Gaming RAM for the AMD A6-5400K?

[Essej Sniggoc]

My System:
MOBO: MSI FM2-A55M-E33
APU: A6-5400K (OC to 4.0 GHz)
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1866
GPU: MSI Radeon HD 6570
HDD: Seagate Backup Plus 500GB
I'm looking to upgrade my current RAM to 16 GB of a faster frequency (gaming) RAM. I want like to know what the best type of RAM that my system would support. I'm not concerned about prices.

Thank you for reading.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[xhanku]

The current RAM you're using is more than enough imo. What are the timings of your RAM btw?

 

[logainofhades]

You only need faster ram if using the IGP. If you are using a discrete card, faster ram isn't going to do much for you.

 

[Blaise170]

As long as your motherboard supports it, it can use any RAM. Mushkin, Corsair, and G.SKill are my personal favorite brands. Have you considered putting another 8GB of Corsair Vengeance in it? The speeds and latency really aren't that important, and most games will not even get a performance boost from more than 8GB of RAM. If you really want 16GB though, I recommend this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226331&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Keep in mind that your motherboard only supports up to 1866MHz RAM, which is the same as selected.

 

[ShaBaz Khan]

6-8 GB RAM is enough for gaming... 16 GB for now will be overkill....

 

[logainofhades]

6-8 GB RAM is enough for gaming... 16 GB for now will be overkill....

Depends on the person. 8gb is not enough for me unless I use a pagefile. Playing WoW and having chrome open with multiple tabs and at least one of those tabs playing Netflix or Hulu+ and I get low memory warnings. I will probably pick up more ram on Black Friday like I usually do.

 

[ShaBaz Khan]

6-8 GB RAM is enough for gaming... 16 GB for now will be overkill....

Depends on the person. 8gb is not enough for me unless I use a pagefile. Playing WoW and having chrome open with multiple tabs and at least one of those tabs playing Netflix or Hulu+ and I get low memory warnings. I will probably pick up more ram on Black Friday like I usually do.

when i said that..i meant for gaming only(which any normal person would say)..
and what you said..if one does heavy multi tasking even 16-32GB wont be enough....and looking at his rig 16GB wont benefit him very much for gaming..

 

[Essej Sniggoc]

I was asking because I was considering buying Battlefield 4. So would 16GB still be a bad idea? Or would playing Battlefield 4 on this rig be a bad idea?

 

[Blaise170]

I was asking because I was considering buying Battlefield 4. So would 16GB still be a bad idea? Or would playing Battlefield 4 on this rig be a bad idea?

I seriously doubt you'd be able to play BF4 on that graphics card.

 

[Essej Sniggoc]

What if I bought a 3GB GDDR5 7970 and just ran that instead of dual graphics?

 

[ShaBaz Khan]

RAM is not an issue...your overall rig is... :/

 

[Blaise170]

What if I bought a 3GB GDDR5 7970 and just ran that instead of dual graphics?

For almost the same price as 16GB of RAM, you could buy this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202025&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

But you'd also have to make sure you get enough power through your PSU.

 

[logainofhades]

What if I bought a 3GB GDDR5 7970 and just ran that instead of dual graphics?

You will bottleneck like mad with that graphics card. For the price of some 7970's you could go with this. It would be a much more balanced approach and still perform decently for BF4.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($163.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $323.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-31 14:43 EDT-0400)

Do not buy a regular 7870 or 7870 gigahertz edition. The 7870 XT I linked is a faster card.