Ram Speeds

[xMystic]

So I watched the old video on ram speeds and was curious to know if that is still accurate or if anything has changed with ram speeds since that video, I will link it for reference 

 .Anyway, I found 2666MHz ram for sale, 2x8 sticks for a insane price of £20, I should just get it right? That is a crazy price, my current ram is 2400MHz however, so that means it will also go down to 2400MHz, but surely have 24GB 2400Mhz is better than 16Gb 2666Mhz?

[Jurrunio]

25 minutes ago, xMystic said:

but surely have 24GB 2400Mhz is better than 16Gb 2666Mhz?

If you can't use more than 16GB in the first place, 24gb 2400MHz is worse than 16GB 2666MHz.

 

But either way, 2400 to 2666MHz isnt a big jump, even if you go from say 2400MHz CL17 to 2666MHz CL14. Aim for 2933-3200MHz CL15 or 16 kits.

[TheBean]

they have a new video for this already (i think last month)

but this is mostly for ryzen. 

 

intel is still largely unaffected by ram speed right now. 

[xMystic]

4 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

If you can't use more than 16GB in the first place, 24gb 2400MHz is worse than 16GB 2666MHz.

 

But either way, 2400 to 2666MHz isnt a big jump, even if you go from say 2400MHz CL17 to 2666MHz CL14. Aim for 2933-3200MHz CL15 or 16 kits.

@Jurrunio It is cl16, but I could pick up 2 sets of it, so 4x8 and have 32gbs of it, for only £40. Worth it or nah? 

[Jurrunio]

1 hour ago, xMystic said:

@Jurrunio It is cl16, but I could pick up 2 sets of it, so 4x8 and have 32gbs of it, for only £40. Worth it or nah? 

as I said, the speed dont make much difference and I would go for higher speeds. It is oddly cheap tho and if nothing's wrong with them, could be a good opportunity to resell them preferably somewhere else or later.