Ever since AMD introduced Zen, all CPUs based on the architecture have shown that they are especially sensitive to memory speed, as well as other timings. Using faster RAM could give a sizable ...

I will shortly be upgrading my CPU and motherboard from an i5-6500 to an i5-9600K, and a B150 board to a Z390 board (Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X). I currently have 4 x 8 GB DDR4-2133 DIMMS in there. I was ...

The relevance of RAM speed to PC gaming is one of the most enduring of component discussions. If you're putting together a gaming PC build how much attention and money should you pay towards dropping ...

When I first started building PCs well over a decade ago, I didn't put too much thought into RAM specs all that much besides capacity. After all, back then, RAM speed wasn't a big deal; most games and ...

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There aren't many people who wouldn't like their computers to run faster, and overclocking your RAM (Random Access Memory) is one way to do just that. Overclocking your RAM allows for faster data ...

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