800Mhz vs 1600Mhz RAM

[Lolcrokn]

I currently have really old ram 2x4gb ram from from trascend ... im looking to upgrade to 16 gigs 1600Mhz 

What are the best ram sticks for price/lookings or should i even just get 2 more 4 gig 800Mhz sticks ( not really conaidering it that much ) 

If anyone here has nice experience with 16 gig 1600Mhz pls post it  

[Thony]

If u have relaly old ram its better to invest in new DDR3 1600Mhz, any brand like Crucial, Corsair, Ripjaws, Kingston etc are good brands and u cant go wrong with them.

[Lolcrokn]

Just now, Thony said:

If u have relaly old ram its better to invest in new DDR3 1600Mhz, any brand like Crucial, Corsair, Ripjaws, Kingston etc are good brands and u cant go wrong with them.

Any specific ram or in general anything is good from those brands

[Pcinacan]

i would get this, if you have ddr 3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231489&cm_re=16gb_ram-_-20-231-489-_-Product

[Thony]

1 minute ago, Lolcrokn said:

Any specific ram or in general anything is good from those brands

Anything really.

[Lolcrokn]

Just now, Thony said:

Anything really.

Thanks for those from ripjaws i was actually thinking between those and some from kingston (hyperx) , the blue ones i forgot the name 

Anyway thanks alot +1

[ARikozuM]

13 minutes ago, Lolcrokn said:

I currently have really old ram 2x4gb ram from from trascend ... im looking to upgrade to 16 gigs 1600Mhz 

What are the best ram sticks for price/lookings or should i even just get 2 more 4 gig 800Mhz sticks ( not really conaidering it that much ) 

If anyone here has nice experience with 16 gig 1600Mhz pls post it  

What motherboard are you using?

[done12many2]

14 minutes ago, Lolcrokn said:

I currently have really old ram 2x4gb ram from from trascend ... im looking to upgrade to 16 gigs 1600Mhz 

What are the best ram sticks for price/lookings or should i even just get 2 more 4 gig 800Mhz sticks ( not really conaidering it that much ) 

If anyone here has nice experience with 16 gig 1600Mhz pls post it  

 

Are you talking about DDR2 or DDR3?

 

If you have DDR3, which is more than likely the case, your original "800 MHz" sticks are probably DDR3 1600 sticks.  Double Data Rate (DDR) would mean that you multiply the operating frequency of the RAM x 2.

[ARikozuM]

Just now, done12many2 said:

 

Are you talking about DDR2 or DDR3?

 

If you have DDR3, which is more than likely the case, your original "800 MHz" sticks are probably DDR3 1600 sticks.  

That's what I'm thinking. Knowing the board would be best before assuming DDR3.

[Lolcrokn]

2 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

What motherboard are you using?

 

Just now, ARikozuM said:

That's what I'm thinking. Knowing the board would be best before assuming DDR3.

I'm talking about z77 pro3 from asrock

[done12many2]

Just now, Lolcrokn said:

 

I'm talking about z77 pro3 from asrock

 

Yeah, you are already using DDR3 1600 then.  Just add more DDR3 1600 to it if you'd like.

[Lolcrokn]

Just now, done12many2 said:

 

Yeah, you are already using DDR3 1600 then.  Just add more DDR3 1600 to it if you'd like.

ill screenshot you it's either my "program" is saying the wrong thing or i'm just dumb 

Look at this

[ARikozuM]

You're using two DDR3-800 sticks in dual channel which increases the bandwidth to 1600 for better I/O with the CPU. Just get another set like @done12many2 said.

[done12many2]

1 minute ago, Lolcrokn said:

ill screenshot you it's either my "program" is saying the wrong thing or i'm just dumb 

Look at this

 

It's telling you that the operating frequency is 799 MHz, which means that it's 800 MHz.  You take that operating frequency and multiply by two for your memory type.

[Lolcrokn]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

You're using two DDR3-800 sticks in dual channel which increases the bandwidth to 1600 for better I/O with the CPU. Just get another set like @done12many2 said.

so there would be no difference if i got DDR3-1600 sticks ? or would that mean it increases the bandwidth to 3200 ? 

[ARikozuM]

These days most PC's are dual channel so your 1600 would be two 800 sticks.

 

Correction: RAM isn't doubled by dual channel but by pairing appropriate slots. Just noticed the flaw in my explanation.

[Lolcrokn]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

These days most PC's are dual channel so your 1600 would be two 800 sticks.

ahh ok thanks :=)

[Arc_Jester]

12 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

These days most PC's are dual channel so your 1600 would be two 800 sticks.

That's not how it works, DDR stands for Double Data Rate which means the effective frequency, which is 800mhz on a 1600mhz stick, is doubled to produce 1600mhz on a single stick. Dual Channel operation doubles the data throughput between the RAM and the memory controller/CPU( 64-bit to 128-bit), it doesn't affect the memory frequency.

[Lolcrokn]

19 minutes ago, Arc_Jester said:

That's not how it works, DDR stands for Double Data Rate which means the effective frequency, which is 800mhz on a 1600mhz stick, is doubled to produce 1600mhz on a single stick. Dual Channel operation doubles the data throughput between the RAM and the memory controller/CPU( 64-bit to 128-bit), it doesn't affect the memory frequency.

So what sticks should i get for my mobo

[ARikozuM]

I would go with any set of RAM from a reputable dealer like Kingston, G.Skill, Corsair, Crucial, etc.

[Lolcrokn]

36 minutes ago, Arc_Jester said:

13 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

I would go with any set of RAM from a reputable dealer like Kingston, G.Skill, Corsair, Crucial, etc.

 

So should i just add to existing ram or buy compeletely new ones

[done12many2]

4 minutes ago, Lolcrokn said:

So should i just add to existing ram or buy compeletely new ones

 

1 hour ago, done12many2 said:

 

Just add more DDR3 1600 to it if you'd like.

 

 

[Arc_Jester]

2 hours ago, Lolcrokn said:

So should i just add to existing ram or buy compeletely new ones

Sorry for the late reply.

 

Just add to the existing RAM however try to get the same RAM you already have since there is no guarantee the old sticks will work with new ones from a different brand or with different timings, if that happens you will need to replace the old ones altogether.