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DDR3 for RAMdrive

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Danja

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Hello,

I'm toying with the idea of setting up a RAMdrive. The idea is to eliminate stutter in Bethesda games - I use a lot of HD texture packs and it seems like there's a lot of stutter induced by transitioning between in-game "cells" - it takes time for the engine to look for the new resources and load them, even from an SSD.

I'm using a 4790k on an ASrock z97 Extreme6 so I'm looking at DDR3. I noticed the following two sets:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231569
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231675

The first is DDR3 1600 with CAS latency 9. The second is DDR3 2400 with CAS latency 11. Should I judge performance based on the RAM frequency or the latency?
 
match it as closely as you can to the stuff you have now, get the same stuff if you can.
 
pendragon1 said:
match it as closely as you can to the stuff you have now, get the same stuff if you can.
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Is this because the Windows installation keeps track of what RAM is installed? I thought matching RAM was only important if you're planning to pair new sticks with existing sticks. My existing sticks are using up all the slots on the board so I am planning to replace all of them.
 
Danja said:
Is this because the Windows installation keeps track of what RAM is installed? I thought matching RAM was only important if you're planning to pair new sticks with existing sticks. My existing sticks are using up all the slots on the board so I am planning to replace all of them.
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Not a problem
 
Danja said:
Is this because the Windows installation keeps track of what RAM is installed? I thought matching RAM was only important if you're planning to pair new sticks with existing sticks. My existing sticks are using up all the slots on the board so I am planning to replace all of them.
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no its to increase compatibility between mismatched set. but if youre replacing all them, then yeah not a prob.
 
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