Are RAM upgrades important?

[RhombusLion]

I'm gonna be upgrading my case and psu soon and I still have some cash to spare. I was wondering whether I should upgrade my g.skill sniper to the hyperx fury or get an ssd.

[Guest]

ASS ASS DEEEEE!

 

Edit: How much RAM do you have right now?

[Tro]

SSD 

[Vacsol]

well we have no idea what memory speed or capacity you're using, so we don't know

[Archangel1994]

RAM has impact on performance, SSD only on load times. Go with RAM.

[KamiKatze]

SSD for sure. G.Skill SNiper is some good RAM. How much RAM do you have and at what speeds?

[Vacsol]

RAM has impact on performance, SSD only on load times. Go with RAM.

he could be upgrading 1600mhz to 1866mhz, which would have less of an impact on general computer performance than an SSD.

[RhombusLion]

SSD for sure. G.Skill SNiper is some good RAM. How much RAM do you have and at what speeds?

8gb at 1600mhz

[Vacsol]

8gb at 1600mhz

keep what you have and get the SSD.

[KamiKatze]

8gb at 1600mhz

 

 

what ^he said.

 

Edit: assuming that you use your PC mainly for gaming, not editing.

[CHarrisMedia]

You need to explain a little more, what RAM, how much do you currently have? What SSD? Explain a little more then we can help.

[Speedbird]

Keep your current RAM and get an SSD. But don't make the same mistake I did when I bought a 32GB one... 64GB is the minimum.

[RhombusLion]

will do, Thank you, friends!

[SSOB]

RAM has impact on performance, SSD only on load times. Go with RAM.

Super wrong, SSD has MUCH more impact on the usable performance of the system. as long as he has 1333MHZ+ 8GB+ ram he's fine.

 

Get an SSD

[SeanAngelo]

your ram is decent enough, go with an SSD

[Opcode]

SSD without question, it makes a world of difference coming from a mechanical drive. I personally can never go back to mechanical drives due to how slow machines are with them.

[Archangel1994]

Super wrong.

Go run your games on DDR2 600MHz then and come back when you have the same performance as DDR3 1866MHz

 

@Opcode

 

 

If you find 17 seconds slow you need to stop whining

[SSOB]

Go run your games on DDR2 600MHz then and come back when you have the same performance as DDR3 1866MHz

 

@Opcode

 

 

If you find 17 seconds slow you need to stop whining

Untill you start loading some actual programmes etc on windows, than compare it again, the HDD will be much slower. Also if you are running DDR2 the CPU will probably be the bottleneck, not the RAM. Your argument is invalid.

 

Btw people think that boot time is the only thing that is affected when installing an SSD, thruth is the system overall is much faster. You need to buy an SSD to experience it IMO.

[TheRunningOtaku]

It depends what you want to use it for - if you're gaming, 8gb is more than enough and I'd suggest picking up a value-oriented SSD like the MX100 120gb (or 240gb if you have the cash)

If you're editing, I'd suggest more than 8gb. 

[Opcode]

Go run your games on DDR2 600MHz then and come back when you have the same performance as DDR3 1866MHz

 

@Opcode

 

 

If you find 17 seconds slow you need to stop whining

When you want to run or do something on a SSD it's near instantaneous compared to mechanical drives. The difference you see in that chart also applies to loading every piece of software or game on the machine. I'm use to things launching as soon as I click them, instead of waiting for the heads of a mechanical drive move and search for the required data. I can notice the difference in almost everything that I do.

[Th3 Mans1ay3r]

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