What ram?

[Bossotronio1337]

Hi, I am a gamer. I was thinking about upgrading my ram and I do not know if I need 16 gb or just 8. I play games like war thunder and planetside 2. I do very light to medium video stuff using blender. Right now I have 8gb but it says it is only running at 666 mhz. What do I do?

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Hi, I am a gamer. I was thinking about upgrading my ram and I do not know if I need 16 gb or just 8. I play games like war thunder and planetside 2. I do very light to medium video stuff using blender. Right now I have 8gb but it says it is only running at 666 mhz. What do I do?

probably because its dual channel, which means your ram is 1333mhz. 16gb can help with newer games like bo3 which have crazy ram requirements but not really for those games.

[mikat]

Hi, I am a gamer. I was thinking about upgrading my ram and I do not know if I need 16 gb or just 8. I play games like war thunder and planetside 2. I do very light to medium video stuff using blender. Right now I have 8gb but it says it is only running at 666 mhz. What do I do?

your ram is running at 1333 Mhz, Double Data Rate, so you need to double the speed it says

[Enderman]

666*2 = 1333MHz

its running at full speed

[Bossotronio1337]

666*2 = 1333MHz

its running at full speed

 

your ram is running at 1333 Mhz, Double Data Rate, so you need to double the speed it says

 

probably because its dual channel, which means your ram is 1333mhz. 16gb can help with newer games like bo3 which have crazy ram requirements but not really for those games.

Ok thanks so I don't need 16 gb?

[Bossotronio1337]

Also what is the default speed for ram when you first install it in your computer?

[mikat]

Also what is the default speed for ram when you first install it in your computer?

what is on the box but with XMP ram its 1600 Mhz on DDR3 or 2133 Mhz on DDR4  and you can turn overclock it in your bios if the ram supports it  (XMP)

[Enderman]

Ok thanks so I don't need 16 gb?

the speed has nothing to do with the capacity

if youre running out of ram and using close to 8GB then you should get 16GB

[Patrick Bateman]

Ok thanks so I don't need 16 gb?

not for your workload.... the games you play arent as heavy on ram as newer games. and for light video editing 8gb should be ok.. but its up to you really.

[Bossotronio1337]

the speed has nothing to do with the capacity

if youre running out of ram and using close to 8GB then you should get 16GB

 

not for your workload.... the games you play arent as heavy on ram as newer games. and for light video editing 8gb should be ok.. but its up to you really.

 

what is on the box but with XMP ram its 1600 Mhz on DDR3 or 2133 Mhz on DDR4  and you can turn overclock it in your bios if the ram supports it  (XMP)

Thanks

[Guest]

I got 16 just because ddr3 is cheap right now and because I'd like my base components to last me a couple years. In a year 16 gb will probably be desired