3600mhz for 10th gen CPU

[Andreas Pedersen]

Hi, im looking for some opinions on this, currently I have 3200mhz dual channel ram, is it worth upgrading to 3600mhz quad channel ram if I have an i7-10700k, will I gain any noticeable performance?

[porina]

Probably not worth it. Speed change from 3200>3600 isn't that big. Going 4 sticks, which is NOT quad channel, might give some advantage if your existing modules are single rank. Having two rank per channel can improve more than speed alone. This only really matters if you have something that you know is very memory sensitive.

 

Given the CPU and you already have 3200 ram, save your money for a future upgrade.

[RONOTHAN##]

3 minutes ago, Andreas Pedersen said:

Hi, im looking for some opinions on this, currently I have 3200mhz dual channel ram, is it worth upgrading to 3600mhz quad channel ram if I have an i7-10700k, will I gain any noticeable performance?

First, 4 DIMMs with the 10700K is still dual channel, it's just 2 DIMMs per channel. 

 

Second, there might be a small performance improvement, but barely a performance improvement. It would be in the low single digit improvements, not really noticeable unless you do something very bandwidth heavy. It's not really worth the cost or effort. 

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

With some time and effort, you can probably OC your current RAM to run at DDR4-3600 or higher.

[Fl0yd-]

the gold rule rule of thumb between intel and ryzen when it comes to ram speeds, above 3200mhz has no effect on performance with intel.

[Mister Woof]

Don't bother. Save your money for DDR5 and a platform upgrade.