RAM manufacturers are pushing DDR4 RAM speeds ever higher.

But theres conflicting information about what RAM speeds can really do for you.

Its highly recommended that you get more than that though, as you will have a very bad experience.

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8GB of RAM should be considered the basic amount but 16GB is recommended.

Tip: GB, or gigabyte, is a standard unit of measurement for storage capacity.

1 gigabyte is one billion bytes.

Tip: You should never mix RAM speeds.

Installing mismatched RAM can cause system instability and will force the faster RAM to run at the slower speeds.

Speed

RAM speed is measured in MHz, or megahertz, which means millions of cycles per second.

The fastest available RAM as of July 2020 is a 5000MHz 2x 8GB kit from Corsair.

In the real world, however, the performance difference will be much less noticeable.

In terms of price to performance, the ideal is somewhere around 2800MHz to 3200MHz.

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Tip: If you do purchase XMP RAM, confirm that you enable XMP in your BIOS.

Timings

Another factor in RAM speed is the timings, they are generally shown in the format 16-18-18-36.

There are many different timing factors and decreasing any of them helps to increase your performance.

The single most effective timing value to change though is CAS Latency or CL.

A lower value means lower latency, but this is also reliant on the clock speed of the RAM.

In the real world, slightly faster RAM timings will make an almost imperceptible difference.