16 Gb DDR3 1600 Mhz vs 8 Gb DDR3 2400 Mhz

F-Zero · Dec 8, 2015

Hello to everybody on this cold evening from Croatia.

I currently have 2x4 Gb 1600 Mhz DDR3 memory in my system. I was thinking of buying another 2x4 Gb 1600 Mhz DDR3 to have 16 gb memory total.

But now i'm not sure if i should do that or go with a faster 2400 memory ? I realize there are no real benefits of having faster memory in games but you know better safe then sorry.

Can someone help me out here ?

Thank You for the help !

RCoon · Dec 8, 2015

F-Zero said:
I realize there are no real benefits

I feel you've answered your own question. There is literally no point in buying faster memory, at least not for gaming anyway.

cdawall · Dec 8, 2015

Doesn't make any difference in games in any way shape form or fashion, in your system.

Sasqui · Dec 8, 2015

There probably won't be any noticeable benefits and don't forget if you mix 1600 and 2400 memory, it'll all run at 1600 anyway.

cdawall · Dec 8, 2015

Sasqui said:
There probably won't be any noticeable benefits and don't forget if you mix 1600 and 2400 memory, it'll all run at 1600 anyway.

Unless you overclock the 1600 to 2400.

And even in actual gaming on single GPU setups memory speed made no difference.

vega22 · Dec 8, 2015

i will help, but not enough to notice as it is in no way the major bottleneck for gaming.

you would be better placed with 16gb of ram than 8gb of faster ram for everything other than benchmarking.

cdawall · Dec 8, 2015

It wont help in anything, but benchmarking there are millions of reviews showing this.

...PACMAN... · Dec 8, 2015

Actually some games recently have been shown to benefit from faster RAM. It reaps higher benefits when paired with a lower tier processor but still, the benefits are there. In the vast majority there will extremely little to no difference.

cdawall · Dec 8, 2015

...PACMAN... said:
Actually some games recently have been shown to benefit from faster RAM. It reaps higher benefits when paired with a lower tier processor but still, the benefits are there. In the vast majority there will extremely little to no difference.

Lower tier APU's it shows a benefit because the system memory is the GPU memory.

As I have already said he could have the highest clocked DDR3 he wont have any difference

cadaveca · Dec 8, 2015

Speed cannot overcome capacity; if capacity is exceeded at the lower speed, it will continue to do so at any speed.

8 GB is starting to not be enough, so I'd take the 16 GB. 3 years ago, I'd have opted for the 2400 MHz 8 GB, as 8 GB was sufficient, and faster ram does help. DDR4 makes this pretty evident once you top 3600 MHz, compared to 2133 MHz, even desktop usage is noticeably affected.

F-Zero · Dec 8, 2015

Thank You everyone. I think i know now what to do.

cdawall · Dec 8, 2015

cadaveca said:
Speed cannot overcome capacity; if capacity is exceeded at the lower speed, it will continue to do so at any speed.

8 GB is starting to not be enough, so I'd take the 16 GB. 3 years ago, I'd have opted for the 2400 MHz 8 GB, as 8 GB was sufficient, and faster ram does help. DDR4 makes this pretty evident once you top 3600 MHz, compared to 2133 MHz, even desktop usage is noticeably affected.

Different levels of bandwidth. 1600 to 2400 wont matter.

...PACMAN... · Dec 8, 2015

cdawall said:
Lower tier APU's it shows a benefit because the system memory is the GPU memory.

