one of the most mystifying questions that has endured for years in the PC
Building Community is how much RAM speed and timings actually matter and seeing
as many of you are making the transition from ddr4 to ddr5 we figured it' be a
good time for an updated video that can help answer this question currently
faster RAM tends to show benefits when you're using application where the CPU
isn't the component bottlenecking you in other words if it's something where the
CPU's cores are working really hard it doesn't matter as much how fast data is
moving from the RAM to the CPU as the CPU is already too busy working on all
that data this means that in general terms tasks like video and image editing
Ai and file compression won't be affected too much by RAM speeds on
Modern systems although exceptions for specific applications do exist however
RAM speeds can make a difference for gamers depending on what exactly you're
playing to be clear the GPU is still Far and Away the biggest Hardware Factor
affecting gaming performance and it's also true that having a sufficient
amount of RAM is more important than having faster RAM but all things being
equal how fast is fast enough when it comes to ddr5 gaming A good rule of
thumb is that ddr5 6000 tends to be a
good sweet spot between those cheap 4,800 speed kits and those pricey
modules rated at 8,000 or even higher and if you're curious about what those
numbers even mean this is a module's rated speed in megga transfers per
second multiplying that number by eight gives you the number of megabytes of
data transferred per second but why 6,000 well we'll tell you where we got
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Intel though has not made a similar statement but 6000 is about right for
their processors as as well for both manufacturers getting too far above
6,000 megga transfers can make it difficult for a memory controller to
keep up with all that incoming data for AMD specifically their current lineup of
ryzen CPUs uses a linkage called Infinity fabric that connects the
various chiplets within the processor AMD has recommended leaving the infinity
fabric speed on auto to get the best performance for whatever you have your
RAM speed set to but turning your RAM speed up too high can cause the clock on
the infin inity fabric to automatically drop which can offset the performance
gains from the faster RAM and also keep in mind that chips with 3D vcash also do
not benefit as much from higher ddr5 speeds as that extra cash memory helps
make up for RAM that's slower than otherwise might be ideal that being said
that doesn't mean you can't try to use RAM above 6,000 megga transfers but at
that point you're getting into the realm of possible instability or diminishing
returns depending on exactly how much you're paying for your RAM especially if
you start pushing into the 7,000 range keep in mind too that 6000 is already
past the officially supported Max speeds for current gen CPUs from both companies
and as it is with overclocking other computer parts some of your luck will
come down to the Silicon Lottery this basically means that some chips come off
the assembly line with more overclocking potential than others some folks have
had good luck with speeds above 7,000 but that doesn't necessarily mean that
you will and of course not all games will benefit from faster RAM as a very
general rule it tends to matter more when you have games that run at lower
resolutions and higher frame rates think esport titles where users want as many
frames as they can get at the possible expense of visual quality but what about
latency you know memory timings lower
numbers are obviously better if you can afford them but it isn't likely that
you'll see a big benefit from spending a lot more money just to get the lowest
timings possible so unless you have some kind of very specific need for the
faster memory we definitely recommend getting the higher capacity if you're on
a budget especially if you're planning to run other applications while you're
gaming maybe you're streaming maybe you're keeping an eye on a video or
maybe you're just some kind of demon who can play at FPS while sitting through a
remote job interview I mean how are they going to know thanks for watching guys
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