[SOLVED] "Anything above 3k MHz doesn't scale"

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I watched JayzTwoCents' video on how not to overspend. If I understood it correctly, it states that a gamer doesn't need RAM speed over 3000 MHz and that higher speeds are for overclocking. Now, I'm planning out a build which will not be used for gaming. I was thinking about i5-11600K without overclocking and 3200 MHz RAM. Am I really not going to benefit from using such RAM rather than slower one?

 

[4745454b]

When i built my machine 2yrs ago, i did no testing. I didn't run prime, didn't run 3d mark, didn't run memtest, etc. I installed Firefox, steam, and my games. I had to replace my wifi module a few weeks ago, but otherwise the machine has been a champ since day one. The only thing i had to do was go into the bios and enable xmp.

I suggest doing the same. You really only need to test if something is wrong.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Or if you've manually changed the timings or voltage. Otherwise, no, it's not a necessary step, unless of course something is wrong, as said above.

 

[JWNoctis]

Testing your memory configuration to verify stability

Is this step necessary if I'm only using XMP, without increasing the voltage manually?
In other words, no micro errors with XMP?

When i built my machine 2yrs ago, i did no testing. I didn't run prime, didn't run 3d mark, didn't run memtest, etc. I installed Firefox, steam, and my games. I had to replace my wifi module a few weeks ago, but otherwise the machine has been a champ since day one. The only thing i had to do was go into the bios and enable xmp.

I suggest doing the same. You really only need to test if something is wrong.

I would do a full cycle of memtest. Out of the five times I've upgraded memory on my systems, I've got a bad module exactly once.

That one froze in memtest, and was exchanged the same day it was bought.

Admittedly that was a no-brand DDR2 module for cheap years ago now.