12 vs 24 gig of corsair memory.

[danfromoh]

I have an i7 950 chip and matching gigabyte motherboard which has six memory slots. I am going to order corsair triple channel 2000 mz. ddr3 (12 gig). does it make sense to go ahead and buy a second set to fill all six slots and have 24 gig of memory. But I heard that the memory speed then drops. I am a novice and any insight is helpful. I am a gamer for games like stars wars mmo and eve.

 

[GhosT94]

12 gb is already extreme for gaming so unless u video edit alot 12 gb is more than enough

 

[ricardois]

you will never use more than 12gig for gaming, so unless you have a software that needs extreme memory sizes, there will be no performance difference while gaming with more than 12gig. keep the money for something more important.

 

[anti-painkilla]

Also you dont need 2000MHz, if a 1600Mhz is cheaper get it. But yes ricardois is right, you will never need 24GB for anything unless you use apps that need it. Gaming does not.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Depends on what you are using ..... certain apps will see a performance increase with that much memory .... certain apps will will see a performance increase with that higher speed of that memory .... certain apps will see a performance increase with lower CAS ..... since I don't know if you have any of those, it's hard to answer your question.

Gaming is slightly impacted by more, faster and lower CAS memory.....typically on the order of 2 -4 % ..... if 36 fps goes to 37, will ya notice ?

here's some test results

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ram-memory-upgrade,2778-8.html

Mafia II for example goes from 101.2 w/ 6GB to to 102.9 w/ 12 GB an increase of just 1.7%