can't quite understand why my RAM is slow

Jon Petersburg · Oct 7, 2014

Someone said it's because I own an AMD board/cpu and that slows down the ram.
currently using corsair vengeance

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rgd1101 · Oct 7, 2014

system spec?

Tradesman1 · Oct 8, 2014

In part, yes, DRAM generally doesn't run as well on AMD builds as it will on an Intel system that is similar....the MCs (memory controllers) in AMD CPUs aren't nearly as strong.

Jon Petersburg · Oct 8, 2014

fx 8350 cpu
2x4gb corsair vengeance ddr3 ram
m5A97 R2.0 mobo
asus gtx 970 gpu
evga g2 850watt psu
samsung evo 840 250gb ssd

i think eventually i'll switch over to intel and sell my 8350 for like a 100$ or motherboard and cpu for maybe 150 or something around there. The i7 4770k seems like a good cpu

Tradesman1 · Oct 8, 2014

4770K is a great CPU, when I built my Z97 Hero, I initially used a spare 4770K I had with the plans to upgrade to the 4790K when they were released, and have found no need, this 4770K OCs better on the Z97 than it did on Z87 and with less voltage, am running it at 4.8, so planning to wait for Broadwell before a CPU upgrade

Jon Petersburg · Oct 12, 2014

i did a complete overhaul and went to Intel with the i5-4690k because it was only 199.99 at microcenter + 40$ off with motherboard purchase. I ended up selling my 8350 for 150. I did a performance test on this setup with the i5 and the memory latency is WAYYYY LOWER. Literally everything on the memory test was better with intel.

http://tinypic.com/r/a26gle/8

http://tinypic.com/r/nmzuav/8

Tradesman1 · Oct 12, 2014

Oh yeeaaahhhh. Intel's MCs are much stronger and utilize the DRAM more effectively. I'm getting ready here to put together a AMD rig that I plan to use in part to help AMD users with problems on the forums and will be a rig others can use at the shop and am sort of dreading the memory part, I like fast DRAM and thae though of dropping to 1866 sticks is sort of bugging me

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