bdiefinder VS platformio-vscode-ide

With DDR5, you can tell a kit is hynix a-die if its xmp settings are >6600MHz (but I believe it is still possible that you get m-die). Witth DDR4 you have to look at the subtimings. If a kit has tight subtimings like 3200MHz CL14-14-14-34 @ 1.35V or 4000MHz CL19-19-19-39 @ 1.45V then it is guaranteed b-die. Also for b-die, there is this quite useful web app: https://benzhaomin.github.io/bdiefinder/

There's loads of cheaper b-die, though not sure if your region has most common options, see here: https://benzhaomin.github.io/bdiefinder/

Check the part number against the database here.

XMP is not guaranteed to give you stable settings, it only sets the primary timings and voltages the rest are set by the motherboard. If that kit is not on the boards QVL it may be setting timings that C die can not handle. I doubt you have B die there are no 3600 C 18 kits listed on https://benzhaomin.github.io/bdiefinder/

I have been looking for an 32GB stick or an 2*32GB kit. One of my friends linked me to Benzhaomin's bdiefinder. After inputting the needed details the "only" kit to "still exist" was "G.SKILL GSkill 64GB (2KIT) 3200M TridZ DDR4 RGB DC" F4-3200C14D-64GTZDC . Unfortunetly it is out of my price range as the price listed on the website is 2113,77€/kit (includes VAT 24%) at the time of writing this post.

F4-3200C15D-16GTZSK bdie-finder

There is this tool used for finding Samsung B-die, which also lists rank. It's the only database I know of that has rank listed.

Also, for your title question: try to grab some Samsung B-die set to 3600Mhz. That's the de facto standard for fast memory as AM4 comes to a close.

I'd specifically look for this set, G.Skill Trident Z F4-3200C16D-32GTZA. I pulled this from the DDR4 B-Die finder https://benzhaomin.github.io/bdiefinder/. I used this back when I was on AM4 and Samsung B-die were generally the best you could get if you want tighter timings, stability, voltages. If you have a Microcenter near you you can find them for $90.

There is a workaround for PlatformIO that I use to get it to work in VSCodium: https://github.com/platformio/platformio-vscode-ide/issues/1...

The PlatformIO extension currently requires Microsoft's proprietary C/C++ extension, so it can't (officially) be used in the Arch community build. Here's a feature request to remove the dependency on the C/C++ extension: https://github.com/platformio/platformio-vscode-ide/issues/1802

There is an open issue on their repo, it seems the ms-vscode.cpptools extension which it depends on isn't open source so it can't be published on Open VSX (the marketplace used by OSS builds of VSCode) until they manage to use the open source alternative as a replacement llvm-vs-code-extensions.vscode-clangd

You might be experiencing a problem that has plagued a lot of people, which is explained in the GitHub issue report. If this is indeed the problem, there are workarounds for it. Good luck!

Thanks for the provided information. There is a reported issue https://github.com/platformio/platformio-vscode-ide/issues/2554 and we work on reproducing. Please follow issue #2554.

I'm trying to install platformio on vscode, but I keep getting this error: Could not start PIO Home server: Error: timeout . It leads you this github page where you are prompted to open the PlatformIO IDE Terminal, but no matter which terminal I open (powershell, cmd, bash) the command is not recognised. What should I do?