i7 6700k Recommended Ram

[GhostXXIV]

Alright, so this is my rig:

i7 6700k overclocked
Corsair H100i V2
GTX GeForce 1080 Founder's
16GB Ballistix (2600mhz)
6TB HDD
460GB SSD
Corsair 650w Gold PSU (can't remember exact model)
Asus Z270E MOBO

Would the frequency of my ram be affecting my gaming? I'm not really having issues, I'm just wondering if it's slowing me down. My ram never runs at over 50% when I monitor it even while gaming, but I'm concerned that the frequency may be hindering load times and stuff like that. Opinions?

 

[Lutfij]

You should be aiming for DDR4-3200MHz ram kits as overclocking on any platform is a culmination of other overclocks, like overclocking the ram and CPU together. Could you be specific about the make and model of your SSD? Are the games you're playing on the mechanical drive? Speaking of which what games are your playing, at what resolution and what settings?

 

[TechyInAZ]

You can't monitor RAM frequency, it's always at it's max clock no matter what. (FYI)

Memory doesn't affect Skylake or Kaby Lake nearly as much as other architectures like Ryzen, the difference between 2133mhz and 3200mhz (as an example) is quite small, it might be noticeable a tad bit but increasing your CPU an additional 100mhz would be far more beneficial, just to put things in perspective.

 

[GhostXXIV]

You should be aiming for DDR4-3200MHz ram kits as overclocking on any platform is a culmination of other overclocks, like overclocking the ram and CPU together. Could you be specific about the make and model of your SSD? Are the games you're playing on the mechanical drive? Speaking of which what games are your playing, at what resolution and what settings?

my SSD is a SanDisk Ultra II (480, not 460). Yes, my games are playing from the HDDs. I have Origin on one 3TB Seagate HDD 7200RPM and Steam on another identical. I'm playing everything that's out there right now. BF1, Fortnite, Ghost Recon, Overwatch, Rainbow Six Siege, Gears of War 4, NFS Rivals, etc. Some games I run them at 4k resolution maxed out settings (NFS, Fortnite, Siege), but others, I can't (Ghost Recon, BF1). I was broadcasting Fortnite through GeForce Experience right now and I received a low memory warning before my computer froze up actually... First time that ever happens.

 

[GhostXXIV]

You can't monitor RAM frequency, it's always at it's max clock no matter what. (FYI)

Memory doesn't affect Skylake or Kaby Lake nearly as much as other architectures like Ryzen, the difference between 2133mhz and 3200mhz (as an example) is quite small, it might be noticeable a tad bit but increasing your CPU an additional 100mhz would be far more beneficial, just to put things in perspective.

Well, I know you can't really monitor the frequency (though Corsair Link does show me my DRAM frequency). In case you were referring to what I said about the monitoring, I meant the memory usage is always at about 50% when CPU and GPU are running at about 20% cap. So then would I get more benefit from increasing my ram to 32GB as opposed to exchanging my current ram for a 16GB 3200mhz one?