What does ram speed affect

Charper2013 · Feb 7, 2009, 11:57 PM

Well im deciding should I save some money and go with 667 or spend about 15$ more and get 800....

This is gonna be a budget gameing computer and i really need to know....

paulm · Feb 7, 2009, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Charper2013

Well im deciding should I save some money and go with 667 or spend about 15$ more and get 800....

This is gonna be a budget gameing computer and i really need to know....

I don't imagine that there is that much of a price difference between 667 and 800...

I'd say just go with the 800, its more or less a minimum standard for gaming computers...

kwchang007 · Feb 8, 2009, 12:01 AM

I'd say go with the 800 mhz ram. It's 15 bucks and then the ram will probably be able to overclock higher and if you don't overclock it'll at least be faster.

Charper2013 · Feb 8, 2009, 12:01 AM

But what difference does it make???

kwchang007 · Feb 8, 2009, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Charper2013

But what difference does it make???

Better performance.

Charper2013 · Feb 8, 2009, 12:01 AM

I realize its faster.. But other than benchamrks does it affect FPS??

kwchang007 · Feb 8, 2009, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Charper2013

I realize its faster.. But other than benchamrks does it affect FPS??

Sure, if you're CPU need more bandwidth then you'll be delivering more data. Also, if you want to overclock it gives you more headroom.

Charper2013 · Feb 8, 2009, 12:07 AM

Ok ok.. 800Mhz it is

Binge · Feb 8, 2009, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Charper2013

But what difference does it make???

what difference doesn't it make??? I think you should take a look at this:

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/M/main_memory.html

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Originally Posted by webopedia.com 'What is Main Memory?'

Therefore, every program you execute and every file you access must be copied from a storage device into main memory.

CDdude55 · Feb 8, 2009, 03:29 PM

Go 800mhz, good enough for gaming.

As for what does it affect, well the faster the RAM the faster the data gets processed my the CPU. As for OCing the RAM can effect the CPU(if the OC is ran in sync with CPU clock)

RAM is cheap now a days, you can even get a good 1066 kit for cheap.

J-Man · Feb 8, 2009, 03:34 PM

800MHz is a nice speed for todays standard. Especially high end gaming computers it's great. When I had 800MHz RAM back a year ago, I got my OCZ Platinum sticks to around 950MHz with 0.1V voltage bump and passed memtest.

RadeonX2 · Feb 8, 2009, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by J-Man

800MHz is a nice speed for todays standard. Especially high end gaming computers it's great. When I had 800MHz RAM back a year ago, I got my OCZ Platinum sticks to around 950MHz with 0.1V voltage bump and passed memtest.

same here with my value rams oc'ed upto 950MHz it gave an additional 150-200 pts on 3dmark06 cpu score

J-Man · Feb 8, 2009, 03:44 PM

My 1066MHz RAM doesn't like going over 1066 even with a voltage bump

burebista · Feb 8, 2009, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Charper2013

But what difference does it make???

Zero difference in real world.

Feb 7, 2009, 11:57 PM	#1
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Feb 8, 2009, 12:01 AM	#3
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Charper2013 Banned Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Macon, Georgia Posts: 1,319 (0.81/day) Thanks: 205 Thanked 135 Times in 103 Posts System Specs	Ok ok.. 800Mhz it is

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CDdude55 Crazy 4 TPU!!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 6,437 (3.01/day) Thanks: 3,511 Thanked 1,285 Times in 937 Posts System Specs	Go 800mhz, good enough for gaming. As for what does it affect, well the faster the RAM the faster the data gets processed my the CPU. As for OCing the RAM can effect the CPU(if the OC is ran in sync with CPU clock) RAM is cheap now a days, you can even get a good 1066 kit for cheap. __________________ Currently playing: Team Fortress 2 (PC) "And remember if you didn't build it yourself, it's not really yours."

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J-Man Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Oakham, UK Posts: 2,035 (0.93/day) Thanks: 78 Thanked 83 Times in 81 Posts System Specs	800MHz is a nice speed for todays standard. Especially high end gaming computers it's great. When I had 800MHz RAM back a year ago, I got my OCZ Platinum sticks to around 950MHz with 0.1V voltage bump and passed memtest.

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