low latency low speed gskill ram, should i upgrade?

[victortsoi]

So I have this ram and havent noticed any problems with it : G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C7D-16GTX

Latency is very low, 7-8-8-24, but runs at 800mhz. Its been 2 years or so since I bought the ram, and now browsing on newegg shows that there are sticks running at almost 3x the speed, but with much higher latencies. Should I upgrade at some point, or will my rig, holistically, be just fine with these sticks for a while? Also, am I losing out on speed because of the latency? thats something i just dont get.

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

What is your mobo? I can find better RAM.

 

[victortsoi]

What is your mobo? I can find better RAM.

Z-87 saber tooth.....1150


Thanks!!

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

How much RAM do you want?
PS: There is no way to guarantee the new ram to play well with the old ram.
In this case speed is more important than latency.

16gb kit: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1682023353

Or:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231539

 

[Tradesman1]

800 is the true freq, this is DDR (Double data rate) so you are running at 1600. Additionally, depending on your CPU (i.e. say a K model) you can prob run these at 1866 easily and prob even 2133)

 

[victortsoi]

im running a 4770 (not K). In my bios, ive selected xmp profile for the ram. I've never really had a problem with the ram, but I wonder what I'm missing out on if anything. I remember being convinced that the low latency made up for any speed issues. But, half out of wanting to improve performance and half out of being intellectually curious, is this "slow" ram?

Also, how would I go about safely OCing it just a little in the UEFI bios?

 

[Tradesman1]

As said, even with the 4770, can prob run 1866 and maybe, maybe 2133, I'd try 1866 at 8-8-8-24 1.6

 

[victortsoi]

this is a stupid question, but how would i go about doing that in a uefi bios?

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

As the computer boots press F2 or del and it will allow you to change the clocks of the ram.

 

[victortsoi]

i know about the bios, but there are weird interactions between turbo, xmp, and the clocks. also in z87 bios, i didnt see an option to change voltage, just frequency and timing. when i tried, cpuz showed 600 mhz. i just reset back to xmp.