Is cl 46 5600 ram that bad? I wanted to build a pc and I got my hands on it since it was the cheapest and was on budget heard its bad but is it? Is that like a major concern? It's 32 gig 16x2
Posted by FarmerAlternative152@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 17 comments
help me please
Tactrix1h@reddit
It's absolutely not bad at all.
FarmerAlternative152@reddit (OP)
It's not the speed I am worried cause of the cl I heard 5600 is fine but cl 46 is pretty bad
Tactrix1h@reddit
In what way?
FarmerAlternative152@reddit (OP)
With hight cl there's more stutters in high cpu demanding games no? Cause I play rdr2 and have em
Tactrix1h@reddit
No, higher and lower don't in themselves indicate speed. What you're looking for is the overall number, you take the actual speed and divide it by the CL so lets say you have a 5200 with a CL 46, you divide that 5200/46 = 113. Now lets say you have the same 5200 but with a CL 40, 5200/40 = 130. So the 40 would have higher clocks than the 46.
FarmerAlternative152@reddit (OP)
Ok ty
3ofUsDeez@reddit
At what voltage does your kit run at? 1.1v? 1.2v?
Most 6000 CAS 30'ish kits run at 1.35v
Find out what chips your kit uses and then you can bump up your DDR voltages to 1.35v-1.4v .. and manually set your timings if you want
There is lots of info out there to help you fine tune your RAM kit based on what chips they use (Hynix, Samsung or Micron) ..
Make sure your RAM is installed in slots A2 B2 2nd and 4th slots away from the CPU socket if you are running a 4 memory slotted motherboard
Make sure you have good airflow through your case.. you have to keep your VRM'S and RAM cool too. Tweaking your RAM is going to make them run warmer
UpstairsConnection57@reddit
It will work fine. It is just not optimal speed. With prices the way they area person on a budget can't really worry about optimal.
jhaluska@reddit
You lose a few percent performance. If you pair it with an x3D it's about a 1% difference in games which isn't significant unless you're trying to break records.
Ram currently is the most expensive way to gain performance.
0wlGod@reddit
if you put a 7800x3d from aliexpress it will compensate the slow ram... for a cpu without x3d it result a noticible slower perfomance
FarmerAlternative152@reddit (OP)
Since its a new build when I already thought of that but like I just got it so I'll need to wait like 2 3 years I have run 5 9600x
0wlGod@reddit
you lose some perfomance but is nothing gamebreaking... also it will be more noticeble on cpu bound games
FarmerAlternative152@reddit (OP)
Like 100 bucks in my state even can reach 200 to 300
FarmerAlternative152@reddit (OP)
Yea I've felt that quite a bit thanks anyways :)
coolboy856@reddit
No it's not that bad, if you have it don't worry about it!
Here are some benchmarks, no direct 5600 CL46 kit but should give you an indication of performance differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-WFetQjifc
Born_Bad_1294@reddit
It will run, play games, do what you wanna do, just with less speed and quickiness.
And when the prices drop, you can switch the top quality model later down the road.
Gotta make do you with what you have mate.
VoraciousGorak@reddit
It's a bit slower than optimal stuff. Depending on your use case, your CPU, and the rest of your system, you might not even notice.