What RAM specs are important for the systems i am building?

[trainergames]

I am building 3 systems out of used parts I have lying around, and I have most of the parts picked.

 

I want to get the best out of each system but I will admit i don't know much about ram beyond the Mhz and the capacity.

 

Knowing what to look for will help me pick out the best sticks out of all my ram.

 

So it it would help to know more about different ram specs, and how they will what is more important for each system.

 

 

The first system is going to be going to be a workstation, i think i am going to dual boot it(windows and linux) and i plan to do music creation on it, but i also want to use it to try out different video editing and photo editing programs to try and find one i like.

 

 

The second system is going to be a server, it will be a game server sometimes for my friends and i,but i may also use it as a NAS and/or mabye even install plex on it.

 

 

The last one is going to be an HTPC that will be streaming stuff from Youtube, Netflix, Hulu, but i will also be doing steam in home streaming, and some PS2 emulation. 

 

 

Thank you guys for the help.

[Jurrunio]

Most RAM for first system, least for the last, that's it. Frequency dont really matter when you're not gaming

[trainergames]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

Most RAM for first system, least for the last, that's it. Frequency dont really matter when you're not gaming

Will frequency or latency matter much for the other 2 systems?

[Kilrah]

I'm rebuilding a machine right now and made a comparison between a single stick of 2166MHz RAM I had and the pair of 2666MHz sticks I was going to use, benchmark results were basically within the margin of error, <5% difference.

So going from single channel 2166 to dual channel 2666 made basically no difference, aka no need to care as long as you've got RAM in the quantity you need.

 

This is on Intel, Ryzen is the opposite and RAM speed matters a lot (see the LTT video about it).

[Jurrunio]

6 minutes ago, trainergames said:

Will frequency or latency matter much for the other 2 systems?

you didnt say what you actually have all this time

[trainergames]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

you didnt say what you actually have all this time

Workstation:

I7 930 with an Intel DX58SO

 

Server:

X4 925 with an MSI 970A-G46

 

HTPC:

FX-6100 with an Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

 

 

Here is all my RAM and the specs i found on them.

 

1x   8GB DDR3 1600Mhz

 

1x G.Skill F3-1600C11-8GNT----------11-11-11-28

 

 

1x   4GB DDR3 1333Mhz

 

1x PNY 64C0MHHHJ-HS-----------------10-09-09-24

 

 

2x   2GB DDR3 1866Mhz

 

2x Micron MT9JSF25672AZ-1G9K1ZE-----13-12-12-31

 

 

4x   2GB DDR3 1600Mhz

 

2x Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9---------09-09-09-24
2x Crucial CT25664BA160B.C16FKR2----11-11-11-28

 

 

10x 2GB DDR3 1333Mhz 

 

1x Kingston 9995403-030.A00LF-------09-09-10-24
1x Nanya NT2GC64B8HC0NF-CG----------09-09-09-24
1x Pacific Sun Memory X25642133p----10-09-09-24
2x Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9---------09-09-09-24
2x ASint SLZ3128M8-EDJED------------09-09-09-24
3x Hynix HMT125R7BFR8C-H9-----------09-09-09-24

 

9x   1GB DDR3 1333Mhz  

 

4x Hynix HMT112U6TFR8C-H9-----------09-09-09-24
5x Samsung M391B2873FH0-CH9---------09-09-09-24
 

[Jurrunio]

39 minutes ago, trainergames said:

Server:

X4 925 with an MSI 970A-G46

 

HTPC:

FX-6100 with an Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

FX is better as a server since it's faster with more cores

 

As I said before, the first build gets all the highest capacity and frequency sticks, after that the server gets to get its sticks, last will be the HTPC.

[trainergames]

54 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

FX is better as a server since it's faster with more cores

 

As I said before, the first build gets all the highest capacity and frequency sticks, after that the server gets to get its sticks, last will be the HTPC.

This is what came up with tell me what you think.

 

Workstation: I7 930+Intel DX58SO

 

1x G.Skill F3-1600C11-8GNT----------11-11-11-28=8GB@1600Mhz
1x PNY 64C0MHHHJ-HS-----------------10-09-09-24=4GB@1333Mhz
2x Micron MT9JSF25672AZ-1G9K1ZE-----13-12-12-31=2x2GB@1866Mhz

 

Total RAM amount:16GB

 

Try to to get them all running at 1600Mhz if i can.

 

Server:FX-6100+MSI 970A-G46

 

2x Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9---------09-09-09-24=2x2GB@1600Mhz
2x Crucial CT25664BA160B.C16FKR2----11-11-11-28=2x2GB@1600Mhz

 

Total RAM amount:8GB

 

 

HTPC:X4 925+Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

 

2x Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9---------09-09-09-24=2x2GB@1333Mhz
2x ASint SLZ3128M8-EDJED------------09-09-09-24=2x2GB@1333Mhz

 

Total RAM amount:8GB