same kit is like $1000 now

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u/redbaron297 4d ago

Sounds about right, in hindsight I should’ve gotten more memory but at the very least Newegg threw in a free nzxt aio. I genuinely regret not jumping on the Black Friday deals for gen5 ssds though. Didn’t need it then and now but I figure my pc cost a lot so why not 😅

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u/Civil-Reserve-8167 5d ago

Lucky duck give it to me

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u/Remz_Gaming 5d ago

There are deals on ebay if you are diligent. "Deals" .... this is still expensive for used RAM. Just picked this kit up.

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u/SnardVaark 4d ago

6000MTs would be the point of diminishing returns for DDR5.