RAM speed: is the difference between 1600 or 2400 MHz important?

Ryan Klug · Aug 14, 2013

I'm building a new gaming/HTPC system and I was told not to waste money on "fancy" RAM. But is the difference between 1600 MHz and 2400 MHz RAM important? (The cost difference is about $40) I plan to overclock my Core i7 4770K to 4.4 - 4.6 GHz.

Thanks for your reply.

rgd1101 · Aug 14, 2013

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6372/memory-performance-16gb-ddr31333-to-ddr32400-on-ivy-bridge-igp-with-gskill

darkronald96 · Oct 17, 2014

no it is not important........the difference will only be in 0.0001 seconds

CyberianIce · Mar 6, 2018

If you are gamer, in CPU-intensive gaming (source or unreal engine), difference between 1333MHz and 2400MHz can be very significant (+12fps). Ofc, in case your CPU or GPU are not bottlenecks. Check link below for detailed real-world testing (not hypothetical speed):

Soruce: http://www.overclock.net/forum/18051-memory/1487162-independent-study-does-speed-ram-directly-affect-fps-during-high-cpu-overhead-scenarios.html

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