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miniruss3   04-25-2011 at 07:58:36 PM

Do memory speeds make that much of a difference? Right now I have 1333 RAM in my build and I'm wondering if its worth it to upgrade to 1600 or higher?

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ubercake   04-25-2011 at 08:04:06 PM
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There are many reviews out there demonstrating there is little effect of higher memory speed on gaming performance:

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,2907.html

You'll see hardly any difference, if you notice a difference. If you're looking to upgrade, you're probably better off looking at a different component.

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jaquith   04-25-2011 at 08:53:30 PM

I've seen that article before and it's not very helpful, here's an easier to 'see' article -> http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/m [...] y-bridge/1

4GB vs 8GB+ -> http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 778-8.html

The 1600 C9 is the sweet spot for LGA 1155, but on LGA 1366 or LGA 1156 Frequency & CAS Timings 'do' offer a greater benefit.

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ubercake   04-25-2011 at 09:25:05 PM

jaquith wrote :

I've seen that article before and it's not very helpful, here's an easier to 'see' article -> http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/m [...] y-bridge/1

4GB vs 8GB+ -> http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 778-8.html

The 1600 C9 is the sweet spot for LGA 1155, but on LGA 1366 or LGA 1156 Frequency & CAS Timings 'do' offer a greater benefit.


Again, hardly noticeable. Maybe a frame per second gain. Possibly two in the best case scenario? If you can notice the difference, visually, between 36 and 38 frames per second, more power to you.

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jaquith   04-25-2011 at 09:47:12 PM

Off topic - I'm running 2000 MHz on my LGA 1366 and the differences are 4~8+ FPS and when the choice is chop vs smooth then yep ya sure do notice the differences. Next, faster RAM SQL testing cuts-off 10~15 on a 1+ hour run.

There's GOOD 1333 CAS 7 and GOOD 2000 CAS 8/9 then there's all the other RAM in between. The quality of the IC is where the differences are between RAM.

Even 2133 MHz + SB has it's advantages. Gaming is the most common place where systems are stressed; the SB IMC is fixed {BCLK} whereas most anything this is not the case.

My point is/was to be careful with blanket statements.

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