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Depend on the sticks and what you do, most people just look and see 1600 - 1866, but need to look into a combo of the freq, say 1600 and the CL (the first number of the timings), the CL in effect is how many clock cycles the DRAM takes to perform an action....... so if you have 1600/CL7 it can do something in 7 cycles (relate a cycle to a timed second) or 7 seconds while 1600 CL11 would take 11 seconds for the same action....the difference in the freq is how many MB the DRAM can process within that perior with 1600 it's theoretically 12, 800 while 1866 is 14,900 so effectively 1600/9 is just a bit slower than 1866/10.....but 1600/8 would be a bit faster that 1866/10
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Depend on the sticks and what you do, most people just look and see 1600 - 1866, but need to look into a combo of the freq, say 1600 and the CL (the first number of the timings), the CL in effect is how many clock cycles the DRAM takes to perform an action....... so if you have 1600/CL7 it can do something in 7 cycles (relate a cycle to a timed second) or 7 seconds while 1600 CL11 would take 11 seconds for the same action....the difference in the freq is how many MB the DRAM can process within that perior with 1600 it's theoretically 12, 800 while 1866 is 14,900 so effectively 1600/9 is just a bit slower than 1866/10.....but 1600/8 would be a bit faster that 1866/10
 
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i want to build a pc and the mobo says that it supports 1333/1600/1866 OC etc. what do they mean with overclock
 
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16gb isnt needed right now I would only go 8gb max and get a better graphics card or ssd unless you have an amd apu without a dedicated graphics card like PsyKhiqZero said
 
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smexyghost

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i already have a 760 but its for editing so 16 gb would be nice
 
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mrdmatt123

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if you feel like you need 16gb right now then go for it. But keep in mind that you can always add on more ram so if you dont have the money right now for 16gb just get 8gb and then add on more later
 
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smexyghost

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but with the 70 $ extra from having 8gb i can not do anything better, maybe my case, but that are the things i like to keep cheap cause i have a low budget
 
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get that, but before this forum i knew nothing about pc's every knowledge i have comes from here, a few month ago i really didn't even know you could make your own pc
 
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Great place to learn, just be sure when asking questions to try and be specific, and if you don't understand have people clarify, there are often vague answers and answers that aren't correct given, from some trying to help but don't really know what they are talking about
 
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