Hello
I have a gaming rig with a 4790k that I want to oc, but I've been reading conflicting things about whether slower ram will hold it back and I haven't found a thread specifically on this subject. I have a 2x8gb 1600mhz cl9 ddr3 kit. I can't provide results atm as I need to sort out the cooling first, but I'd like to know if faster ram will be on the shopping list before I pull the trigger on a new cpu cooler and delid. The 4790k doesn't have all that much oc potential as it is, so in order for it to be worth the effort and money I'd need to get rid of the ram bottleneck if there is one. I'm pretty nooby at this so it might seem like a stupid question, but it would be very helpful if I could get a straight answer from somebody once and for all some have said it doesn't matter, others that you have to oc the ram too as you oc the cpu, others that oc'ing haswell chips benefits from faster ram as opposed to other architectures... So yeah. Thanks
I have a gaming rig with a 4790k that I want to oc, but I've been reading conflicting things about whether slower ram will hold it back and I haven't found a thread specifically on this subject. I have a 2x8gb 1600mhz cl9 ddr3 kit. I can't provide results atm as I need to sort out the cooling first, but I'd like to know if faster ram will be on the shopping list before I pull the trigger on a new cpu cooler and delid. The 4790k doesn't have all that much oc potential as it is, so in order for it to be worth the effort and money I'd need to get rid of the ram bottleneck if there is one. I'm pretty nooby at this so it might seem like a stupid question, but it would be very helpful if I could get a straight answer from somebody once and for all some have said it doesn't matter, others that you have to oc the ram too as you oc the cpu, others that oc'ing haswell chips benefits from faster ram as opposed to other architectures... So yeah. Thanks