Best ramm speed for gaming

[TheOnlyDoor]

So I currently have 16 gb Kingston hyperx 1333 ramm.(4x4 dual channel)
My mother board is an ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0
My CPU is an FX 8350.
Would I get any noticeable gaming preformence going up to 1600, 1800 or even 2000 speed ramm? I do plan on trying to overclock my CPU once my H80i comes in.
Thanks

 

[behour]

I seen this debate a lot over the years..constant back and forth. What I always see in the debates is if the price is fair and your motherboard supports it then go for it. Timings same?

So to answer your question.. "Noticeable"... Depends on what you run and if you are running tests all day. By yourself/real world I would say no. However if the price is fair and you want any extra gains you can get, your system fully supports it and you use it other than gaming then yes.

What do you use your system for? If this is only for gaming I don't even find 16 gb worth your time. My son plays several games on his computer and they rarely push 4 gs. The most benefit I would say you would see is in compression, video encoding,stress tests, benchmarks etc. Better to spend more money on CPU/GPU/hard-drive in my opinion.

Several tests/benchmarks on this very question that would tell you the same. I recently posted a topic on 1600mhz triple vs 1333 mhz dual and I can't find much reason to care. I believe amd only supports dual channel configurations.

So again I would say no. Now if someone wants to say yes.. I really hope they explain how any jump would be significantly worth it. Going by Newegg.com Kingston memory for 1333mhz vs 2100mhz is about a 11% jump in cost which in my opinion a complete waste of money. For 1600 vs 2400 at 16gbs (cheapest on Newegg and what brand you have) You get about a 21% cost jump. You wont see 11% jump in any gaming and definitely nothing near 21%. However can always shop around I suppose to narrow this gab and make it worthwhile.

I hope my rambling on gave you an answer.

 

[TheOnlyDoor]

I seen this debate a lot over the years..constant back and forth. What I always see in the debates is if the price is fair and your motherboard supports it then go for it. Timings same?

So to answer your question.. "Noticeable"... Depends on what you run and if you are running tests all day. By yourself/real world I would say no. However if the price is fair and you want any extra gains you can get, your system fully supports it and you use it other than gaming then yes.

What do you use your system for? If this is only for gaming I don't even find 16 gb worth your time. My son plays several games on his computer and they rarely push 4 gs. The most benefit I would say you would see is in compression, video encoding,stress tests, benchmarks etc. Better to spend more money on CPU/GPU/hard-drive in my opinion.

Several tests/benchmarks on this very question that would tell you the same. I recently posted a topic on 1600mhz triple vs 1333 mhz dual and I can't find much reason to care. I believe amd only supports dual channel configurations.

So again I would say no. Now if someone wants to say yes.. I really hope they explain how any jump would be significantly worth it. Going by Newegg.com Kingston memory for 1333mhz vs 2100mhz is about a 11% jump in cost which in my opinion a complete waste of money. For 1600 vs 2400 at 16gbs (cheapest on Newegg and what brand you have) You get about a 21% cost jump. You wont see 11% jump in any gaming and definitely nothing near 21%. However can always shop around I suppose to narrow this gab and make it worthwhile.

I hope my rambling on gave you an answer.

Yes I appreciate the answer. Since a few games I play are CPU bottlenecked (My Gpu's are 680's SLI'd) I plan on Overclocking my FX 8350 Hoplefully to around 4.6 or 4.8 stable. I wasnt sure if my 1333 speed would affect that overclocks stability at all so I wondered if better/faster ramm would make a differnce in the overclock stability...so by extension the gaming performance.

 

[behour]

Well OC is another issue however I would obviously test first before bothering. Oc system is not something I am that familiar with I probably only OC 6 systems in my time GPU/CPU/MEM etc. My knowledge is limited for Amds as well. I would research your particular configuration/CPU to see what is best and what others get.

Faster memory with better timings usually means better binned memory with better overclocking flexibility. If you are working with multiplier locked processors ram can be more important. I do not know much about that Cpu so again quick search should answer that question. I would still play around with what you have first. If you can't achieve what you wanted due to ram...then go for it