DDR3 vs DDR4 in general

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NateTheGreat1015

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I've heard a lot about different DRAM. What actual difference will that make? Will I get faster processing power, internet connectivity, what will happen? I don't want *cue squeaky voice* "This system has xxxx speed, making it far superior to this system, with xxxy speed" *uncue*. What real-world benefits do RAM types, and faster RAM speeds have? I don't understand much about this sort of thing (RAM-wise, I'm good with other techy stuff), so if you could explain to me in easy terms, it would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
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gumbykid

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DDR4 consumes less power (1.2V) which allows for better overclocking. It also has higher maximum speeds and some techy-features that the motherboard and CPU will enjoy. Overall its just slightly more optimized and more future proof.

Speed makes almost zero difference in gaming. The only place you'll see a difference is in video/photo editing where you are working with large uncompressed files (video projects, psd's, etc). It's not a huge difference, but slightly noticeable, becoming more noticeable the larger the file. Latency tends to matter more than speed simply because most CPUs do not support fast RAM speeds, latency being the delay between the CPU and RAM.

It won't be anything game-changing until CPUs can catch up to RAM and run them at much higher speeds, and for the faster RAM modules to lower in price.
 
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