[SOLVED] Which Ram should I buy?

[Daniel_430]

My components:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz 3.10 GHz
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
DB85FL
RAM: 2 memories (4 GB each) - 1333 MHz

I want to increse my Ram to improve a little the performance of my PC.
My question is: ¿Which Ram should I buy?
My mainbord only supports memories up to 1600.
Since I have 2 memories of 4 GB.
Should I buy other 2 memories of 4gb (1600) or 1 of 8gb (1600)?

 

[CDdude55]

A few MHz increase in speed isn't really going to matter. You seem to want to stick with 8GB's but get slightly faster clocked memory.

Most people benefit from the amount of memory rather than the pure speed of it.

 

[norcalsc]

get a 16gb (8gbx2) kit and sell your current ram

 

[InvalidError]

You have a dual-channel platform, you should add memory in pairs so performance can be even across the entire memory space instead of jumping up and down depending on memory address due to some ranges operating single-channel while others operate as dual.

If you can afford a 16GB-1600 kit (2x8GB), removing your 1333 to upgrade to 1600 can improve performance by another ~10% beyond gains from 8GB to 16GB itself.

 

[Daniel_430]

You have a dual-channel platform, you should add memory in pairs so performance can be even across the entire memory space instead of jumping up and down depending on memory address due to some ranges operating single-channel while others operate as dual.

If you can afford a 16GB-1600 kit (2x8GB), removing your 1333 to upgrade to 1600 can improve performance by another ~10% beyond gains from 8GB to 16GB itself.

Yes, what I want is to increase the performance of my PC by adding more RAM. I have space to add two more ram cards and I was planning to add just 8 GB, additional to my original 8.
So, according to what you said, if it's in pairs, it would be better to add 2 4GB ram cards instead of 1 of 8GB? It should be 1600 or 1333?

 

[Daniel_430]

get a 16gb (8gbx2) kit and sell your current ram

No one is going to buy them.

 

[Daniel_430]

A few MHz increase in speed isn't really going to matter. You seem to want to stick with 8GB's but get slightly faster clocked memory.

Most people benefit from the amount of memory rather than the pure speed of it.

No, I want to add more RAM. But I don't know what's the better option. If buying two 4GB ram or 1 of 8GB, since I think that's important for the performance.

 

[InvalidError]

So, according to what you said, if it's in pairs, it would be better to add 2 4GB ram cards instead of 1 of 8GB? It should be 1600 or 1333?

Get whichever is cheaper. The 1600MT/s memory can only run at 1600MT/s if you get rid of the 1333MT/s memory, otherwise it will run at 1333MT/s assuming you don't run into a compatibility issue between your old and your new-old memory..

As others have written before, memory is not guaranteed to work together unless it is purchased as a kit. If you mix two kits together, some tweaking may be required to coax them into working together. That's why they recommend tossing your original RAM to use a fresh pair, preferably one that runs at 1600MT/s.

 

[Karadjgne]

Ram will run at the slowest speed. So you could put 2400MHz in the other two slots, it's only going to run at 1333MHz as that's the slowest sticks present.

Ram will run at the loosest timings. So if your current ram is 1333MHz Cas 11 and you put two sticks of 1333MHz Cas 8 additional, all 4 sticks will run at 1333MHz Cas 11.

This is the problem of adding ram. You won't really get any better 'performance' as such, all you'll do is alleviate any backlog being sent to your HDD by pagefile IF you happen to use @ more than 7Gb of the 8Gb you have.

You could put 32Gb of ram in that board and if it's the same 1333MHz Cas 11 as the prior ram, you'll get the same results. Nothing.

If you want better 'performance' as such, you'll need to remove the existing slow ram, and use not only large enough to be bigger than the existing ram, but faster and with tighter timings. So if you do have 2x4Gb 1333MHz Cas 11, you'd need to replace that with 2x8Gb (4x4Gb) 1600 Cas 7 or Cas 8 or Cas 9.

Otherwise anything done isn't going to show enough gains to be worth the investment.
Like this

 

[InvalidError]

This is the problem of adding ram. You won't really get any better 'performance' as such, all you'll do is alleviate any backlog being sent to your HDD by pagefile IF you happen to use @ more than 7Gb of the 8Gb you have.

That in itself would be a huge improvement since having sufficient RAM is over 1000X faster than using the pagefile even when the pagefile is on an NVMe SSD: 100-200us vs 60-80ns.

I know I'd be pulling my hair out or just blowing through SSDs' write endurance with the swapfile if I had only 8GB in my system.

 

[Karadjgne]

Yeah, been there did that. Looked at 'task manager', only using 6Gb of ram for the game, should be good. Right? Totally forgot about what Windows was using, Origin, and other background tasks. Added upto just over 9Gb. I had taken pagefile and moved it to the storage hdd (only had a 128Gb ssd for C). Ughh.

Sold that 8Gb 1600/11 as soon as I got 16Gb of 1866/10 in the mail. Bumped that to 2400/12. World of difference. Stutter free for a change 👍and fps doubled.