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by akiselev 2170 days ago
That is high end RAM binned at 3200Mhz. Consumer RAM is mostly 2133/2400 and with servers often using 2666. RAM at 3200 (PC4-25600) gives you about 25% more peak bandwidth than RAM at 2400 (PC4-19200) and about 16% more than 2666 (PC4-21333)
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Not true, 3200 CL16 can be nearly as cheap as slower RAM nowadays, with multiple brands at sub-$60 per 16GB stick[1]. OP is paying extra for RGB, as another commenter points out.

[1] https://pcpartpicker.com/products/memory/#sort=price&U=4&Z=1...

That might be true, but you don't usually care about that for ML workloads running on GPU. Bottlenecks are typically elsewhere.
3200 and 3600 are the default choice on desktops these days.