Any advantage upgrading my 2400mhz kit to 3200mhz for 2200g APU HTPC strictly 4k playback

[s2kdarren]

I have a 4k APU SFF home theater pc build that I only use for 4k videos. is there any advantage going to 3200 mhz ram from the dual channel (2x4gb) 2400 mhz I currently have? or is the faster ram for ryzen only really applicable for gaming? and I wont notice on my day to day light browsing and video watching.

 

[drbones8472]

RAM speed only really affects AMD CPUs enough to upgrade. On the Intel side there is a performance bump if you have higher speed RAM but its ussually only like 3-5% difference. If all you are doing on your PC is watching 4K video and whatnot then you would be better off spending money on a Sound Card like a Sound Blaster Zx or something rather then more memory. Having more memory(even if its still just more 2400Mhz) for games is a good idea if you are playing games that really need it. But if you are playing games like League of Legends, Dota 2 or Rocket League 8GB is enough.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Faster RAM with Ryzen processors will be noticeable in practically everything the system does due to design of the architecture. I would not however, go from dual channel 2400mhz to a single module, single channel 3200mhz configuration. I'd only upgrade to the faster memory if you are doing so with a kit that will result in still having a dual channel memory configuration. Also, only buy modules in matched sets, kits, any other means is even more likely to present problems with Ryzen based systems that it traditionally has with memory on past platforms.

 

[s2kdarren]

Thank you for the replies. I would upgrade to a dual channel 3200mhz not single but only if it was a noticeable difference in my browsing the web watching 4k videos ect.

 

[ElectrO_90]

You won't notice any performance change from browsing.
I'd save my money for something else, SSD/GPU or better monitor... but depends if money is burning a hole in your pocket and you want to spend it.

 

[Dromoxen]

You will get a very slight increase , but that would only be noticeable in gaming. You would be better off spending that £100 (2x4gb) on something else eg nvme SSD or a larger SSD (mx500 seem to be well priced atm). Maybe even save it towards a pico-psu , totally silent. or 5 floe ring fans that would modulate in time with the film soundtrack, this could be a new trend that YOU started

 

[Darkbreeze]

That's BS. The performance difference is NOT just in gaming. There are performance gains to be had on Ryzen using faster memory in a variety of non-gaming areas such as editing/converting/rendering video, productivity/advanced office applications, audio conversions and editing, 3D/graphics applications and more, including any applications that make heavy use of mathmatics or scientific algorithms. It would not however be likely to show a major change in playing music, watching any kind of video content or in most cases, browsing the internet. There might be a few instances where it would be helpful rendering pages with specific types of code or applets, but it would be pretty limited and probably not entirely noticeable unless you browsed them often. It would also be helpful, of course, with gaming.