Is changing 1333MHz 8gb RAM to 1600MHz 8gb RAM wise?

[topcatti360]

Just as the title says, is it worth the money?

My specs are:
3570K
msi Z77A-G45 Gaming
Radeon HD 7870

 

[BN91]

assuming youll be gaming. 1333 you can use for gaming. just most people consider 1600 to be the sweet spot for gaming. if you can afford it grab 1600. if not 1333 will get the job done

 

[eadlef]

1600MHz is of course better. But it would be a huge waste of money since there isn't that much of an improvement. Your RAM is pretty much the this you need to upgrade the least as of now.

 

[game junky]

If you are building and haven't purchased your RAM for a new build, then you might as well go to 1600. If this is for an existing rig that you already have RAM for then no, 1600 is not enough of an improvement to be worth your while. Your motherboard does support overclocked RAM - if you're willing to deal with a little instability and some trial and error, you could go with higher speed DIMMS. The price is directly linked to the speed so you might want to look at what is available and see what you're willing to spend and if you want to go through all the headaches of overclocked memory. 2133 and 2400 seem to be a viable option, but you'll have to make some tweaks to your BIOS and I am not sure if that is something you'll want to do.

I am lazy so I have left mine stock - I am using 16GB of DDR3-1333 in my rig and it is making Battlefield 4 it's biotch so I don't think skipping up to 1600 is worth it, especially if you already have memory in your system.