16 GB 3000/3200 worth it over 16 GB 2400?

[Wolly9102]

Hi,

 

I am looking to upgrade my RAM in my main pc. Now I have 16 GB of Gskill tridentZ 2133 which I overclocked to 2666. 

 

Still I have an feeling that my ryzen is being hold back by this. cinebench scores are way lower than they should be. I am using the stock cooler btw.

So I am looking at an Corsair LPX kit of 16 Gb 3200. Is this worth getting over the 3000 kit? And should I see an noticeable improvement over my current ram? Or is the cooler to blame?

[WereCat]

The RAM upgrade will improve your performance but the increased performance is not anything big where you can justify the extra cost of the upgrade.

Honestly, you should be quite OK with 2666MHz. Its not amazing but its good enough.

 

Unless you can sell your current kit for the same or close to the price of the new 3000MHz+ kit then I wouldnt really recommend upgrading.

[dizmo]

Yes, I'd definitely get the higher performance RAM. However, without knowing what your pricing is it's hard to say if 3200 is worth it over 3000.

Generally you can find kits for around the same price at those speeds, if not only 5 or 10 units of currency more.

[IsaacThePooper]

if you're running 2nd or 3rd gen, 3600mhz is a good speed for the infinity fabric.

[Wolly9102]

9 minutes ago, WereCat said:

The RAM upgrade will improve your performance but the increased performance is not anything big where you can justify the extra cost of the upgrade.

Honestly, you should be quite OK with 2666MHz. Its not amazing but its good enough.

 

Unless you can sell your current kit for the same or close to the price of the new 3000MHz+ kit then I wouldnt really recommend upgrading.

Well my cinebench R15 score is around 1650. it should be in the 1800 range which I find quite a fairly big difference. the test I saw was conducted with 3200 memory. 

 

I have no doubt I can sell my current kit however

[Wolly9102]

9 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Yes, I'd definitely get the higher performance RAM. However, without knowing what your pricing is it's hard to say if 3200 is worth it over 3000.

Generally you can find kits for around the same price at those speeds, if not only 5 or 10 units of currency more.

yes the 3200 is €7 more expensive. (€88 vs €95)

[Wolly9102]

1 minute ago, IsaacThePooper said:

if you're running 2nd or 3rd gen, 3600mhz is a good speed for the infinity fabric.

Yes I run an 2700x 

[LienusLateTips]

8 minutes ago, IsaacThePooper said:

if you're running 2nd or 3rd gen, 3600mhz is a good speed for the infinity fabric.

It'll probably be a bit hard getting 2nd gen to 3600MHz

[Princess Luna]

11 minutes ago, IsaacThePooper said:

if you're running 2nd or 3rd gen, 3600mhz is a good speed for the infinity fabric.

Zen+ is not friendly with 3600mhz at all, the rare cases of success involves excessively expensive hardware.

 

@Wolly9102 This is only worth it should you see the fun in it as well... like is your physical effort to get it done worth the enjoyment of a small yet very measurable performance increase and mayhaps higher reliability?

 

If you really go through with it pick the best you can get for your money, there has been some 3400mhz and 3200mhzCL14 chips around really well priced from Crucial and alike. See it as a long time investment DDR4 is staying for a while yet don't you worry.

[Wolly9102]

22 minutes ago, WereCat said:

The RAM upgrade will improve your performance but the increased performance is not anything big where you can justify the extra cost of the upgrade.

Honestly, you should be quite OK with 2666MHz. Its not amazing but its good enough.

 

Unless you can sell your current kit for the same or close to the price of the new 3000MHz+ kit then I wouldnt really recommend upgrading.

So is it worth it or not. I don't notice any slowdown whatsoever (the chip is still fast enough). But if it has performance that it can't utilise right now I would like to extract that performance also

[Wolly9102]

4 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

Zen+ is not friendly with 3600mhz at all, the rare cases of success involves excessively expensive hardware.

 

@Wolly9102 This is only worth it should you see the fun in it as well... like is your physical effort to get it done worth the enjoyment of a small yet very measurable performance increase and mayhaps higher reliability?

 

If you really go through with it pick the best you can get for your money, there has been some 3400mhz and 3200mhzCL14 chips around really well priced from Crucial and alike. See it as a long time investment DDR4 is staying for a while yet don't you worry.

Thanks. I will look into it. Like I said, the chip is fast enough and I don't really know if the extra performance is worth €90

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, Wolly9102 said:

Thanks. I will look into it. Like I said, the chip is fast enough and I don't really know if the extra performance is worth €90

In doubt don't buy, if it works good enough now just deal with it, save up so you can get the best when what you have no longer truly suffices.

[dizmo]

20 minutes ago, Wolly9102 said:

yes the 3200 is €7 more expensive. (€88 vs €95)

Then I'd just get the 3200 if you're upgrading the RAM anyway. That's not much.