A RAM question

[lemans81]

What is better for gaming and for benchmarking, Higher mhz/higher latencys or Lower latencys/lower mhz.

Here is the situation, I can run my ram at 4-4-3-5 2t @ 945mhz or I can go 5-5-5-18 2t @ 1124 mhz...so do I need to be with one or the other...or should I be trying to find a middle ground on it? And which would be better for gaming, and which would be better for benchmarking?

 

[nvalhalla]

Everything I've ever seen says clock speed is more important than latency. Run them both and bench a game. I'd bet you won't see much of an improvement either way, RAM isn't much of a bottleneck. For my money, I'd use the higher clock speed though. As far as a blend, only clock down to tighten timings if you can tighten them a step without much of a clock decrease (say 4-4-4-12 1080MHz over 5-5-5-15 1124Mhz)