3000mhz RAM

[Lays]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-231-688&Tpk=20-231-688

 

 

 

That's insane, how much of a difference would it be compared to 1600mhz?

 

And look at the pricetag LOL

 

What kind of applications is this even useful for?

[extremescouter]

Unless you're running an APU, the extra speed is really not necessary. In most things, you will barely see any performance increase, if any. 

[Lays]

Unless you're running an APU, the extra speed is really not necessary. In most things, you will barely see any performance increase, if any. 

 

Why do they make these kits then? I can't imagine there is a very big market for 2000$ kits of ram lol

[extremescouter]

Why do they make these kits then? I can't imagine there is a very big market for 2000$ kits of ram lol

 

Haha yeah, there probably isn't much of a market for it. My guess is it's a publicity stunt, if some companies RAM can perform that well, than maybe customers will feel inclined to buy lower speed kits of their RAM. 

[Lays]

Haha yeah, there probably isn't much of a market for it. My guess is it's a publicity stunt, if some companies RAM can perform that well, than maybe customers will feel inclined to buy lower speed kits of their RAM. 

 

 

I suppose, then again if like 5 people buy that kit, I can't imagine it costs very much to produce it compared to 1600mhz kits, profit :D

 

im sure some ceo's are sitting in a yacht chuckling and saying heuhueehue our plan is working! lol

[extremescouter]

I suppose, then again if like 5 people buy that kit, I can't imagine it costs very much to produce it compared to 1600mhz kits, profit :D

 

im sure some ceo's are sitting in a yacht chuckling and saying heuhueehue our plan is working! lol

 

Yep, I bet the profit margins are huge, but regardless it's pretty pointless. 

[unidentical]

I suppose, then again if like 5 people buy that kit, I can't imagine it costs very much to produce it compared to 1600mhz kits, profit :D

 

im sure some ceo's are sitting in a yacht chuckling and saying heuhueehue our plan is working! lol

It's all usage case.

 

For most people there's no point, but for guys doing overclocking and benchmarking for whom every nanosecond is important, that tiny little edge over the other guy, well, this sort of thing could make the difference.

[Eddyall]

Isn't the extra speed wasted on the extra latency?

[fishymamba]

Those timings are pretty bad. I doubt that anyone actually uses this. 

 

Overclockers don't use 4 DIMMs either. mostly 2(I think)

[Art Vandelay]

This RAM is useful for benchmarking only. It will definitely provide a benefit over lower clocked RAM, but in real world applications, 1600MHz CL9 RAM is as good as anything.

 

Isn't the extra speed wasted on the extra latency?

Speed matters more than latency. Also, the latency isn't too high on this RAM.

[MetEishYa]

Problem with this ram is that Haswell is the only cpu that can support it, but as soon as you start over clocking your processor you cannot over clock your ram as high as 3000 Mhz. At 4.8 GHz overclock most reviewers say they can only get 1866 MHz on there high speed memory. This means that due to the worst timings on the high speed ram a 1600 MHz kit or 1866 MHz kit will actually perform better. You can change the timings on the high speed ram, not sure if it will be better than the 1600 MHz kits.

[D3MON]

if im not mistaken (i could be way out) ram latency is worked out like this....latency / actual clock speed*1000=milliseconds
for something like corsair vengeance 1600mhz cl9 its like this.
9 / 800=0.01125
0.01125*1000=11.25milliseconds
so.
cl12/1500=0.008
=8ms latency
so overall its not that bad especially if your limited to dual channel where the extra bandwidth could be useful if your doing some gaming AND some video work on something like a 4770k which only has dual channel but you dont want to fork out for 2011..

as for the problems with overclocking, if you run it at 1866mhz you should be able to get the timings down to cl 8 easily (8.5ms so you could lower voltages), you could maybe push it to cl7 (which is 7.5ms).
all this being said you might aswell buy some 1866 cl8-9 ram in the first place and learn to overclock it, its more available and probably cheaper.


still sticking to amd myself and 1600mhz ram. 90% of people cant truly justify spending £250 on a chip and then £250+ on super fast ram (no you cant).

[Eddyall]

There's 4 latency ratings on RAM no?