Ram speed

[Thue500]

Hi i have 8gb of 1333MHz ram and i want to upgrade but don't know what speed i should take these are the speeds and price.

1600Mhz 60Us$

1866Mhz 51Us$

2400Mhz 73Us$

 

The 1600 and 1866 where both HyperX Fury in white. But the 2400Mhz is HyperX Savage in red.

[kgorringe]

Thats all your preference. I cant tell you which color you should like or what speed you like.

[Patrick Bateman]

Hi i have 8gb of 1333MHz ram and i want to upgrade but don't know what speed i should take these are the speeds and price.

1600Mhz 60Us$

1866Mhz 51Us$

2400Mhz 73Us$

 

The 1600 and 1866 where both HyperX Fury in white. But the 2400Mhz is HyperX Savage in red.

your cpu?

[EliminatingAngels]

I would go for the 1866mhz one. You also have to keep in mind cas latency (IE cl 9). Higher Mhz = better. Lower cas latency = better. 

 

for example:

 

1600mhz cl 9 is better than 1866 cl 11

1600 cl9 is about the same as 1866 cl10

and 1600 cl9 is worse than 1866 cl9

[Thue500]

your cpu?

I5 4750 but im gonna upgrade to a Xeon 1231v3

[Jykos]

It really doesn't matter, you won't notice any difference in anything (edit:1866+).

Just pick either the cheapest one or the one with the prettiest heat-sink.  

[Patrick Bateman]

I5 4750 but im gonna upgrade to a Xeon 1231v3

1866.. can help in some games

[Thue500]

Thats all your preference. I cant tell you which color you should like or what speed you like.

Well the colour doesn't matter but it was more the speed if the small amount off speed is worth the extra price.

[Thue500]

I would go for the 1866mhz one. You also have to keep in mind cas latency (IE cl 9). Higher Mhz = better. Lower cas latency = better. 

 

for example:

 

1600mhz cl 9 is better than 1866 cl 11

1600 cl9 is about the same as 1866 cl10

and 1600 cl9 is worse than 1866 cl9

Okay didn't know there was a thing called cas latency thanks. But would you take the 2400Mhz over the 1866Mhz

[Jykos]

Well the colour doesn't matter but it was more the speed if the small amount off speed is worth the extra price.

no, no it's not.

[Praesi]

I doubt you will notice a real difference in Games.

[EliminatingAngels]

Okay didn't know there was a thing called cas latency thanks. But would you take the 2400Mhz over the 1866Mhz

Depending on the rest of your hardware and the things you're going to do on your computer. Faster ram in games doesn't make a really big difference unless you're using a APU for example. Also, double check what your motherboard can handle. 

[Jykos]

Okay didn't know there was a thing called cas latency thanks. But would you take the 2400Mhz over the 1866Mhz

That's because it has the littlest effect on performance and you'll never notice it.

 

What looks better and/or is cheaper (in the 1866 and above range). If you want to pay a little more for red memory then by all means, do so (I did it to get blue memory) but don't expect it to change how your games perform. 

[Thue500]

Depending on the rest of your hardware and the things you're going to do on your computer. Faster ram in games doesn't make a really big difference unless you're using a APU for example. Also, double check what your motherboard can handle. 

I have an Asus B85m-G mobo would that be able to take 8gb off HyperX 1866mhz?

[SteveGrabowski0]

It really doesn't matter, you won't notice any difference in anything (edit:1866+).

Just pick either the cheapest one or the one with the prettiest heat-sink.  

 

It does make a difference in gaming. I have a Xeon E3-1231v3 and a GTX 970 and I get an almost 10% bump in minimum framerate in GTA V at 1080p after switching my DDR3-1600 kit to a DDR3-2400 one. @MageTank has found similar results. It doesn't make that difference for average framerate because most of the time I'm GPU limited in GTA V, but in areas with lots of complex shadows where the cpu is the limiting factor my faster RAM made a very noticeable real world difference. E.g., with DDR3-2400 I never drop below 57 fps in a problem area, while with DDR3-1600 I'd drop to around 52 fps. A drop from 60 fps to 52 fps is immediately noticeable, while a drop from 60 fps to 57 fps is much harder to see. The difference is enough that I'd turn settings down a little on my DDR3-1600 kit to make that 52 into a 60, but with the DDR3-2400 kit there is no need.

[Jykos]

It does make a difference in gaming. I have a Xeon E3-1231v3 and a GTX 970 and I get an almost 10% bump in minimum framerate in GTA V at 1080p after switching my DDR3-1600 kit to a DDR3-2400 one. @MageTank has found similar results. It doesn't make that difference for average framerate because most of the time I'm GPU limited in GTA V, but in areas with lots of complex shadows where the cpu is the limiting factor my faster RAM made a very noticeable real world difference. E.g., with DDR3-2400 I never drop below 57 fps in a problem area, while with DDR3-1600 I'd drop to around 52 fps. A drop from 60 fps to 52 fps is immediately noticeable, while a drop from 60 fps to 57 fps is much harder to see. The difference is enough that I'd turn settings down a little on my DDR3-1600 kit to make that 52 into a 60, but with the DDR3-2400 kit there is no need.

Ok, would be cool to see a video testing various ram speeds in low-end, mid-range, high-end and enthusiasts builds, comparing the performance increases.

[App4that]

Rather than waste money on ram with a Overclocking profile, overclock yours for free. My 1333 ram is at 2200 cas latency 10 @ 1.64v

[App4that]

oops, double post

[SteveGrabowski0]

Ok, would be cool to see a video testing various ram speeds in low-end, mid-range, high-end and enthusiasts builds, comparing the performance increases.

 

Digital Foundry has done a lot of testing with the i3-6100 and i3-4130; see their i3-6100 review videos. @Patrick Bateman has tested some games with with 4.4 GHz 4670k and a 1530 MHz 970 here. @MageTank has done some testing with a Skylake Pentium at both stock and 4.7 GHz or so, and I think he'll have more results when he gets his Skylake i5 soon. It generally seems like in gpu bound situations ram speed doesn't matter and that RAM speed seems to make a difference more for minimums but not a huge impact on averages, which is probably why it came out that way in Linus' tests. Most of the time you should be GPU bound in AAA games, so it makes sense the RAM wouldn't affect averages much. I have also seen threads on other forums where RAM speed makes an enormous difference in Arma III, which is about as CPU bound as PC games get.