Does RAM Speed REALLY Matter?? (DDR5 Edition)

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How much does RAM speed matter? It’s a question we’ve covered before, but with new platforms from AMD and Intel, and of course the new DDR5 spec, it’s time to go down the rabbit hole once more…

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Check out the parts on the rigs we used for texting:

Intel Core i9 – 13900K Processor:
AMD Ryzen 9 7950x Processor:
ASUS Z790 Hero Motherboard:
Gigabyte X670E Aorus Extreme Motherboard:
MSI Pro Z790-P WiFi DDR4 Motherboard:
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 FE GPU:

And check out some of the RAM we tested:

G Skill Trident Z DDR4 3600 CL14:
G.Skill Trident Z5 5600 CL40:
G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000 CL30:
G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6800 CL34:
G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 7200 CL34:
Crucial DDR5 4800 CL40:
Crucial DDR5 5200 CL42:

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo – Supernova
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Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:10 Intel
2:10 1% Lows
3:05 Higher Speeds
3:50 Latency
5:15 AMD
6:20 Games
8:10 Productivity
9:00 Conclusion
10:32 Outro

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