Simple RAM Question

[Nickel996]

I'm looking at RAM for a Ryzen processor and don't know what it means when it says first word latency. Can someone explain this and tell me if these two ram kits are very different. I kind of want a little light on my sticks and I'm wondering if this is a tradeoff not worth it.

 

[WhitetailAni]

Why do you want 32GB?
If you're just gaming, 16GB is fine.

[minibois]

The G.Skill set is faster than the Corsair set in this case, because the G.Skill set has a lower latency (of 16).

The true latency in ns (nanoseconds) is derived from the speed (3600Mhz in this case) and the latency (18 on the Corsair set, 16 on the G.Skill set).

 

You want the latency as low as possible and speed as high as possible.

The G.Skill set would get some more performance in many uses (including, but not limited to: gaming, video editing, photo editing, etc.).

[Golfpilot]

Basically just the CAS latency and clock speed mixed together.

(CAS latency/RAM clock speed) x 2000 = latency in nanoseconds

[JustUni]

The higher the frequency and the shorter the timing the faster the memory is.

[Nickel996]

3 hours ago, ragnarok0273 said:

Why do you want 32GB?
If you're just gaming, 16GB is fine.

I was thinking 32 for discord, screen sharing or recording, iTunes, camera software, and games all at once. Still think not needed?

[freeagent]

Does anyone use ram cache software?

[Nickel996]

54 minutes ago, freeagent said:

Does anyone use ram cache software?

What is it