How much does RAM speed matter?

[MrReptilian]

Im moving from 12GB of 1333MHz DDR3, to 8GB of 3000MHz DDR4

Will it be better? Worse? The same?

[Slottr]

Depends on processor and motherboard - If it's single channel or dual channel

[Fierybattlehawk]

It depends

If you're using an AMD Ryzen CPU, 2933/3000MHz (or faster) ram is recommended

 

If you're using an Intel CPU, ram speed doesn't really matter as much.

 

Although it would be a sort of downgrade, in the real world it'll only increase fps by maybe 5, personally i would rather have 12 or 16GB of DDR3 than 8GB DDR4

[MrReptilian]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Depends on processor and motherboard - If it's single channel or dual channel

from:

 

Phenom 2 x4 965
ASUS M4A785T-M

2x2GB+2x4GB (i know its kind of janky but it was a gift so..)

 

to:

 

Ryzen 3 1300X

ASUS A230M-K

1x8GB (though i plan to add another 8 in the near future)

 

[MrReptilian]

8 minutes ago, Fierybattlehawk said:

Although it would be a sort of downgrade, in the real world it'll only increase fps by maybe 5, personally i would rather have 12 or 16GB of DDR3 than 8GB DDR4

Im doing it primarily because im moving from AM3 to AM4, so im forced to change my ram, i plan to get another 8 gigs to make it 16 but i dont know how long it'll be until that

[Slottr]

12 minutes ago, MrReptilian said:

from:

 

Phenom 2 x4 965
ASUS M4A785T-M

2x2GB+2x4GB (i know its kind of janky but it was a gift so..)

 

to:

 

Ryzen 3 1300X

ASUS A230M-K

1x8GB (though i plan to add another 8 in the near future)

 

Well you'll definitely see a difference, and I can't imagine you were maxing out your ram anyways. But the thing is, is that your upgrade path is pretty flawed

 

A320 is a horrible chipset to be on. Spend 10$ more and get a cheap B350 or B450 board.

Why a 1300x?

You definitely should buy two sticks at the same time. Ryzen, especially first gen, benefits extremely well from fast dual channel memory.

[MrReptilian]

Just now, Slottr said:

Well you'll definitely see a difference, mainly from the processor change- but the thing is, is that your upgrade path is pretty flawed

 

A320 is a horrible chipset to be on. Spend 10$ more and get a cheap B350 or B450 board.

Why a 1300x?

You definitely should buy two sticks at the same time. Ryzen, especially first gen, benefits extremely well from fast dual channel memory.

i dont have a lot of options, im getting the Ryzen for a mere 85 dollars (ish) with the mobo included, which is very good considering that a 2200g just by itself retails for 130 around here

the cheapest b350 would cost me more than the 1300X+A320 setup

[Slottr]

3 minutes ago, MrReptilian said:

i dont have a lot of options, im getting the Ryzen for a mere 85 dollars (ish) with the mobo included, which is very good considering that a 2200g just by itself retails for 130 around here

the cheapest b350 would cost me more than the 1300X+A320 setup

Understandable I guess.

Back in regards to ram, yes there will be a difference, but only really in benchmarked tasks like games or other high workloads

[MrReptilian]

i guess the 8 gigs will have do for the time being, thanks guys