Quick Question about RAM and bottlenecking.

[Clifford]

Will an i5 4670k be able to handle Corsair Vengeance RAM 16GB ( 2 x 8GB) or will the be some sort of bottleneck?

 

Thanks for the responses! 

[Unhelpful]

There will always be bottlenecks, in any configuration. But that will be just fine. No reason it couldn't.

[Legendry-gamer]

It WILL.

No doubt....

[Grave]

The bottlenecking would be coming from your workload size, not the RAM's capability itself usually. If you had a heavy enough workload and CL9 1600mhz RAM, I would guess on a 4670k your RAM might bottleneck performance. If you had 2133-2400mhz RAM at CL9-10, I doubt the RAM could before the CPU hit 100% in any situation. At least I believe this is what would be happening.

And even though I think the 4670k is only rated to handle up to 2133mhz frequency RAM (I think) it should be able to do higher. It's always harder to manipulate an XMP profile for custom RAM settings when you're overclocking your chip as hard as you can though. Just puts more stress on the chip's OC stability.

[Legendry-gamer]

By HEAVY workload u mean, video editing/3d rendering + gaming?

[Clifford]

I will be using this for video editing/ Photoshop, etc.