HELP! Im super confused with RAM

Vespasian XIII

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Hi guys,

I was looking at what DDR4 8GB RAM to buy and found there were some that were the same price but differed in "Latency" and "Memory Speed".

From trying to understand by reading threads. Am i correct in thinking a lower latency is better for gaming, and a higher latency is better for coding or graphic design/video editing stuff?

I intend on gaming, so i should get the one which is lower in latency? (which is also lower in memory speed)

Also am in even reading the latency right? It looks like this:
13-15-15-28
Would that be considered a lower latency than:
16-16-16-39
 
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Latency means very little today. Memory speed and capacity are the 2 main driving forces today. Get some good 3200 G.skills RAM is the best bang for the buck. In the old days of ddr and ddr2 latency matter but today no CPU favers latency over speed.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($129.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $129.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-11 22:32 EDT-0400

atljsf

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the best latency, benefits your system, faster response, but also bigger price, and if bios decides it doesn't like the timings the ram asks or you set, the maiboard will not boot

very few people from the vast majority of gamers ever bother to play with that, all most people do is set the bios settings to work with what the ram declares to do if the bios doesn't detect it automatically and you don't need to do anything with it

if you haven't found this article already, perhaps can explain a bit better the timings and the effect on what you do

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/understanding-ram-timings/
 

Vespasian XIII

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Oh god that seems incredibly complex to me.

Would you be able to pick for me which is a better RAM and summarise briefly why out of these two options? They are both the same price but differ in latency and memory speed.

Option 1
Memory Speed PC4-17000 (2133)
CAS Latency 13-15-15-28

Option 2
Memory Speed PC4-19200 (2400)
CAS Latency 16-16-16-39

 
Latency means very little today. Memory speed and capacity are the 2 main driving forces today. Get some good 3200 G.skills RAM is the best bang for the buck. In the old days of ddr and ddr2 latency matter but today no CPU favers latency over speed.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($129.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $129.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-05-11 22:32 EDT-0400
 
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