Question What benefits would come with getting more and faster RAM?

[ismaeel.smith]

I have a ryzen 3 2200G which is overclocked to 3.9 GHZ and 1x8gb 2400 MHz ddr4 ram. I play a lot of games and noticed they have high CPU usage making multitasking difficult. When I play Rainbow Six Siege it uses 60-80% of my CPU. I am able to stream Rocket League (twitch.tv/ishrl) which maxes out my CPU occasionally but is always 90%+. My friend says he gets lower CPU usage playing Siege even though he plays on a AMD FX-4300 and 1x8gb 2666 MHz ddr3. I have seen people online saying I would see huge performance benefits by get faster RAM so would I be better off getting 2x8gb 3200 MHz ddr4 RAM or just upgrading my CPU to say a ryzen 7 2700x. I am planning to get both but don't have the money. As I know my slow RAM would not go well with the 2700x I was wondering if I should get the RAM first and wait for the processor? What performance benefits would I see? And how bad would the 2700x be with my 2400 MHz ram?

Specs:
AMD RYZEN 3 2200G @ 3.9 GHZ
MSI B450M GAMING PLUS
1x8gb 2400 MHz Ddr4
MSI RX 570 8gb

 

[boju]

Any Ryzen cpu you get benefits fast ram. Get the ram first to improve the cpu's infinity fabric, both in frequency and dual channel making the cpu faster and more efficient. Plus, capacity will also be a big help.

 

[ismaeel.smith]

Any Ryzen cpu you get benefits fast ram. Get the ram first to improve the cpu's infinity fabric, both in frequency and dual channel making the cpu faster and more efficient. Plus, capacity will also be a big help.

Thanks for the advice I was leaning towards that option as well

 

[boju]

Your welcome.

Suggestion, go for CL14 3200. They're the best for Ryzen.

 

[ismaeel.smith]

What are you referring to by CL14? I was planning to get the Corsair vengeance ones or ballistix sport Lt red

 

[boju]

Most ram should work. Reason i mentioned CL14 is firstly Ryzen performs well with tighter timings and ram manufacturers (Corsair, Gskill, Crucial etc) 3000/3200MHz at CL14 use quality B-die memory chips from Samsung. They are simply the best for Ryzen. CL 15/16 commonly use other IC brands like Micron/Hynix and quality isn't as great.

 

[ismaeel.smith]

Alright I thought you meant like a brand or something just needed some clarification. Thanks. Not well educated in these sorts of fine details.

 

[boju]

All good. Happy to explain 👍