4*4 16 GB 1600 MHz Ram or 4*8 32 GB 1333 MHz Ram?

[manzir]

I have 4*4 16 GB 1600 MHz rams installed in my rig, I also have 4*8 32 GB 1333 MHz Ram sitting in my drawer (comes with heat sink)

Should I use the 4*8 32 GB 1333 MHz Ram instead of 4*4 16 GB 1600 MHz?

 

If I choose to swap the rams; am I going to loose any performance because of 1333 MHz speed?

I know more then 8 gigs is ram doesn't help in gaming, having 1600 MHz speed

 

If i use the 4*8 32 GB 1333 MHz Ram; I might over clock it

 

So should I use the 4*8 32 GB 1333 MHz Rams or sell it?

 

My current rig

 

CPU:- i7-2600 non K
CPU coller:- Purex DLX-CW919 LGA1150/1155/1156 CPU Cooler $9.99   
Mother Board:- Asus P8Z77-V LK 1155 Chip Set 
Ram:- 4*4 16 GB DDR3... low profile; DDR= Double Data Rate. 800MHz in CPU-z is the same as DDR3-1600
SSD:- Two 128 GBSamsung 840 pro
GPU:- PNY GTX 460 1GB XLR8 
PSU:- Corsair CX Series 600 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Bronze
Case:- Corsair Carbide Series 200R Compact ATX Case CC-9011023-WW 
Fans:- Intake:- Front, Bottom; Exhaust:- Side panel (right over the CPU fan... that's why its a exhaust..)Back, 2 on top... so 6 in total, the 4 fans are generic Foxconn 4pin PWM fans and the other 2 came with case corsair 3 pin fans... (using cable splitter)
Display:- HP ZR2740w Resulation 2560*1440 60Hz, 2 HP LE2201W 1680*1050 60Hz

I plan to get a GTX 780 and a Noctua NH D-14/D-15 CPU air cooler

 

 

 

 

 

[The_Ginger_spoon]

use the 32gb if you need that much ram but if you dont stay with the 16gb

 

[YeroJero]

Depends...Are you going to be doing video editing? If so it's usually better to get more ram rather than faster ram. If mainly just gaming 16gb is more than enough.

[UnknownEngineer]

If you are sure you can overclock it then to the same spec then yes. CAS latency will probably be 11 or more, that however is not really a problem.

Otherwise no, unless you are using programs the really need that RAM then i don't see the point.

[xox]

I'd go for 16 gigs, if you get 32, it would seem superfluous and a bit like you're dick measuring rather than wanting function.

[bamerx98]

I have 4*4 16 GB 1600 MHz rams installed in my rig, I also have 4*8 32 GB 1333 MHz Ram sitting in my drawer (comes with heat sink)

Should I use the 4*8 32 GB 1333 MHz Ram instead of 4*4 16 GB 1600 MHz?

 

If I choose to swap the rams; am I going to loose any performance because of 1333 MHz speed?

I know more then 8 gigs is ram doesn't help in gaming, having 1600 MHz speed

 

If i use the 4*8 32 GB 1333 MHz Ram; I might over clock it

 

So should I use the 4*8 32 GB 1333 MHz Rams or sell it?

 

My current rig

 

CPU:- i7-2600 non K

CPU coller:- Purex DLX-CW919 LGA1150/1155/1156 CPU Cooler $9.99   

Mother Board:- Asus P8Z77-V LK 1155 Chip Set 

Ram:- 4*4 16 GB DDR3... low profile; DDR= Double Data Rate. 800MHz in CPU-z is the same as DDR3-1600

SSD:- Two 128 GBSamsung 840 pro

GPU:- PNY GTX 460 1GB XLR8 

PSU:- Corsair CX Series 600 Watt ATX/EPS Modular 80 PLUS Bronze

Case:- Corsair Carbide Series 200R Compact ATX Case CC-9011023-WW 

Fans:- Intake:- Front, Bottom; Exhaust:- Side panel (right over the CPU fan... that's why its a exhaust..)Back, 2 on top... so 6 in total, the 4 fans are generic Foxconn 4pin PWM fans and the other 2 came with case corsair 3 pin fans... (using cable splitter)

