Review on 💡 PNY XLR8 Gaming Epic-X RGB DDR4 3200MHz Desktop Memory RAM White Edition 16GB (2x8GB) - (MD16GK2D4320016XWRGB) by Eric Miller

So I got fantastic 3200 and 4000 and 4000 RAM when I was working on 10th Gen Intel. However, I had to go back to 3200 when I upgraded to 11th Gen, and here's why: With 11th Gen came first and second gear memory controller speeds that were a 1:1 and 1:2 ratio, respectively to have. So on an 11th gen i7 that supports 3200 it will only run at a controller speed of 1600 which is the Gear 1's 1:1 ratio. That's correct as DDR is duplicate data so will the controllers -speed multiplied by 2, the 11th gen Intel will go into transfer mode 2, which means the controller will run at HALF speed, and trying to force the transfer could prevent booting. So instead of running at 4000 Hz with a controller frequency of 2000, it's actually running at 4000 Hz with a controller frequency of 1000. This is significantly slower than a 1 3200 transmission, and there are many comparison videos that have about 10 percent frame drops in Play show why…. Choose carefully for best performance. 3600 or even 5000 may sound fantastic, but the actual CPU RAM controller speed is only 900 or 1250 respectively.