Timings vs Frequency/mhz

Nordland

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I've dabbled on the science of memory, but it still seems unclear from my own personal experience as to which is more important, my ram now 1600mhz at 7-7-7-20 timings is great, but still dosen't compare to my xmp setup of my old 2133 mhz @ 9-11-9-27.
What is a rule of thumb for actually weighting the performance of memory, because honestly I feel like half of the people building computers don't have a clue.
Cheers.
 

imomun

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Normally its the MHz that defines performance.
But lower cas also matters. Example : Cas 7 1600mhz will be some or less cas 9 1866MHz performance.
Your OLD XMP 2133 mhz @ 9-11-9-27 is the best setting