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I currently have 32Gb (4x8) of G.Skill Ripjaws 3200mhz C14 verified B-die in my system. Thing is it's an intel system, and I have no desire to overclock my ram whatsoever, and its causing me clearance issues for the massive cooler I just installed on the CPU I actually do want to overclock and keep as cool as I can. The only kits that will really fit are Corsair Vengeance LPX but they don't offer as tight of timings so I am looking at buying either a 3600 C18 kit new from newegg or a 3200 C16 kit from ebay for ~$90.
I used this latency calculator (https://notkyon.moe/ram-latency.htm) to find the difference between the two and got 8.75ns for the ripjaws vs 10ns for either Corsair kit. Thats a 12% difference which seems like a lot but its nanoseconds so:
- On an intel system used primarily for music production, video editing, and gaming will this small nanosecond increase in latency even be perceptible? Will it be perceptible in anything other than benchmarks? I know my DAW can lean pretty heavily on ram, and video editing as well. I saw in one thread someone thought it made there system feel less "snappy" to have looser timings. I like snappy, but that small a difference sounds like it could be a placebo effect.
-Will the increase in mhz be more useful in my use cases than the tighter timings?
-I have read that higher memory speeds can stress the CPU memory controller more, potentially inhibiting its overclocking ability. Is this a real concern?
System spec:
i7-8700k delidded
Z390 Aorus Pro
OS on M.2 970 evo 1Tb
I used this latency calculator (https://notkyon.moe/ram-latency.htm) to find the difference between the two and got 8.75ns for the ripjaws vs 10ns for either Corsair kit. Thats a 12% difference which seems like a lot but its nanoseconds so:
- On an intel system used primarily for music production, video editing, and gaming will this small nanosecond increase in latency even be perceptible? Will it be perceptible in anything other than benchmarks? I know my DAW can lean pretty heavily on ram, and video editing as well. I saw in one thread someone thought it made there system feel less "snappy" to have looser timings. I like snappy, but that small a difference sounds like it could be a placebo effect.
-Will the increase in mhz be more useful in my use cases than the tighter timings?
-I have read that higher memory speeds can stress the CPU memory controller more, potentially inhibiting its overclocking ability. Is this a real concern?
System spec:
i7-8700k delidded
Z390 Aorus Pro
OS on M.2 970 evo 1Tb
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