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No.

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Not particularly any noticable difference (for games at least) unless you are on an AMD APU system. Just wait until you do a full upgrade or something or when you need to buy new memory for example if your board needs DDR4 in the future.

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If you're using an APU, yes. If not, then no.

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Only if you run an APU or do very intensive graphic design or run a lot of virtual machines. Even then it's barely worth it. An APU id the only situation where you will see a massive benefit from running faster RAM

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So at the moment my ram speed it 1333 is it worth upgrading to a faster speed?

no, how much ram do you have? you might want some more capacity.

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I have 6gb

 

6 GB in my scenario would be too little as even 8 GB was too little for me, I can really feel the difference with just 2x 1 gb chips extra totaling my ram @ 10 GB

check your ram usage as you go and then decide if it's your ram that needs an upgrade to speed up your pc.

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If you're using an APU, yes. If not, then no.

Even then it's not worth it. It's not like the OP is buying ram as is. This is replacing ram the OP already has.

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Even then it's not worth it. It's not like the OP is buying ram as is. This is replacing ram the OP already has.

 

I know, he can still get money back on it. So it's not like he's losing out on £60, more like £20 - £30 after selling his old RAM. 1866 RAM is worth it if you have an APU. 

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I know, he can still get money back on it. So it's not like he's losing out on £60, more like £20 - £30 after selling his old RAM. 1866 RAM is worth it if you have an APU. 

Still not worth it. The performance boost is quite small compared to the price bump.

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Still not worth it. The performance boost is quite small compared to the price bump.

 

I'd pay £30 for 10 - 20 extra frames, that's the difference between playable and unplayable. 

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I'd pay £30 for 10 - 20 extra frames, that's the difference between playable and unplayable. 

If you're getting 10-20 more fps from the faster ram, the initial fps would have already been playable. 

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RAM are pretty cheap, if you have the Graphics card to pull it off stepping up to a 1600 Mhz CAS 9 Kingston kit (dirt cheap) is not a bad idea.

 

That's my assumption, if you have a GTX 650 or something along those lines, it is definitly not worth it, just hold your marchandise for DDR4 and the supporting Intel architecture. ^^

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No I would just stay with your 6gb 1333mhz if you are realizing that you don't have enough ram when you are playing games.

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Depends on what programs you are running and the type of your CPU and motherboard that is in your rig. For me it is worth it as my rig just responds faster with higher speeds in gaming and VMware. I have use 1333, 1600, 1800, 1866 and 2133mhz in my rig and even though 2133 is the faster speed at CL11 it is not faster CL9 @1800 or 1866 in gaming or VMware but it is faster in benchmarks. This is on Ivy Bridge. 

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