Display:- HP ZR2740w Resulation 2560*1440 60Hz, 2 HP LE2201W 1680*1050 60Hz

I plan to get a GTX 780 and a Noctua NH D-14/D-15 CPU air cooler

I don't think that you will notice any difference between 1333 and 1600. but your not going to get any performance out of running 32Gbs over 16Gbs other then maybe in video editing when working on a huge project with tons and tons of fancy effects

[D3MON]

considering 4gb is plenty for gaming and beyond 8gb there's next to no difference even in thinks like rendering (unless were talking dual xeon setups and some SUPER massive pieces of work which i doubt we're talking about), neither.

[xox]

considering 4gb is plenty for gaming and beyond 8gb there's next to no difference even in thinks like rendering (unless were talking dual xeon setups and some SUPER massive pieces of work which i doubt we're talking about), neither.

 

 

 

 

 

As someone who actually renders stuff, I'm calling bullshit. Sorry dude, but my programs crash with anything less than 4GB memory free.

Even iMovie takes twice the time with 4GB of RAM and Final Cut with Compressor is even worse.

If you are doing colour correction, you need even more ram, and in some cases, a massive page file.

 

Even with games, 4GB isn't enough, framerate drops and the game lags out when it is too constricted.

Such as Simcity, which you wouldn't consider to be a massively demanding game, it crashes at larger city sizes if you haven't got enough ram.

 

There is no way 4GB is enough unless you are in an office, and Microsoft Word is the only program that you use.

[D3MON]

As someone who actually renders stuff, I'm calling bullshit. Sorry dude, but my programs crash with anything less than 4GB memory free.

Even iMovie takes twice the time with 4GB of RAM and Final Cut with Compressor is even worse.

If you are doing colour correction, you need even more ram, and in some cases, a massive page file.

 

Even with games, 4GB isn't enough, framerate drops and the game lags out when it is too constricted.

Such as Simcity, which you wouldn't consider to be a massively demanding game, it crashes at larger city sizes if you haven't got enough ram.

 

There is no way 4GB is enough unless you are in an office, and Microsoft Word is the only program that you use.

....op never specified use case

i agree that there is a benefit to going to 8gb of ram in most applications (im not going back down to 4...)

but my friend uses 4gb of ram and for the last month i have been too and it wasnt too bad, sure you cant have a ton of chrome/youtube tabs open at the same time but what are you doing,b browsing or gaming.

most games (and i have just come off simcity btw) only use maybe a gig or 2 of ram in simcitys case about 1.4ish, you must have a seriously messed up pc if it keeps crashing on you because frames are written to vram not system memory.

with windows maybe using a gig and maybe 256 set aside for the onboard memory (bio's eh..) that still leaves you with a gig and a bit left over which usually just gets used for caching.

id advise op to get 2x4gb of 1600-1866 (depending on price/mhz) because by the time we need more ram ddr4 will be mainstream even linus has said buy it when you need it, buying more in the hope to grow into it is stupid.

if op was doing REALLY heavy rendering work sure a 4x4gb kit would be great...and a new 2011 cpu and board to make the most out of it. but he isnt doing that.

how about this?

[spwath]

Stick with the 16gb

[Lays]

I'd go for 16 gigs, if you get 32, it would seem superfluous and a bit like you're dick measuring rather than wanting function.

 

 

Even without video editting etc, there's times where I'm in 20+ gb plus just hosting servers for friends (mc + ts3) while playing battlefield 4 w/ a bunch of chrome tabs open.

I don't really use my PC for what I set-out to use it for, but there's times I'm glad I did get 32gb of ram, even if i only use it every once in awhile.

I like being able to do "anything" with my PC and not having to worry about whether I can run something / do something, even if I never do it

 

But yeah I agree, unless there's extenuating circumstances 16gb is more than enough 

[manzir]

32 GB (fo lulz), I doubt you will use them all but that CPU's memory controller supports up to 1333 MHz

and you won't notice too much difference between 1333 MHz and 1600 MHz

 

So you are saying my i7 -2600 non k CPU is not fully utilizing the 1600 MHz Ram's?