Have 12 gigs of Ram, am I really getting the most of out of my system with 4X2 and 2X2?

[humboldtheals]

Hi, my current configuration for my ram is as follows:

12.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)

I had 8 gigs of ram and I found 4 other gigs around and I added it in. My question is whether or not the 4X2 and 2X2 sticks of ram is slowing down my performance when gaming. The rest of my set up is as follows:

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz 25 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 (CPUSocket) 28 °C

VW246 (1920x1080@60Hz)
M261VP (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 4000 (ASRock)

3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 (ASUStek Computer Inc) 26 °C
ForceWare version: 361.43
SLI Disabled

111GB KINGSTON SH103S3120G (SSD)
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EAVS-32D7B1 (SATA)
298GB Seagate ST3320418AS (SATA)


Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!

 

[BadActor]

If you don't need the extra RAM, it may may not be of much benefit. You could try benchmarking it using Sisandra Lite (free) and in your games with both combinations and see what works best.

http://www.sisoftware.net/download-buy/

 

[iamacow]

when using mis matched ram like that it can cause the motherboard to run the ram the the lowest speed possible to avoid crashes. You can always clock it back up to what its suppose to be, but its not recommended.

essentially you have 12gb of DDR3 1333 now.

 

[humboldtheals]

So would having having ram at 4X2 and 4X2 for a total of 16 gigs of the same brand give me a noticeable boost in performance? Ty for your help.

when using mis matched ram like that it can cause the motherboard to run the ram the the lowest speed possible to avoid crashes. You can always clock it back up to what its suppose to be, but its not recommended.

essentially you have 12gb of DDR3 1333 now.

 

[iamacow]

Not sure. Its not really about brand at this point as much about what speed is your 2gb sticks and what is your 4gb sticks. If you don't know, you can pull up CPU-Z and it will tell you under the memory tab