As I have already said he could have the highest clocked DDR3 he wont have any difference

Nope, http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-core-i3-6100-review

Fallout 4...look at that difference between 4770k with 1333 and then 2400 RAM

peche · Dec 8, 2015

...PACMAN... said:
Nope, http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-core-i3-6100-review

Fallout 4...look at that difference between 4770k with 1333 and then 2400 RAM

interesting .. shall i move on from 1333 ?
mmmmm

MxPhenom 216 · Dec 8, 2015

peche said:
interesting .. shall i move on from 1333 ?
mmmmm

Honestly for me, the minimum ddr3 memory id run is 2133. I just upgraded from 8gb 2133, to 16gb at 2400. Mainly upgraded for the increase capacity but found the g. Skill 2400mhz at damn good price during black Friday week and thought what the heck.

cdawall · Dec 8, 2015

...PACMAN... said:
Nope, http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-core-i3-6100-review

Fallout 4...look at that difference between 4770k with 1333 and then 2400 RAM

Very interesting. I am curious the effects at 1440P or eyefinity. Last batch of reviews I read only time it mattered at all was multi-GPU configs. I guess it makes sense with these faster and faster single GPU's.

peche · Dec 8, 2015

MxPhenom 216 said:
Honestly for me, the minimum ddr3 memory id run is 2133. I just upgraded from 8gb 2133, to 16gb at 2400. Mainly upgraded for the increase capacity but found the g. Skill 2400mhz at damn good price during black Friday week and thought what the heck.

have been gaming for more than 2 years with this 16GB @1333GHZ kit and noticed Zero difference compared to the older Patriot intel extreme masters edition 16GB @1866 [OC'ed] .. but is interesting the graphic shown … all the results..

Sasqui · Dec 8, 2015

...PACMAN... said:
Nope, http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-core-i3-6100-review

Fallout 4...look at that difference between 4770k with 1333 and then 2400 RAM

Nice find and it's not just speed that really matters, it's also TIMING. Can see some big differences here: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/GSkill/ARES_F3-2400C11D-8GAB/7.html (take Metro for example)

vega22 · Dec 9, 2015

...PACMAN... said:
Nope, http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-core-i3-6100-review

Fallout 4...look at that difference between 4770k with 1333 and then 2400 RAM

at 1080 that is almost a cpu test not gpu xD

Slizzo · Dec 9, 2015

vega22 said:
at 1080 that is almost a cpu test not gpu xD

Creation engine is skewed towards CPU anyway.

The N · Dec 9, 2015

F-Zero said:
Hello to everybody on this cold evening from Croatia.

I currently have 2x4 Gb 1600 Mhz DDR3 memory in my system. I was thinking of buying another 2x4 Gb 1600 Mhz DDR3 to have 16 gb memory total.

But now i'm not sure if i should do that or go with a faster 2400 memory ? I realize there are no real benefits of having faster memory in games but you know better safe then sorry.

Can someone help me out here ?

Thank You for the help !

well, brother for faster speed and better loading time in games, you need more capaciity instead of higher speed. the difference would be too little to notice. 16gb is great upgrade but 2400mhz wont do much.

RejZoR · Dec 13, 2015

Capacity > Speed

If you can get fast RAM cheap at desired capacity, then of course go for it. Otherwise, prioritize capacity over speed.

Ferrum Master · Dec 13, 2015

I bought 1600Mhz and clocked them to 2400MHz :laugh:

Frick · Dec 13, 2015

...PACMAN... said:
Nope, http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2015-intel-core-i3-6100-review

Fallout 4...look at that difference between 4770k with 1333 and then 2400 RAM

holy crap Ryse went from 55FPS on 1600Mhz memory to 88FPS on 2133Mhz memory. :eek:

Or is there something else in play?

The Fallout 4 example is no surprise to me, Bethsoft are just crappy at what they do.

RejZoR · Dec 13, 2015

If RAM alone creates 30fps difference, then the game is shite. The biggest differences I've seen were 5fps...

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16 Gb DDR3 1600 Mhz vs 8 Gb DDR3 2400 Mhz

F-Zero

RCoon

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

Sasqui

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

vega22

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

...PACMAN...

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

cadaveca

My name is Dave

F-Zero

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

...PACMAN...

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

Sasqui

vega22

Slizzo

The N

RejZoR

Ferrum Master

Frick

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RejZoR

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