- Dec 12, 2013
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I am having trouble understanding all this stuff about overclocking RAM and motherboards that support it.
For my new gaming PC i can buy either:
• DIMM DDR3 2x8GB 2400MHz Kingston HyperX Savage CL11
• DIMM DDR3 2x8GB 1866MHz Kingston HyperX Savage CL9
For my new motherboard i can choose between:
• LGA1150 Z97 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2
• LGA1150 Z97 ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER
• LGA1150 Z97 MAXIMUS VII RANGER
• LGA1150 Z97 ASUS Z97-AR
My CPU will be Intel i7-4790K and my PSU is a 750w Seasonic SS-750AM2, GPU is Nvidia GTX 980.
I understand that CL9 is better than CL11, but the entire overclocking thing baffles me.
What really confuses me is the following:
1. Sabertooth motherboard does not seem to support 2400MHz RAM - but it does support 1866MHz RAM without overclocking, or am i mistaken?
2. The other 3 mother boards support up to 3000+MHz RAM, but they do not support 1866MHz RAM without overclocking?
3. I do not understand how RAM overclocking works, do i sacrifice my CPU performance (or something else) when i overclock my RAM to 2400MHz?
4. If the 2400MHz RAM is left to work at only 1866 MHz, does it still have CL11 - or does the latency drop to CL9 since it runs on 1866MHz?
5. Which motherboard would be the best choice if i want to run a 1866MHz RAM at CL9?
6. Which motherboard would be the best choice if i want to run a 2400MHZ RAM at CL11?
I am not able to understand which RAM should i pair up with motherboard for maximum performance?
The prices are very similar, so money is not the problem here - i just don't understand which RAM+Motherboard would give the best performance in games like Battlefield 4 (64 multiplayer).
(side question): what is better for a single Nvidia GTX 980 GPU, a PCI (32-bit) slot or a PCI-Express 16x slot?
For my new gaming PC i can buy either:
• DIMM DDR3 2x8GB 2400MHz Kingston HyperX Savage CL11
• DIMM DDR3 2x8GB 1866MHz Kingston HyperX Savage CL9
For my new motherboard i can choose between:
• LGA1150 Z97 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 2
• LGA1150 Z97 ASUS Z97-PRO GAMER
• LGA1150 Z97 MAXIMUS VII RANGER
• LGA1150 Z97 ASUS Z97-AR
My CPU will be Intel i7-4790K and my PSU is a 750w Seasonic SS-750AM2, GPU is Nvidia GTX 980.
I understand that CL9 is better than CL11, but the entire overclocking thing baffles me.
What really confuses me is the following:
1. Sabertooth motherboard does not seem to support 2400MHz RAM - but it does support 1866MHz RAM without overclocking, or am i mistaken?
2. The other 3 mother boards support up to 3000+MHz RAM, but they do not support 1866MHz RAM without overclocking?
3. I do not understand how RAM overclocking works, do i sacrifice my CPU performance (or something else) when i overclock my RAM to 2400MHz?
4. If the 2400MHz RAM is left to work at only 1866 MHz, does it still have CL11 - or does the latency drop to CL9 since it runs on 1866MHz?
5. Which motherboard would be the best choice if i want to run a 1866MHz RAM at CL9?
6. Which motherboard would be the best choice if i want to run a 2400MHZ RAM at CL11?
I am not able to understand which RAM should i pair up with motherboard for maximum performance?
The prices are very similar, so money is not the problem here - i just don't understand which RAM+Motherboard would give the best performance in games like Battlefield 4 (64 multiplayer).
(side question): what is better for a single Nvidia GTX 980 GPU, a PCI (32-bit) slot or a PCI-Express 16x slot?
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