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I went over to the general hardware forum to get feedback on the components I have chosen for a new system, and several people referred me to Zebo's sticky thread on RAM.
In the past I have always purchased the most expensive RAM I could afford and simply slapped the RAM into my motherboard without doing any tweaking or configuration for it.
After reading Zebo's sticky post, it has raised my interest in going the budget RAM option...the problem is that I do not understand the benchmarks he performed, and any discussion about voltages, latency and other RAM jargon is outside of my realm of understanding.
I do not overclock systems, so that is really not a concern of mine.
So let's say I purchase some budget RAM instead of the fancy expensive stuff...once I get that RAM and slap it into my motherboard, what other configuration considerations are necessary to ensure I am getting the most system performance out of it?
In the past I have always purchased the most expensive RAM I could afford and simply slapped the RAM into my motherboard without doing any tweaking or configuration for it.
After reading Zebo's sticky post, it has raised my interest in going the budget RAM option...the problem is that I do not understand the benchmarks he performed, and any discussion about voltages, latency and other RAM jargon is outside of my realm of understanding.
I do not overclock systems, so that is really not a concern of mine.
So let's say I purchase some budget RAM instead of the fancy expensive stuff...once I get that RAM and slap it into my motherboard, what other configuration considerations are necessary to ensure I am getting the most system performance out of it?