Memory choice

[PanZie]

Hey people! New to this website but been following the youtube channel for a while now.

Im in the process of getting new parts for my computer.

At the moment Im running with a i5 2500K on a Asus P8P67 MB. As Im learning more and more by watching youtube and reading different websites I ran Speccy and CPUZ to find out more about my machine wich I built with no knowledge a few years ago.

My new machine will be something like a i5 6600K on a Z170 MSI mb and a 960 or 970 GTX.

With that Im looking at a G.Skill Ripjaws 5 Black 8GB DDR4-3200 CL16 kit or two.

Now I found out that my current 8gb is running at about 500ish MHz. The main question is, if I install the G.Skill on the P8P67 will it run at higher MHz or will that stay at that 500ish mark?

[jc980]

What? DDR4 can't work on DDR3 boards.

[Venomz1337]

Is your current ram running at 533mhz?

If so, if you've got a 2x 4GB configuration, you have 1066mhz in total.

With the new kit, you'd be running at 1600mhz each stick. When you look at RAM speeds it tends to half what your RAM's speed is.

Hope this clears some issues up. 

[Venomz1337]

What? DDR4 can't work on DDR3 boards.

 

He's getting a new MB.

[jc980]

He's getting a new MB.

His last sentence fucked up my brain.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Is your current ram running at 533mhz?

If so, if you've got a 2x 4GB configuration, you have 1066mhz in total.

With the new kit, you'd be running at 1600mhz each stick. When you look at RAM speeds it tends to half what your RAM's speed is.

Hope this clears some issues up. 

It is DDR (double data rate) that would make 533Mhz RAM run at 1066MHz effective clock, not dual channel from two sticks. 

[Venomz1337]

It is DDR (double data rate) that would make 533Mhz RAM run at 1066MHz effective clock, not dual channel from two sticks. 

 

Yeah I don't know the in's and out's of it but I do know it shows half the Mhz for whatever reason. As you seem to know stuff about it, I got a question. If you're running Quad channel will it divide the Mhz by 4 or still be the same regardless?

[Oshino Shinobu]

Yeah I don't know the in's and out's of it but I do know it shows half the Mhz for whatever reason. As you seem to know stuff about it, I got a question. If you're running Quad channel will it divide the Mhz by 4 or still be the same regardless?

Quad and dual channel doesn't affect the speed the RAM runs at. It increases bandwidth, but that is something different. 

 

DDR3 (double data rate 3) means that the actual clock of the RAM would be (for example) 800MHz. However, due to DDR, it runs at 1600MHz effective clock, which would be the same, regardless of how many sticks are running. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

@PanZie to answer your question, CPUs have default speeds that RAM can run at. You often need to enable XMP in the BIOS to set the RAM to higher speeds. 

[PanZie]

His last sentence fucked up my brain.

Haha sorry about that! And you are right, I was planning on using them on my current board.

Id better get the new MB then.