2x8GB or 4x4GB

[Kresimir Kramar]

so i can buy 2x8gb at 2800mhz cl14 or 4x4gb cl14 with 2666mhz speed combined with i5 6600k
i am only intrested in gaming and maybe recordnig
2x8gb is just one euro more expensive than 4x4gb kit
sry for bard eng

 

[WildCard999]

Get the 2x8gb kit since dual channel I believe it runs better and leaves you with upgrade space.

 

[madmatt30]

2 x 8gb at the same price mate because there's no reason not to.
1. It'll leave 2 slots clear for either future upgrading and/or aftermarket cooler compatibility
2. Its faster.

 

[bdivi2000]

16GB is a waste of money. Get 2x4 and spend the rest on something else

 

[madmatt30]

^ I disagree completely now - maybe 2 years ago but with games like GTA 5 & witcher 3 constantly pulling 6-7gb of ram usage there's no reason not to go 16gb now if its in budget.

The 8gb ram recommendation for gaming died about the same time as the 2gb vram did for gpu's.

16gb system ram & 3-4gb GPU ram are what you want nowadays for optimal gaming.

 

[Kresimir Kramar]

all time thinkin to buy now new pc or wait q3 2016 and wait for amd zen architecture and maybe gtx 1000 series with hbmv2

 

[madmatt30]

What are your current specs ?? Can you wait ??

I'm waiting for zen personally , my current system is enough to keep me going for at least 18 months.

If amd drop a 6 or 8 core with performance to match even a 4460 @ stock speed they'll get my money & support personally, while Intel make a decidedly superior product I can't abide them as a company.

 

[Kresimir Kramar]

now i have nvidia gt 210 with 0.5gb ddr3
intel pentium e2220 dual core 2.4 (2008)
memory 2gb ddr2
hdd 320gb

 

[WildCard999]

The Skylake i5 is a excellent CPU but if possible I would wait on the GPU and see what Pascal offers or what AMD is releasing.

The i5/DDR4 would be a massive improvement over your current system.

 

[madmatt30]

Oh dear mate :-/ I see your quandary here - hardly a gaming rig is it ;-) lol

 

[Kresimir Kramar]

when i buy this pc it was ULTRA HIGH END but now years eat them
i play on 800x600 world of tanks with lowest settings around 20fps

 

[Kresimir Kramar]

so i now i want to buy a "medium range" pc and change it for 3-4 years
and never ever more wait 9 years to change pc

 

[madmatt30]

Only you can really decide if you want to wait - I'm not sure I could manage on a daily basis with what you have in your system personally.

 

[Kresimir Kramar]

for google,facebook,youtube and counter strike 1.6 its actually ok
but wot killing me and any other newer game

 

[Kresimir Kramar]

i will wait for new zen arhitecture and gtx 1000 series then buy now a new pc and be out for 3 mouths

 

[madmatt30]

i will wait for new zen arhitecture and gtx 1000 series then buy now a new pc and be out for 3 mouths

youre very patient ,not many people are nowdays, fingers crossed that your waiting pays off (I think it will personally)

 

[digitaldoc]

Hard to know what AMD Zen will be, and if it will be on time. I am thinking it won't show up for purchase until 2017 at this point.

It may be worth the wait if it really is an affordable octo core, but this is all speculation.

 

[WildCard999]

I hope Zen is worth it, I've always used AMD up to the Phenom 965x4 BE, great CPU that I sold to a buddy paired with a R9 290 4gb. I'm just hoping the next series of GPU's are made for 4K (no SLI) as I would like to update my HDTV

 

[digitaldoc]

I've used AMD as well. I am still running my Phenom II X4 945, and would like to upgrade it, but really disliked the FX series and did not see it as much of an improvement. If Zen is nothing special, than can always wait for Intel Cannonlake which will be the first chips on the 10 nm process.

For now, my SSD upgrade has my system running like butter, and is fine for what I do with it.

 

[madmatt30]

I find the current crop of gpu's unimpressive on a value basis at this moment in time more than anything.
That's more down to sloppy game development than amd & nvidia though , every time a stronger range of cards like the 970 & 390 become the mainstream & most popular component in peoples builds the developers seem to try less to optimise games for the lower end models.
The 970 could easily max any title on its release & yet now quite a few titles have to be dropped to high to maintain 60fps.
Regarding zen - literally all amd have to do is drop a 6 & 8 core with comparative single core performance to an haswell i5 at a similar price point & it'll be enough to keep them firmly in the game. That seems to be their general aim with their estimated 40% IPC increase so fingers crossed .

 

[digitaldoc]

There is a good chance that Zen will have the IPC of Haswell from the way they are talking. A hexacore would be fine, and an octocore even better. After the last 5 years from AMD, can't take anything for granted though.

 

[bdivi2000]

^ I disagree completely now - maybe 2 years ago but with games like GTA 5 & witcher 3 constantly pulling 6-7gb of ram usage there's no reason not to go 16gb now if its in budget.

The 8gb ram recommendation for gaming died about the same time as the 2gb vram did for gpu's.

16gb system ram & 3-4gb GPU ram are what you want nowadays for optimal gaming.

This is actually supporting my point. There is nothing more useless than RAM that is not used. I am running all kind of games, heavy office work and multimedia and I have never seen my 8GB full. This is also supported by countless reviews and benchmarks by reputable sites including Tom's.

As I sad you better buy the ram that you need and invest the rest in something that is useful today - better video, better CPU, SSD, etc. The easiest thing to do is add more RAM if/when needed.

 

[Kresimir Kramar]

wooah i didnt expect such discussion
when i can expect cannonlake this year or next(2017)

 

[Zerk2012]

wooah i didnt expect such discussion
when i can expect cannonlake this year or next(2017)

Buy a 2X8GB set of memory and their no reason to think about AMD their always a flop.

 

[digitaldoc]

wooah i didnt expect such discussion
when i can expect cannonlake this year or next(2017)

Cannonlake was originally planned for 2016, but got pushed back to 2017. It is the 10 nm shrink, and the next "tick" in the "tick-tock" cadence of Intel CPU's.

The 2016 new CPU part will be Kaby Lake which should debut sometime in the 2nd half of 2016. It will be a 14 nm part.