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one of the most mystifying questions that has endured for years in the PC

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Building Community is how much RAM speed and timings actually matter and seeing

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as many of you are making the transition from ddr4 to ddr5 we figured it' be a

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good time for an updated video that can help answer this question currently

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faster RAM tends to show benefits when you're using application where the CPU

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isn't the component bottlenecking you in other words if it's something where the

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CPU's cores are working really hard it doesn't matter as much how fast data is

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moving from the RAM to the CPU as the CPU is already too busy working on all

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that data this means that in general terms tasks like video and image editing

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Ai and file compression won't be affected too much by RAM speeds on

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Modern systems although exceptions for specific applications do exist however

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RAM speeds can make a difference for gamers depending on what exactly you're

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playing to be clear the GPU is still Far and Away the biggest Hardware Factor

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affecting gaming performance and it's also true that having a sufficient

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amount of RAM is more important than having faster RAM but all things being

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equal how fast is fast enough when it comes to ddr5 gaming A good rule of

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thumb is that ddr5 6000 tends to be a

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good sweet spot between those cheap 4,800 speed kits and those pricey

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modules rated at 8,000 or even higher and if you're curious about what those

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numbers even mean this is a module's rated speed in megga transfers per

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second multiplying that number by eight gives you the number of megabytes of

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data transferred per second but why 6,000 well we'll tell you where we got

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actually come out and straight up said that ddr5 6000 is a sweet spot for the

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ryzen 7000 and 8000 series processors

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Intel though has not made a similar statement but 6000 is about right for

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their processors as as well for both manufacturers getting too far above

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6,000 megga transfers can make it difficult for a memory controller to

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keep up with all that incoming data for AMD specifically their current lineup of

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ryzen CPUs uses a linkage called Infinity fabric that connects the

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various chiplets within the processor AMD has recommended leaving the infinity

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fabric speed on auto to get the best performance for whatever you have your

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RAM speed set to but turning your RAM speed up too high can cause the clock on

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the infin inity fabric to automatically drop which can offset the performance

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gains from the faster RAM and also keep in mind that chips with 3D vcash also do

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not benefit as much from higher ddr5 speeds as that extra cash memory helps

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make up for RAM that's slower than otherwise might be ideal that being said

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that doesn't mean you can't try to use RAM above 6,000 megga transfers but at

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that point you're getting into the realm of possible instability or diminishing

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returns depending on exactly how much you're paying for your RAM especially if

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you start pushing into the 7,000 range keep in mind too that 6000 is already

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past the officially supported Max speeds for current gen CPUs from both companies

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and as it is with overclocking other computer parts some of your luck will

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come down to the Silicon Lottery this basically means that some chips come off

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the assembly line with more overclocking potential than others some folks have

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had good luck with speeds above 7,000 but that doesn't necessarily mean that

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you will and of course not all games will benefit from faster RAM as a very

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general rule it tends to matter more when you have games that run at lower

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resolutions and higher frame rates think esport titles where users want as many

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frames as they can get at the possible expense of visual quality but what about

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latency you know memory timings lower

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numbers are obviously better if you can afford them but it isn't likely that

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you'll see a big benefit from spending a lot more money just to get the lowest

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timings possible so unless you have some kind of very specific need for the

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faster memory we definitely recommend getting the higher capacity if you're on

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a budget especially if you're planning to run other applications while you're

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gaming maybe you're streaming maybe you're keeping an eye on a video or

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maybe you're just some kind of demon who can play at FPS while sitting through a

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remote job interview I mean how are they going to know thanks for watching guys

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