{"id":849,"date":"2019-04-30T10:29:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T10:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.velocitymicro.com\/blog\/?p=849"},"modified":"2021-02-19T17:54:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:54:28","slug":"how-important-is-ram-for-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.velocitymicro.com\/blog\/how-important-is-ram-for-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"How Important is RAM for Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a hardcore gamer, there\u2019s no doubt that you want the best gaming computer to make the gaming experience as realistic as possible. But sometimes it can get confusing as to what you need to make your game run smoothly. In fact, it\u2019s common for gamers to overdo their systems when they don\u2019t have to. If you run a powerful GPU alongside a week CPU, for instance, you\u2019re likely creating a bottleneck that&#8217;s not allowing your hardware to perform at full capacity.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re planning on building your own workstation PC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocitymicro.com\/blog\/important-ram-speed\/\">RAM speed<\/a> can get a little confusing. Does it make sense to spend a lot of money? Or should you be conservative? And exactly how important is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocitymicro.com\/blog\/video-card-ram\/\">RAM<\/a> for a high-end gaming experience? Let\u2019s break it down.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: -6px;\">What is the Purpose of RAM for Gaming?<\/h2>\n<p>RAM is the area that stores needed variables and content, so while there are lots of applications for RAM in areas like multi-tasking, it&#8217;s also relevant to gaming as well. Once you launch a game on your gaming PC, the RAM is an active participant because the game is loaded into it. RAM is used instead of the hard drive directly because it\u2019s faster and intended to store temporary items. Bigger and faster RAM is preferred because it improves the gaming experience and leads to faster loading times. Not only are you able to store more temporary information, but also the information can be read and written faster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velocitymicro.com\/blog\/video-card-ram\/\">our post on vRAM<\/a> too and remember, when gaming, your PC will use vRAM before system RAM!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: -6px;\">What Factors Should You Look At?<\/h2>\n<p>Here are the features to look for with your next workstation or gaming PC.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Capacity: Look for total RAM capacity of 16GB or larger, which is sufficient for larger games. While it certainly pays to go higher in this case, make sure your pre built gaming PC can support it, especially if you&#8217;re running older hardware. If you built your own gaming computer, look at the motherboard manufacturer\u2019s website for this information. Otherwise, check the manufacturer\u2019s website of your existing system.<\/li>\n<li>Frequency: Frequency deals with how much data can be transferred to the stick at one time. RAM runs on various frequencies, but like the capacity, you can only go as high as your system supports. The higher the frequency, the better the performance BUT that doesn&#8217;t mean the fastest RAM possible is going to be the best. If you run RAM faster than the chipset allows &#8211; 3600MHz on Z490 for example &#8211; that overclocked RAM can actually cause system instability, negating any performance advantages.<\/li>\n<li>Latency: It\u2019s best to look for RAM that has low latencies around 16 CAS. You\u2019ll notice that latencies are described in four numbers, and these numbers tell you the latency of memory clocks for each task. All motherboards support all latencies, so you don\u2019t have to worry about going overboard on your gaming computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a hardcore gamer, there\u2019s no doubt that you want the best gaming computer to make the gaming experience as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>How Important is RAM for Gaming | Velocity Micro Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you\u2019re planning on building your own workstation PC, RAM speed can get a little confusing. 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