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So I'm starting a new build with older computer parts. I have a I7 4770 8m 3.40ghz Intel CPU and a Asus Z97-PRO GAMER LGA 1150 Z97 ATX Intel Motherboard. The Ram capability is ddr3 3200 32gb Max. My question is would I be better off buying 16gb at 3200 or 32gb at a slower speed. Price for this is about the same I'm just wondering if the increase in size would make up for the loss of speed.

I use my computer for aray of things from gaming, to audio mixing, some video editing, and multi tasking, it will be a dual planner touch screen monitor setup with a razor death stalker keyboard with built in touch screen plus a bamboo touch pad. Any input would be much appreciated.

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32 is better

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Personally more ram. 

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moar rams

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8 minutes ago, Oldegold said:

So I'm starting a new build with older computer parts. I have a I7 4770 8m 3.40ghz Intel CPU and a Asus Z97-PRO GAMER LGA 1150 Z97 ATX Intel Motherboard. The Ram capability is ddr3 3200 32gb Max. My question is would I be better off buying 16gb at 3200 or 32gb at a slower speed. Price for this is about the same I'm just wondering if the increase in size would make up for the loss of speed.

I use my computer for aray of things from gaming, to audio mixing, some video editing, and multi tasking, it will be a dual planner touch screen monitor setup with a razor death stalker keyboard with built in touch screen plus a bamboo touch pad. Any input would be much appreciated.

Those 3200mhz DDR3 kits are pretty garbage. They tend to sacrifice too much in tertiary timings to keep the IMC happy, and its bandwidth is actually lower than most 2800mhz overclocks. Not to mention most of the time, 3200mhz is only possible on 4GB sticks, meaning you lose rank interleaving. You would actually have more bandwidth with manually overclocked memory + rank interleaving. Go with the larger sticks (8GB +, for dual rank sticks). 

 

If you need the bandwidth, just manually overclock them. 

My (incomplete) memory overclocking guide: 

 

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On 1/2/2017 at 9:32 PM, MageTank said:

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GIVE ME MORE RAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMM

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Just now, Oldegold said:

Corsair Dominator Platinum Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 DRAM 2400MHz PC3 19200 it is then.

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1 minute ago, Hackentosher said:

downloading more ram will be more effective than overclocking ram.

LOL

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