More RAM VS. Faster RAM

[whud99]

So in my current build plan I have 70$ left in the budget for ram and I wanted to know if it would be more advantages to get Faster RAM or More RAM. 

 

My plans are to manly use the build for gaming but I do every now and then do some Photoshop and digital drawing, nothing at the scale where I think I would run into capping but I never know. 

 

I know that 99% of the time that extra ram will just be sitting there doing nothing but will I really notice any boost from 2400 to 3466 speeds ? While with extra ram I will sometimes maybe notice it while working on projects here and there.

 

Thanks for any help !

[Taswell]

More Ram = Better Ram

[PlayStation 2]

Personally, more RAM. Faster RAM at the moment isn't worth an expensive ass price tag.

[RuLeZ]

I would always go for more ram

[r1Ns3]

If you choose faster ram you are not choosing the right thing.

 

1000000% more ram, linus did a vid on ram speeds and it resulted in 1-2fps difference....

[KraftDinner]

More RAM, also has less single points of failure, last thing you would want is to buy a module of fast as fuck RAM and then have it fail on you leaving you with a disfunctional PC

[vanished]

Definitely go with the 16 GB over faster 8 GB.  16 GB is starting to make a difference in some games, and if you are doing anything else it could be useful.  Bottom line is it will actually be of use to you where as the higher speed will make like no difference at all.

[Joegeddon]

If more RAM is the better option is there even any point in DDR4 RAM?

[vanished]

If more RAM is the better option is there even any point in DDR4 RAM?

Well eventually it will be the standard just as DDR3 replaces DDR2.  Also better compatibility with the Skylake and later CPUs since they are designed to give out only the lower voltages DDR4 expects

[whud99]

More RAM, also has less single points of failure, last thing you would want is to buy a module of fast as fuck RAM and then have it fail on you leaving you with a disfunctional PC

 

If you choose faster ram you are not choosing the right thing.

 

1000000% more ram, linus did a vid on ram speeds and it resulted in 1-2fps difference....

 

I would always go for more ram

 

Personally, more RAM. Faster RAM at the moment isn't worth an expensive ass price tag.

 

Personally, more RAM. Faster RAM at the moment isn't worth an expensive ass price tag.

 

More Ram = Better Ram

 Thanks ! that's what I was planning on doing but I decided to just make a quick post to make sure I'm making the right decision.  

[Allshevski]

If more RAM is the better option is there even any point in DDR4 RAM?

There is not. At least for normal users. They are like quadros - they exist, they are expensive but normal user can't take any advantage of them. The same goes with DDR4, unless you're running RAM-CPU heavy tasks, nobody will see the difference. But, they are nice, new, enthusiasts will enjoy.

[whud99]

Well eventually it will be the standard just as DDR3 replaces DDR2.  Also better compatibility with the Skylake and later CPUs since they are designed to give out only the lower voltages DDR4 expects

How Slow do you have to go before you would notice a difference between 8 and 16 gig like what If i had 64 gig of DDR-333 and 8 gig of DDR4-4200 

[vanished]

How Slow do you have to go before you would notice a difference between 8 and 16 gig like what If i had 64 gig of DDR-333 and 8 gig of DDR4-4200 

well yes that would be quite noticeable, but if we limit ourselves to realistic comparisons (DDR3 1600 and up & DDR4 2133 and up, since those are both common minimum speeds) you can find plenty of youtube videos testing different combinations and you'll see that the fps difference is well under 5 in all cases, and in fact sometimes you get very counter-intuitive answers, where faster memory actually gets a lower fps.  This can be (among other things) as a result of differences in the latency as well, which is as important a factor as the frequency.