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Upgrading Memory- Frequency vs Capacity

jbyrdmb
By jbyrdmb
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Hey everyone! I'm currently in the process of upgrading my setup and began to think of how I should configure my RAM. I have a Ryzen 5 1500x, MSI gtx 1660 and 16 gigs of 2400 mhz corsair vengeance LED; I know Ryzen is a very memory hungry CPU and at the time of my build my budget was tight so I opted for slower memory, but now having prices gone down, I'm planning on getting vengeance pro rgb at 3200 mhz. However I was wondering how I should configure my system's memory: use all four sticks for 32 gigs running at slower 2400 mhz speed, or just using the new vengeance pro for 16 gigs running at 3200. In game I see my memory usage spike up to 50-60% and just want to know what would help optimize and benefit performance in the future.

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running 3200 of course. Not sure why you want more than 16GB in gaming anyways, if you run out of memory on 16GB then you should clean up some background tasks.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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You might actually have issues running on 4 sticks of RAM where turning on DOCP or even manual rated overclocking will cause bootloops.

Specs: Motherboard: Asus X470-PLUS TUF gaming (Yes I know it's poor but I wasn't informed) RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE® LPX DDR4 3200Mhz CL16-18-18-36 2x8GB

            CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X          Case: Antec P8     PSU: Corsair RM850x                        Cooler: Antec K240 with two Noctura Industrial PPC 3000 PWM

            Drives: Samsung 970 EVO plus 250GB, Micron 1100 2TB, Seagate ST4000DM000/1F2168 GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 ti Black edition

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fast ram ofc. dont need >16gb

 

quick thought:

why not put the money you budgeted for ram towards new CPU? that will give you more performace rather than ram upgrades. you can get the 2600 for about $120 on amazon.

 

then you can tighten and overlock your memory on your existing ram. you can probably reduce your timings quite a bit by youself and get a lot more perf for free. 

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