Should I upgrade my RAM? What RAM should I upgrade to?

[Senor Pappaya]

I have a Ryzen 5600G CPU and it runs at a base clock of 3.9GHz. My RAM is HyperX DDR4 two 8Gb sticks that have a clock speed of 1600MHz. I thought because my RAM clock speed is so much lower it might be worth getting higher clock speed RAM. I am fairly ignorant when it comes to PC parts so I don't know if this would actually be of any benefit. If anyone knows if this would significantly increase performance in any way let me know, and if anyone has suggestions about what RAM to get that would be greatly appreciated.

[Jurrunio]

It's actually 3200MHz. 1600MHz is the actual frequency but we double it for DDR memory back when we moved from SDR and DDR to make the difference clear and the habit stuck.

 

3200MHz is pretty good already for the 5600G. Plus the point of the 5600G is to save money until you get a proper graphics card, so better save up more for that instead

[freeagent]

I would look at G.Skill 3200C14 or 3600C14. If you fancy a bit of overclocking, you would be hard pressed to find something better than can scale like they do..

[Mark Kaine]

3 hours ago, Senor Pappaya said:

My RAM is HyperX DDR4 two 8Gb sticks that have a clock speed of 1600MHz.

I think you mean 3200...?

 

What's the part number?

 

And no, if you already have 3200mhz ram there isn't much point in "upgrading" , except you do it "just for fun".

[Senor Pappaya]

9 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

I think you mean 3200...?

 

What's the part number?

 

And no, if you already have 3200mhz ram there isn't much point in "upgrading" , except you do it "just for fun".

[Senor Pappaya]

11 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

I think you mean 3200...?

 

What's the part number?

 

And no, if you already have 3200mhz ram there isn't much point in "upgrading" , except you do it "just for fun".

I think you are right though, it actually is 3200MHz.