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shateredsoul:

care sharing the type/brand of ram you bought?

bpark42:

I doubt the speed of the RAM matters much.  Performance is actually often better if you run the RAM at a slower clock with tighter timings.

JODY:

Did a quick Google search on PC performance and RAM speed.  Most legit article I found on page 1 was this one from Tom's Hardware.  It is 2 years old but should give an idea.  It notes minimal impact but if it is 5% that helps.  Note that the RAM speeds in this article are slower than what is available today and the prices have dropped considerably.  I did not pay a fortune as noted in the article.  

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ram-speed-tests,1807.html

The quad core machine contains the following:
Motherboard:  GIGABYTE GA-880GMA-UD2H AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Memory:  G.SKILL ECO Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL7D-4GBECO
HD:  Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
CPU:  AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX


JODY:

If you are building a new PC here is a good deal on memory (has mail in rebate):  http://www.buy.com/prod/kingston-hyperx-4gb-2-x-2gb-ddr3-1066mhz-sdram-non-ecc-240-pin-memory/q/loc/101/212695590.html


Turnarcades:

Such ..... overpowering ....... specs ..... dying under the weight of people's wallets .... It's always baffled me as to what games some are so desperate to run that you want to squeeze even more power out of top-end PC's?

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