Hello!
I just ordered parts to build a new PC for my mother and for the RAM, I picked a 2 X 8GB kit of DDR5 5200 CAS 40 memory. I did so, because I'm building a budget build for some very basic needs and to be on the safe side, I went with AMD's official recommended specs.
Shortly after though, I read that the sweet spot is rather 6000 with CAS 30. It's not too late to cancel and buy a better kit, but I'm not positive it would actually makes a noticable difference though. My mother's basically using her PC to view emails, view pictures she took, uses Itunes to synch MP3 on her ipod, and hangs on Facebook and plays Candy Crush.
I don't know much about memory frequency and latency and I made a quick research and apparently, gaming and productivity applications would be affected the most by RAM speed. In my book, Candy Crush does not qualify as gaming, so I think in this case I'm good with the kit I bought. Is there something I should be made aware of though? (like the computer will be more slow to boot up, Chrome also slower, etc)
Thanks!
I just ordered parts to build a new PC for my mother and for the RAM, I picked a 2 X 8GB kit of DDR5 5200 CAS 40 memory. I did so, because I'm building a budget build for some very basic needs and to be on the safe side, I went with AMD's official recommended specs.
Shortly after though, I read that the sweet spot is rather 6000 with CAS 30. It's not too late to cancel and buy a better kit, but I'm not positive it would actually makes a noticable difference though. My mother's basically using her PC to view emails, view pictures she took, uses Itunes to synch MP3 on her ipod, and hangs on Facebook and plays Candy Crush.
I don't know much about memory frequency and latency and I made a quick research and apparently, gaming and productivity applications would be affected the most by RAM speed. In my book, Candy Crush does not qualify as gaming, so I think in this case I'm good with the kit I bought. Is there something I should be made aware of though? (like the computer will be more slow to boot up, Chrome also slower, etc)
Thanks!
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