2133 ram

[Daniel91]

Hi guys, Today i went to pick up a AMD A10 7850K for a AMD build for a guy, amd when I went to pick out the ram the sales person told me I needed to go for 2133mhz ram and oc it to 2400mhz or else the AMD apu wont run properly

 

 

Is that true? cos the 2133mhz ones are like SGD$100.00 more then the 1600mhz one

 

can a AMD A10 7850 on 1600mhz ram?

 

is it ok if the guy doesn't oc the APU since his using it for his home bisnuess only and mmorpg gaming?

 

 

[Vacsol]

an APU benefits greatly from faster memory, but it's not really required for light gaming.

[MasonIsPurple]

It will work fine, but APU's run faster with faster ram. 

[Clyne]

Having faster ram in apu's is recommended, if you have fast dual channel ram(like 2133) then it would give more performance and run faster than single stick 1600mhz ram on a apu.

[Daniel91]

thank you everyone

[Swndlr]

like vacsol said, apu's REAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLY benefit from higher mem clocks but it depends on how heavy those games are some two centz (see what i did there lelz)

 

[LuckyCharm]

It is true that apu's do perform better with faster RAM. The faster the memory the better but if you are on a budget I recommend 1866. This is because the gpu on the apu also uses the cpu's memory and gpu's benefit much more from faster memory.

[Le Lion de Barreras]

You'd get better FPS since APU's performance increase with higher memory speeds but saying it wouldn't run properly is false; 1600 mhz should be fine if gaming isn't really his thing. But that APU is certainly capable of it.