Memory Latencies questions

[Muriel]

I have have a couple questions regarding latencies.

1. Would there be any noticeable real life (not benchmarking) performance increase from like 9 9 9 24 to 7 7 7 20?
2. If so, then what areas would it be noticeable in? Multitasking? Gaming? Encoding?
3. Would there be any chance of holding "low" timings like 7 when overclocking an I7 to say 3.6-3.8GHz?

The reason I ask is there are some pretty big price increases that seem purely based off of latencies.

I'm trying to decide on a 6GB DDR3 kit for my I7 build, but I don't want to spend unnecessary money if I'm getting no gain from it.

Thanks

 

[Denithor]

Welcome to the forums!

1 No
2 Only in the memory benchmarks
3 Depends on the memory multiplier & blck you run when overclocking your 920.

Read this article on i7 memory performance to understand why.

EDIT: Buy 1, 2, or 3 of these kits: G.Skill 2x2GB DDR3-1333 (1.5V) for $80 shipped apiece. If you buy 1 the two sticks will run in double channel, if 2 the four sticks will run in triple+single channel hybrid and if you get 3 kits you get 12GB in triple channel.

$80x3 = $240 for 12GB DDR3? Wowsers...