I'm planning to purchase a G-Skill 6000 MHz 64GB RAM. The CL26 version is significantly more expensive than the CL30 version in my country. While the price isn't an issue for me, I'm wondering if there's any noticeable performance difference. If the performance impact is minimal, I'd rather save my money. What do you all think?
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Honestly, unless you're chasing that 0.1% increase in benchmarks, it's negligible for gaming. We're talking about less than 1 FPS difference here.
In general, you probably won't notice much difference in real-world scenarios. The latency isn’t as critical if you’re using an X3D CPU since the extra cache minimizes how often the CPU accesses the RAM.
There might be a performance difference, but it's minimal. If the price gap is wide, I'd recommend putting that money toward a better CPU or GPU instead. You'd feel a more significant improvement from that investment.
That makes sense! I’ll definitely consider upgrading my CPU instead.