Is it worth it going from 1600 ram to 2133 or2400

[Mojo]

Hey guys,

Currently i have 8gb dual channel OCZ 1600 gold edition ram modules in my gamin pc.
Cpu im running is the 4770 3.4ghz
Gfx is the asus 780ti.
Motherboard is the maximus VI Hero

Im just wondering if i will see any significant difference if i had to go with higher clock speeds? or maybe even just "newer" memory that has xmp profiles.

So basically what im asking is: should i upgrade my ram modules?

Regards
Mojo

 

[JollyJamma]

More RAM is better than fast RAM. Fast RAM helps benchmarks but not gaming.

16gigs of RAM will be better than 8 gigs of high speed RAM

 

[Colin]

AnandTech | Memory Scaling on Haswell CPU, IGP and dGPU: DDR3-1333 to DDR3-3000 Tested with G.Skill

That will help you make your decision. 8GB of decent RAM is still enough, especially when running the GPU that you do. Ram is an expensive upgrade, and you will not see the improvement for your monies worth, in real world situations, maybe not at all.

 

[pXius]

If you want to burn some cash on a lekker performance bump, get an SSD if you don't have one yet.

 

[KLEAN_upguy]

all depends on applications you using in terms of gaming 8gigs is sufficient (faster the better)but if you plan on running multiple applications you dont need faster RAM but rather RAM capacity...
[Corsair Blog] Battlefield 4 Loves High Speed Memory

 

[Mojo]

all depends on applications you using in terms of gaming 8gigs is sufficient (faster the better)but if you plan on running multiple applications you dont need faster RAM but rather RAM capacity...
[Corsair Blog] Battlefield 4 Loves High Speed Memory

Thx for the replies so far! Its funny you mention bf4. Ive got it all on ultra and on 130% resolution scaling with no hassles that i can notice.

My main and probably only application is games. and i like to run my games at full settings. I would play a crap game as long as it is visually good. well not really but that sentence was just to give you guys the picture.

So the consensus that i am getting is that as long as i stick with games then my 8gb 1600 should be more than adequate?

 

[Sleepwalking]

If you had to be using an APU or any CPU with integrated graphics, faster RAM would make a bigger difference in gaming since the integrated graphics would be able to make use of that speed. I mean like a 25%+ improvement in fps between 1066mhz and 1866mhz of RAM when an integrated graphics chip is utilizing it. Games need memory bandwidth.
Since you have a 780ti, faster RAM won't make a noticeable difference. Faster and more RAM would help give you a noticeable bump if you were rendering though.

 

[Mojo]

If you want to burn some cash on a lekker performance bump, get an SSD if you don't have one yet.

Talking about the ssd. I have one. its a corsair LT i think. its only 120gb in size so putting any games on it is almost impossible.

Would it make a big difference putting maybe bf4 on the ssd?

or are the normal sata2 drives handling the data transfers well enough?

 

[KLEAN_upguy]

data transfers on a hard drive in battlefield only boosts loading times,im playing on a SATA2 drive...to much fuss re installing windows on my SATA 3 hard drives and i myself have intentions of getting my self a ssd this month.I don notice fellow clan members maps load faster but thats about it a mere sec or two in game never really bothered ..once the map is loaded its all on cache and RAM

 

[SantaMuerte]

My 2133MHZ Viper 3 renders 3D models like a bawss