What Does The Numbers In RAM Mean?

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Hi, I'm getting a new computer soon and looking to get good ram but im confused on what the numbers mean after DDR4. I'm a gamer looking to record arma 3 and gta 5 at high quality.
What I think im getting: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/pdkFPs
Anything Else I Should Add / Edit To My PC Please Comment.
I Live In Ontario Canada If That Makes A Difference.
 
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timeconsumer
In that kit DDR4-3200 the 3200 refers to the clock frequency of the memory, how fast it operates, higher = better. The Cas Latency 16 is another measure of the memory speed, in this case lower = better. In most cases higher frequency = Higher latency. Basically for the average gamer you will notice very little difference between 3200 @ CL 16 vs 2400 @ CL 14. In the hands of an experienced tuner a high frequency kit can be helpful when fine tuning a CPU overclock by manipulating BCLK values in order to eek out an extra 1% performance in a synthetic benchmark. But again, for the average user, it's not a big deal, I wouldn't buy more than a kit at 3000 as it's still pretty reasonably priced.

If you truly think you need that much SSD...
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Taken from http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/quick-dirty-guide-ram-need-know/

The number paired after DDR refers to the number of megatransfers (MT) per second. (For example, DDR3-1600 RAM operates at 1600 MT/s). The number paired after PC refers to the theoretical bandwidth in megabytes per second. (For example, PC3-12800 operates at 12800 MB/s).

Basically it indicates the speed of the RAM.


 
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In that kit DDR4-3200 the 3200 refers to the clock frequency of the memory, how fast it operates, higher = better. The Cas Latency 16 is another measure of the memory speed, in this case lower = better. In most cases higher frequency = Higher latency. Basically for the average gamer you will notice very little difference between 3200 @ CL 16 vs 2400 @ CL 14. In the hands of an experienced tuner a high frequency kit can be helpful when fine tuning a CPU overclock by manipulating BCLK values in order to eek out an extra 1% performance in a synthetic benchmark. But again, for the average user, it's not a big deal, I wouldn't buy more than a kit at 3000 as it's still pretty reasonably priced.

If you truly think you need that much SSD storage it would be cheaper to get a single bigger SSD like http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/NLs8TW/crucial-mx300-750gb-25-solid-state-drive-ct750mx300ssd1. And if you feel the need to have them all with seperate drive letters just partition it.
 
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