how much speed (RAM) do i need for gaming?

[Blackhole890]

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PS: actually i don't know how to ask this but if you have questions for me, feel free to ask

[Corrupt_Liberty]

RAM speed has very little affect on gaming.  I wouldn't spend the extra money on fancy RAM sticks unless they have heat spreaders that compliment your build.

[Great_yarn]

For me, personally. 8GB.

But it depends on what you want to play.

[ShadowCaptain]

8gb-16gb, speed doesnt matter too much, anything above like 1333mhz ddr3 is fine

[Praesi]

2133mhz is fine for most scenarios.

[Teddy07]

8 GB is barely enough for me. My pc uses ~70% while gaming

[System Error Message]

ram speed or ram amount? See if your board supports xmp profile.

 

As for ram amount it depends on the game. Some games will use 1GB of ram or less, some will go up to 4GB and some will use loads (like space engineers).

[Orangeator]

1 minute ago, Teddy07 said:

8 GB is barely enough for me. My pc uses around ~70% while gaming

I have 16GB and in some memory hog games, I exceed 8GB easily. Especially in badly ported games. I would strongly recommend 16GB of ram OP. For example, Just Cause 3 has reached over 12GB of RAM on my PC once, and Arkham Knight over 11GB.

[Squish4058]

Ram speed matters in CPU dependant games, most games are majorly GPU dependant but stuff like planetside 2 is HEAVILY dependant on a strong CPU and ram for it to eat

[Andster29]

For DDR3 above 1333 is mhz is alright. For DDR4 2133mhz should be fine. I am currently using 1600mhz with my 16gb kit of DDR3. Size does not have an effect on speed. 

[Blackhole890]

9 minutes ago, Praesi said:

2133mhz is fine for most scenarios.

please explain, what's the difference between 1333 and 2133?

9 minutes ago, Teddy07 said:

8 GB is barely enough for me. My pc uses ~70% while gaming

i wanna know how much SPEED do i need, not how much memory ram...

[Orangeator]

2 minutes ago, Blackhole890 said:

i wanna know how much SPEED do i need, not how much memory ram...

I use 1600mhz... It is perfectly fine for gaming and honestly you don't need any faster RAM than that.

 

Edit: Also that member was just trying to help, no need to respond to him in that way. 

[Blackie Sheen]

1600 for DDR3

2133 for DDR4.

 

It really doesnt matter much in terms of gaming

[Praesi]

36 minutes ago, Blackhole890 said:

please explain, what's the difference between 1333 and 2133?

1333 is slower Its just the speed how fast the ram comunicates with the cpu.

[Praesi]

45 minutes ago, kris2340k said:

Ram speed matters in CPU dependant games, most games are majorly GPU dependant but stuff like planetside 2 is HEAVILY dependant on a strong CPU and ram for it to eat

Yes. PS2 is a CPU and RAM Butcher.