is there a major difference between 8gb of ddr3 ram at 1333mhz and 8gb ram ddr3 1600mhz

[amd4lif3]

i know 1600mhz is better but is it better bang for buck £44 for 8gb ram at 1333mhz and £65 for 8gb ram at 1600mhz

 

[tomr4lph]

The simple answer is yes. The 1600MHz memory will run at 267MHz faster than the 1333MHz memory, however, that's not always the case. There are bound to be some very high end 1333MHz memory that will run faster than 1600MHz memory or more stable. The speed difference will not be very noticable when running windows, however, in games, the higher speed memory will increase your framerates, albeit by VERY little.

 

[Guest]

the performance difference will be VERY little to none at all. more memory is definitely preferrable over faster memory. check this video out, it should give you the general idea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWgzA2C61z4

 

[Guest]

note that the video mainly focuses on games. some applications may benefit a bit from higher speed ram

 

[amd4lif3]

cool yea i ordered the best of both worlds 8gb ram stick at 1600mhz if you wanter know which is crucial ballistix 1x8gb

 

[tiny voices]

You should have gotten two sticks of 4gb. Dual vs. single channel makes WAY more difference that 1333 vs. 1600

 

[amd4lif3]

im going to upgrade to 16gb anyway so it will be duel channel

 

[Guest]

yes you should have gotten 2x4gb sticks because then you would be running in dual-channel. which is a pretty good increase in performance for the same cost. you always want to run 2 matching sticks for mainstream dual-channel memory. and 4 matching sticks for quad-channel "enthusiast" platforms which run the intel core i7 3960x, 4960x, 4930k, 5960x, etc.....