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I need a little help with some research that I am doing involving memory speed. I am planning to build a gaming rig early next year for around $2,000 after Haswell is released by Intel. I was considering an overclock kind of setup, but haven't decided for sure if I will go that route or not. I at first thought I figured out what needed to be done to avoid a bottleneck between the RAM sticks, CPU, and motherboard, but I seem to be getting contradictory information about RAM sticks needing to match the specs of the motherboard or CPU.
1. If I build a gaming system without overclocking, do I need the memory speed of the RAM sticks to match or exceed the memory speed of the CPU to avoid a bottleneck?
2. Again without overclocking, if the CPU such as an Intel i7-3770K has a memory speed up to 1600MHz, and the motherboard, such as the GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Intel Z68 Motherboard is designed to use RAM sticks with speeds up to 2133MHz without overclocking, would I get a noticable performance improvement if the 2133 MHz have the same latency as RAM sticks with 1600MHz?
3. I am planning to use 16GB of RAM. Would I get quicker response times with either two 8GB or four 4GB RAM sticks if both sets have the same latency? Also which of those two setups would produce less heat?
1. If I build a gaming system without overclocking, do I need the memory speed of the RAM sticks to match or exceed the memory speed of the CPU to avoid a bottleneck?
2. Again without overclocking, if the CPU such as an Intel i7-3770K has a memory speed up to 1600MHz, and the motherboard, such as the GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Intel Z68 Motherboard is designed to use RAM sticks with speeds up to 2133MHz without overclocking, would I get a noticable performance improvement if the 2133 MHz have the same latency as RAM sticks with 1600MHz?
3. I am planning to use 16GB of RAM. Would I get quicker response times with either two 8GB or four 4GB RAM sticks if both sets have the same latency? Also which of those two setups would produce less heat?