Question should i upgrade the amount of ram

[toastedfsh]

hi guys, i just played helldivers 2 and noticed i was using 13.6gb of the 16gb of ram i have is it time for an upgrade and if so what compatibility factors do i have to consider aside from the amount of sticks i can install (i have an itx motherboard i think so only two slots) all i know about my pc is that it is an rtx 4070 with a r5 5600 and 16 gb of ddr4 ram at 2400 mhz

 

[punkncat]

hi guys, i just played helldivers 2 and noticed i was using 13.6gb of the 16gb of ram i have is it time for an upgrade and if so what compatibility factors do i have to consider aside from the amount of sticks i can install (i have an itx motherboard i think so only two slots) all i know about my pc is that it is an rtx 4070 with a r5 5600 and 16 gb of ddr4 ram at 2400 mhz

It would be best to buy a matched set at least 3200 speed rather than trying to "match" this older kit.

 

[JayGau]

Get a 3600 MHz CL16 2x16GB kit. Something like this: https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-ddr4-3600/p/N82E16820232907

That's the sweet spot for the AM4 platform.

 

[toastedfsh]

Get a 3600 MHz CL16 2x16GB kit. Something like this: https://www.newegg.com/g-skill-32gb-ddr4-3600/p/N82E16820232907

That's the sweet spot for the AM4 platform.

It would be best to buy a matched set at least 3200 speed rather than trying to "match" this older kit.

cheers guys, what do i have to look at compatibility wise anything to do with the motherboard or just cpu stuff and the CL number or CAS latency?

 

[punkncat]

That GSkill will be a good match for the price. AMD and GSkill play nice most of the time.

 

[JayGau]

If you get this kit, don't forget to load the auto overclock (the name for this depends on your motherboard) in the BIOS. If you just install the sticks and boot without doing anything it will run at the 2400MHz default speed.

 

[Kona45primo]

I doubt it'll make a difference. Think of ram like a toilet. You have 16GB's of room before your PC Ram overflows. You still have room at 13.6GB & even if it does overflow the PC has towels ready. Not ideal, but not really noticeable either. I play the same game, rarely if ever do I go over 16GB with Excel, Word and 6-8 Chrome tabs open.

That being said, I did upgrade from 16GB to 32GB, it feels good but I can't say there was an actual increase in performance when increasing ram capacity.

For the price it's not a horrible upgrade, assuming it runs stable at XMP speeds you'll probably get a little fps bump from the ram speed.

 

[beyondlogic]

hi guys, i just played helldivers 2 and noticed i was using 13.6gb of the 16gb of ram i have is it time for an upgrade and if so what compatibility factors do i have to consider aside from the amount of sticks i can install (i have an itx motherboard i think so only two slots) all i know about my pc is that it is an rtx 4070 with a r5 5600 and 16 gb of ddr4 ram at 2400 mhz

So some fun facts ram increase from 16gb to 32gb will make some games run smoother.

E.g hogwarts legacy. And games that demand alot of vram simulations or city builder games that heavily smack CPU and ram.

Ram compatibility can be hit and miss.

Kingston I find works on most boards.
Klevv and patriot ram works well with gigabyte boards.

G skill is hit and miss with amd dunno why same with Corsair memory.

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[Darkbreeze]

That GSkill will be a good match for the price. AMD and GSkill play nice most of the time.

That specific kit is very much Ryzen compatible. I've used it on at least three or four Ryzen systems that were Zen 2 and Zen 3. Plus one of my own systems that's in my garage.

 

[Darkbreeze]

G skill is hit and miss with amd dunno why same with Corsair memory.

G.Skill is more hit with more models on more Ryzen platforms than any other memory brand. Period. And not just if you buy models that are Neos or other AMD specific kits, but an awful lot of their kits will work on Ryzen platforms. Kingston, sorry, I've seen, both real world and on this forum, FAR more people have trouble trying to use Kingston kits on Ryzen platforms than almost any other major brand. And for Corsair, it's really just their Vengeance kits that have problems, especially the Vengeance LPX kits. Even if it's on the QVL or on Corsair's initial compatibility list, or if somebody listed it elsewhere as a compatible kit, because Corsair changes the composition of most of the LPX a lot between production runs because it's cheap memory and they'll use whatever configurations and IC's they can do cheaply, and not change the kit model when they do so. So a kit you bought a year ago that worked on a specific board with a specific CPU installed may not be a workable combination of parts if you were to buy the same model kit a year later and try using it with the same exact hardware.

 

[beyondlogic]

G.Skill is more hit with more models on more Ryzen platforms than any other memory brand. Period. And not just if you buy models that are Neos or other AMD specific kits, but an awful lot of their kits will work on Ryzen platforms. Kingston, sorry, I've seen, both real world and on this forum, FAR more people have trouble trying to use Kingston kits on Ryzen platforms than almost any other major brand. And for Corsair, it's really just their Vengeance kits that have problems, especially the Vengeance LPX kits. Even if it's on the QVL or on Corsair's initial compatibility list, or if somebody listed it elsewhere as a compatible kit, because Corsair changes the composition of most of the LPX a lot between production runs because it's cheap memory and they'll use whatever configurations and IC's they can do cheaply, and not change the kit model when they do so. So a kit you bought a year ago that worked on a specific board with a specific CPU installed may not be a workable combination of parts if you were to buy the same model kit a year later and try using it with the same exact hardware.

I've seen opposite with g skill not sure why just the boards and kits I find it mainly on Asus and MSI that's at least the boards that I've had brought to me anyway.

Dunno what Kingston ram people have had issues with but any build I've put together for customers and the like I've used Kingston. Which I use gigabyte boards and asrock mainly. Won't touch MSI as they keep coming back.

I'll also state that I get it direct from there website that states expo compatible not xmp though they do have spread sheets what models work best.

I agree with Corsair lpx are just cursed.