Looking for the best ram for the best price

[santijamesf]

I built a gaming rig last year the thanksgiving, but I only installed two 4 gig ram cards because everyone said 8 gigs is fine. Well it is not, one of my games prefers 16 gigs, so I want to get 32 gigs. What brand should I get?

 

[Barty1884]

What motherboard do you have currently? And what RAM?

You could try to 'add' to the existing 2x4GB, but that's a mixed bag as far as success rates.

I wouldn't jump to 32GB strictly for gaming...... while it's true, some games are utilizing >8GB, it's not by a lot. They're barely making a dent on 10GB..... 16GB would be a more reasonable upgrade.


As for the "best ram", that depends on your platform.

 

[Snipergod87]

I have 32GB of RAM in my gaming rig, I barely even hit 50% with a bunch of chrome tabs open while gaming. 32GB is overkill IMO.

 

[santijamesf]

I have two Corsair DDR4 4gig ram sticks and an MSI B150 GAMING M3. My GPU is a Nvidia GTX 1060 Geforce GIGABYTE. My Processor chip is a Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6500 CPU @ 3,20 GHz 3,19 GHz. I use Windows 10 with 64-bit OS. I also have a 25Gb SSD and a 1Tb HDD.

 

[Calvin7]

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Intel Z170 Platform / Intel X99 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-2133C15D-32GVR
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231965&Tpk=N82E16820231965

 

[Barty1884]

The board has 4 DIMM slots, so you *could* try adding a further 2x4GB kit, as close to your existing kit as possible (speed, timings, latency) - for a total of 16GB, as see how that works out. BUT, there's no guarantee they'd 'play nice' with your existing kit.

Personally, I'd just opt to replace with a 2x8GB kit.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: G.Skill - FORTIS 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($142.87 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Total: $142.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-01 10:10 EDT-0400

If you're looking at 32GB, that's about another $150 wasted on a gaming setup. You're just not going to utilize it.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($299.66 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Total: $299.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-01 10:12 EDT-0400

 

[santijamesf]

The board has 4 DIMM slots, so you *could* try adding a further 2x4GB kit, as close to your existing kit as possible (speed, timings, latency) - for a total of 16GB, as see how that works out. BUT, there's no guarantee they'd 'play nice' with your existing kit.

Personally, I'd just opt to replace with a 2x8GB kit.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: G.Skill - FORTIS 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($142.87 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Total: $142.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-01 10:10 EDT-0400

If you're looking at 32GB, that's about another $150 wasted on a gaming setup. You're just not going to utilize it.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($299.66 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Total: $299.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-11-01 10:12 EDT-0400

Been a while, never got the ram upgrade, and my PC is fine. Actualy, my PC is about a year and a few months old, as I built it in 2016 on thanks giving break. I decided to look at that ram you recommended again, and jeese, all this crypto mining craze has made the price for that ram go up by 30 to 70 bucks. Well, thanks for your help again.