Question What's the maximum gear 1 speed for ddr4 and ddr5 memory on Intel 13th gen

[digitalgriffin]

What's the fastest memory I can use on Intel 12ty and 13th gen and still stay in gear 1?

Where's the happy middle ground? I know AMD recommends ddr5 6000

 

[Ralston18]

So why not use DDR5 6000?

What are the requirements that would "prevent" using DDR5 6000?

Or otherwise dictate another choice? What is the end objective?

A system will perform at the speed of the slowest component. At some point faster memory becomes moot.

More information needed.

 

[digitalgriffin]

So why not use DDR5 6000?

What are the requirements that would "prevent" using DDR5 6000?

Or otherwise dictate another choice? What is the end objective?

A system will perform at the speed of the slowest component. At some point faster memory becomes moot.

More information needed.

I'm trying to put together two systems for a friend
1 AMD
1 Intel

I was going through put together the pros and cons of each and let them decide based on their needs.

The last Intel I built was haswell. I know the base clock memory speed of Intel. But I also know there are gear 1 and gear 2 modes for memory. I can't remember what the limit is on gear 1. Gear 2 has performance penalties (like AMD when you go faster than 3800 ddr4). I have built 8 AMD systems since that haswell. So AMD is more my wheelhouse.

 

[Richj444]

What's the fastest memory I can use on Intel 12ty and 13th gen and still stay in gear 1?

Where's the happy middle ground? I know AMD recommends ddr5 6000

On Intel, DDR5 is going to run in Gear 2. As far as I know you can't run it in Gear 1.

How to Overclock DDR5 RAM

The best performance is free performance.

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