The FASTEST Memory For YOUR PC
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·Techquickie
·2019-05-06
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so memory for your computer might be something you don't give a whole lot of
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thought to even if you're an enthusiast as long as you have enough of a
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compatible type things will probably run the way you want them to
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but making sure that folks do have enough is one of the key goals of the
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next revision of pc memory ddr5 so named because five is one higher
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than four and the jdec folks didn't go to the same elementary school as
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microsoft's xbox team seriously though the next revision of ddr memory does
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bring the expected increases in speed and the decreases in power consumption
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but the big draw is just how much capacity manufacturers should be able to
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squeeze onto one chip ddr5 aims to have
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twice the density of ddr4 which is no
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mean feat because packing that much memory into such a small space makes it
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more difficult to keep things stable due to like weird interactions that can
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happen between atoms but it seems they found a way to do it meaning that an
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individual ddr5 chip could contain up to 32 gigabits of data
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but wait hold on a second i mean most of us with desktop computers have
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more memory slots than we actually need i mean it isn't exactly difficult to put
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16 gigs of RAM on a standard board so why do we need another revision of ddr
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well although ddr5 will undoubtedly be relatively expensive when it hits the
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market over time it will make the per Gigabyte cost of RAM cheaper and
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although RAM has historically been one of the more inexpensive components for
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pcs recent dram shortages have resulted
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in price increases that have hung around for quite some time so even if users
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find themselves needing just 8 or 16 gigs of memory once ddr5 becomes
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widespread they should be able to enjoy some savings and ddr5's improved speed
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will also bring benefits in certain scenarios now RAM was kind of overlooked
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for a long time by pc enthusiasts like me simply because it didn't give
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tangible performance gains in many applications particularly in games but
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there's been a renewed interest in having speedy system RAM as AMD's ryzen
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cpus are known for being more affected by memory speeds than their Intel
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counterparts with noticeable frame rate increases being reported in certain
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titles when you pair your CPU with faster RAM and a high performance
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discrete graphics card so what kind of performance can we expect
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then well ddr5 frequencies are expected to clear 6
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000 megahertz which will be a huge improvement over the 3200 megahertz max
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speed of the official ddr4 spec this could end up helping AMD users a lot and
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also any folks who are gaming on integrated graphics cards that leverage
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main system memory as vram so laptop
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users rejoice this increased bandwidth
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will also come in handy in server and cloud applications but when exactly will
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we reap these benefits well we could see ddr5 kits towards the end of 2019
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believe it or not but the first ones that hit the market will likely be aimed
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at the enterprise consumer grade ddr5 probably won't be available until 2020
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and even then we might still be in for a year or two transition phase before it
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becomes really widespread and more affordable so in the meantime don't feel
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like you can't splurge on that seak kit of RGB ddr4 that you've had your eyes on
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since you can still enjoy it for a couple of years there are frankly
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