Ram upgrade... or not?!

[arkantos91]

Hi there!

 

I'm planning a ram upgrade to my system (for gaming) which has the following:

- i5 2500K
- P67A-GD65
- MSI GTX 970
- Samsung 850 EVO
- Noctua NH-D14

 

At the moment I have a 2x4 Gb of G.Skill Ripjaws 1600 MHz (http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-12800cl9d-8gbxl).

 

I'm wondering if it's worth (gaming wise) to upgrade to 16 Gb of ram and, in such case, I have two choices:

a. add another 2x4 Gb kit like the one above mentioned for a total of 4x4 Gb (cheaper solution)
b. buy a new 2x8 Gb kit (less cheaper, of course)

 

I've heard having all of the 4 memory slots populated can be negative on overall system performance (memory controller overload); also overclocking becomes more problematic. Is that true? 

 

Do you guys think:

1. is it worth upgrading in first instance?
2. if so, better going for 4x4 Gb or 2x8 Gb?

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[IAcKI]

Wouldn't be worth upgrading specifically for gaming.

 

Would instead save the money and maybe put it towards a platform upgrade.

[ServerSide_Drew]

6 minutes ago, IAcKI said:

Wouldn't be worth upgrading specifically for gaming.

 

Would instead save the money and maybe put it towards a platform upgrade.

^ This Exactly ^

[Conan1600]

on newegg you can get 2x8 sticks so 16gb of ddr3 for as little as 50 bucks (mushkin) 72 for really great stuff. as for performance only if your doing extreme stuff

 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007611%20600006072&IsNodeId=1&Description=ddr3&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=30