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Dayle Diamond
Senior Cruncher Joined: Jan 31, 2013 Post Count: 452 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Hello folks,
I'm waiting for the 6700k to be available before upgrading, but this is my first time in the market for DDR4 SDRAM. PCPartPicker.com indicates that the ram price can easily quadruple at higher speeds. 16 GB at 3600 is $800. 16 GB at 2133 is $93. I'll be using my computer primarily for crunching. I'm hoping to future-proof a little if it's economically feasible. Is there any reason why I should consider anything but the cheapest RAM for the buck? Thanks in advance for the advice! |
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flynryan
Senior Cruncher United States Joined: Aug 15, 2006 Post Count: 235 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Is there any reason why I should consider anything but the cheapest RAM for the buck? Not really, won't make much difference. [Edit 1 times, last edit by FlynRyan at Aug 27, 2015 6:58:50 PM] |
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highwind
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Aug 22, 2009 Post Count: 56 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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It's more of your CPU then your RAM. Your 6700K will kill all these work units quick! I am running 17-3630QM CPU here with 16 GB RAM.
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KLiK
Master Cruncher Croatia Joined: Nov 13, 2006 Post Count: 3108 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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@DD
----------------------------------------depending on the MBO...so it doesn't have to be that RAM would be a "slow-point"...might be, but also a NB could be to d blame...  |
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scol5913
Senior Cruncher UK Joined: May 30, 2013 Post Count: 192 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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In the same area but not quiet on topic. Does it make any difference to performance how many ram sockets you have occupied.
ie. 2x8 or 4x4 gbs, or is there no difference. |
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enels
Senior Cruncher Joined: Apr 25, 2008 Post Count: 286 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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In the same area but not quiet on topic. Does it make any difference to performance how many ram sockets you have occupied. ie. 2x8 or 4x4 gbs, or is there no difference. You should always try to fill as many memory channels you have with matching DIMMS. In this example there would only be a difference if you had 4 memory channels. 16 GB at 3600 is $800. 16 GB at 2133 is $93. Dayle Diamond, I don't think you would notice more than 10% difference in speed with WCG tasks. And the price is so much more. But you may have other tasks than the WCG where memory bandwidth is more important. |
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scol5913
Senior Cruncher UK Joined: May 30, 2013 Post Count: 192 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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You should always try to fill as many memory channels you have with matching DIMMS. In this example there would only be a difference if you had 4 memory channels. Thank you Enels for your quick reply, I do have 4 channels so will be filling them all. |
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