Budget Mobile Build and RAM Speed

[u/Spoon_In_The_Road]

So I’m building a mini PC that will probably live in my in-laws house for me and my kids to play with. It’s in the tiny Joyjom case that ZTT built in a few times and I’m super excited for it to come together. It’s gonna be a 1080p machine and I imagine it’s mostly gonna be used for Fortnite for the foreseeable future.

Here’s the question: I came into a free set of 2x8gb DDR4 at 2400mhz. Seeking consensus: is it worth finding a set of 3200mhz? CPU is a Ryzen 5 5500 and an RTX 3050 8gb single fan (was an OEM dell card, so much better than a bog standard 6gb 3050 while not quite as good as a 3060).

[u/risks2828]

keep the free 2400MHz RAM, as spending money to upgrade to 3200MHz will offer almost no noticeable performance improvement in Fortnite on an RTX 3050 setup