I am upgrading my RAM, and I wondering if there is going to be a bottleneck or something.

[Jinchu84]

I would like to upgrade my 8gb of RAM to 16GB. I tend to lean towards the G Skill simply because I've never had any issue with them.

I am wondering if there will be any issue with upgrading to 16gb such as bottlenecks or whatever.

My current specs are:

CPU - Intel i5-6600k 3.5ghz
Mobo - Asus Gaming Pro z170
GPU - NVidia 970 GTX
RAM - G Skill Ripjaws V 8gb (2x4)

I read somewhere that the Ripjaw V series has been discontinued. What other options do I have and is there any need to go for 3200 over 2400? I like the red colour of my current Ripjaw Vs but if i have to get something that doesn't match the black and red of my build that is fine.

Thank you
- Jinchu84

 

[Rexper]

I don't see how bottlenecking has anything to do with this.

What are you using it for and why are you upgrading for more ram?

There are no guarantees both sets of ram will work with each other.

 

[gaborbarla]

Hi,

- It is always recommended to get the same brand and type of RAM for the upgrade. If you cant find the same RAM sticks then you might find issues, or
lowered performance, not mentioning that it will look funny. You could also consider selling your current RAM after getting a 16GB paired RAM.

- In terms of going 3200 instead of 2400, I did it because it was not too expensive to go that route. The main thing was that minimum frame rates seems to suffer less with faster RAM. So you wont get max FPS increase as much as an increase in your low frame rates.
There is a Linus video on this topic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Yt4vSZKVk

Your bottleneck will mostly be your 970, not your RAM. It is perhaps better to spend that money on a newer graphics card instead of going faster with the RAM, but I would first get decent (but moderately priced) RAM and then a newer GFX card later.

Thats basically it, just make sure it runs in at leas dual channel mode once installed.
Hoe this helps.

 

[Rexper]

Also, ram almost never bottlenecks in games, unless the capacity is being exceeded.

https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/240996-ram-and-its-effects-in-games-redux

Yes, ram speed more affect 1% and 0.1% lows, only when the CPU is the limiting factor. If you are being bottlenecked/ limited by your GPU all the time, upgrading ram speed won't help.

 

[Jinchu84]

Perhaps I was not completely clear on my question. I should have said I was going to replace my current RAM not add to it. And I was wondering if it would actually make a difference or if my GPU would still slow me down.

The reason I'm upgrading is not so much to improve graphics or fps because that's doing ok, but rather to improve jitter and performance as a few games I run are not optimised and have memory leaks etc. I'd like to be able to run other programmes in background more etc