What does RAM MHz mean?

GilaStomper · Sep 14, 2015

What does the RAM MHz mean exactly? I currently have 16GB of RAM but it runs at a MHz of 666MHz according to Speccy which is slow compared to what I see market now. Will this have a impact on in game performance?

Graphic_designer · Sep 14, 2015

Mhz=speed and it will surely effect gaming experience. Get atleast 1600Mhz.

rgd1101 · Sep 14, 2015

GilaStomper :

double that, it running at 1333MHz.

seeingeyegod · Sep 14, 2015

I really hate the fact that RAM manufactures use the "megatransfers" number and call it Mhz a lot of the time. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't there no actually "1866mhz, 2133mhz, 2400mhz" RAM, and that is actually 1866MT, 2133MT and 2400MT? for instance my 1866 RAM is actually running at 900something Mhz.

Graphic_designer · Sep 14, 2015

seeingeyegod :

Some processor are not capable of getting full speed out of ram thats one fact.

fa324 · Sep 14, 2015

666Mhz in speccy is 1333MHz on the market

No, it will not affect gaming performance in any way.
You may get a 1% performance increase going from 1330 to 3000 MHz.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/memory-bandwidth-latency-gaming,3409-6.html

seeingeyegod · Sep 14, 2015

Graphic_designer :

Don't confuse the issue please

If you install 1866 RAM, and the system boots and says 1866, then it is using the RAM at rated speed.

GilaStomper · Sep 14, 2015

rgd1101 :

Really so getting better quality RAM would increase performance? I'm using a i5 4590 and a R9 270X atm but what do you mean my RAM is running at 1333Mhz?

rgd1101 · Sep 14, 2015

GilaStomper :

rgd1101 :

Really so getting better quality RAM would increase performance? I'm using a i5 4590 and a R9 270X atm but what do you mean my RAM is running at 1333Mhz?

That the motherboard model? budget? what are you try to increase performance on(games, rendering, etc)?

GilaStomper · Sep 14, 2015

rgd1101 :

My build is already done I bought it off Ebay a few years back and have swapped out nearly all the parts. Here's the Specs.

CPU
Intel Core i5 4590 @ 3.30GHz
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASRock H97M Pro4
Graphics
BenQ XL2411Z (1920x1080@144Hz)
2048MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner)

Ironsounds · Sep 14, 2015

Hello... DDR means "Double Data Rate" multiply reading by 2.
Which video card model # do you have?

GilaStomper · Sep 14, 2015

Ironsounds :

My GPU uses GDDR5 and my RAM uses DDR3.

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