ram upgrade? or no.

[Legolessed]

So my new pc is complete but as you can see in the very quickly made part list that the ram is pretty sketchy. I have 3 sticks of ddr3 1333 mhz and one stick of ddr3 1066 mhz. The system runs well but i think the ram is holding it back. should i upgrade to 8 gigabytes? Is there anything around $30 or less that can get me to 8 gigs? 

 

 

 

build: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/YYZVWX

[gtx1060=value]

you could get 1 stick of 8gb kingston value ram for 31 dollars

[Legolessed]

Just now, gtx1060=value said:

you could get 1 stick of 8gb kingston value ram for 31 dollars

really. where? do you think it will give my system a performance upgrade?

[Mira Yurizaki]

RAM speed doesn't really affect the performance of programs except if you're using the integrated GPU or you're running file compression. At least, those are the only two scenarios I've seen RAM speed have any appreciable performance impact on.

 

If you're talking about capacity, then the only time you should really upgrade is when you're truly running out of free memory and your system spends a lot of time swapping pages. And that's after some typical measures to combat this (like closing programs/tabs/etc. you aren't using)

[gtx1060=value]

Just now, Legolessed said:

really. where? do you think it will give my system a performance upgrade?

well it would double the amount of ram you have now so yes

[Legolessed]

1 minute ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-DDR31333-PC310600-KTH-PL313-8G/dp/B00288BHHW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1474227754&sr=8-11&keywords=8+gb+ram+ddr3

i would get that but it says it will arrive on october 11.

[Legolessed]

12 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-HyperX-FURY-2x4GB-1600MHz/dp/B00J8E93G6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474227854&sr=8-1&keywords=8%2Bgb%2Bram%2Bddr3&th=1 There you go.

thanks

[¨TrisT¨]

So you wanna swap something sketchy for something sketchy? I have to be realistic, you're not getting anything 8Gb decent anywhere near 30 bucks.

Maybe wait till you have more money?

The only thing bad going on with your ram right now is the 1066mhz forcing the other 3 to go down to 1066 as well, theoretically that wouldn't do any bad besides that, but who knows.

 

I would advise 2x 4Gb decent sticks, then you're golden.

Best thing to do if you wanna cheap out would be to get another one of those 1333mhz sticks and replacing the 1066 one, assuming they're all the same thing. Othewise you're either gonna drop the coin or risk dropping a lot more coin a lot sooner.

[Legolessed]

1 minute ago, ¨TrisT¨ said:

So you wanna swap something sketchy for something sketchy? I have to be realistic, you're not getting anything 8Gb decent anywhere near 30 bucks.

Maybe wait till you have more money?

The only thing bad going on with your ram right now is the 1066mhz forcing the other 3 to go down to 1066 as well, theoretically that wouldn't do any bad besides that, but who knows.

 

I would advise 2x 4Gb decent sticks, then you're golden.

Best thing to do if you wanna cheap out would be to get another one of those 1333mhz sticks and replacing the 1066 one, assuming they're all the same thing. Othewise you're either gonna drop the coin or risk dropping more coin.

this isnt sketchy. its fulfilled by amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-HyperX-FURY-2x4GB-1600MHz/dp/B00J8E93G6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474227854&sr=8-1&keywords=8 gb ram ddr3&th=1&tag=linus21-20

[¨TrisT¨]

1 minute ago, Legolessed said:

this isnt sketchy. its fulfilled by amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-HyperX-FURY-2x4GB-1600MHz/dp/B00J8E93G6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474227854&sr=8-1&keywords=8 gb ram ddr3&th=1&tag=linus21-20

I'd only seen this one when I wrote the reply. Damn that's nice, I might just get some myself

[Legolessed]

1 minute ago, ¨TrisT¨ said:

I'd only seen this one when I wrote the reply. Damn that's nice, I might just get some myself

 

[¨TrisT¨]

2 minutes ago, ¨TrisT¨ said:

I'd only seen this one when I wrote the reply. Damn that's nice, I might just get some myself

Nope nvm that's 50€ here     -.-    <- link

[Legolessed]

49 minutes ago, gtx1060=value said:

you could get 1 stick of 8gb kingston value ram for 31 dollars

 

48 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-DDR31333-PC310600-KTH-PL313-8G/dp/B00288BHHW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1474227754&sr=8-11&keywords=8+gb+ram+ddr3 sketchy dealer, but an example of what you want. 8GB is more around the 40 dollar mark.

 

47 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

RAM speed doesn't really affect the performance of programs except if you're using the integrated GPU or you're running file compression. At least, those are the only two scenarios I've seen RAM speed have any appreciable performance impact on.

 

If you're talking about capacity, then the only time you should really upgrade is when you're truly running out of free memory and your system spends a lot of time swapping pages. And that's after some typical measures to combat this (like closing programs/tabs/etc. you aren't using)

 

47 minutes ago, gtx1060=value said:

well it would double the amount of ram you have now so yes

 

46 minutes ago, wrathoftheturkey said:

https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-HyperX-FURY-2x4GB-1600MHz/dp/B00J8E93G6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474227854&sr=8-1&keywords=8%2Bgb%2Bram%2Bddr3&th=1 There you go.

 

32 minutes ago, ¨TrisT¨ said:

So you wanna swap something sketchy for something sketchy? I have to be realistic, you're not getting anything 8Gb decent anywhere near 30 bucks.

Maybe wait till you have more money?

The only thing bad going on with your ram right now is the 1066mhz forcing the other 3 to go down to 1066 as well, theoretically that wouldn't do any bad besides that, but who knows.

 

I would advise 2x 4Gb decent sticks, then you're golden.

Best thing to do if you wanna cheap out would be to get another one of those 1333mhz sticks and replacing the 1066 one, assuming they're all the same thing. Othewise you're either gonna drop the coin or risk dropping more coin.

 

28 minutes ago, ¨TrisT¨ said:

I'd only seen this one when I wrote the reply. Damn that's nice, I might just get some myself

 

24 minutes ago, ¨TrisT¨ said:

Nope nvm that's 50€ here     -.-    <- link

will 1600mhz ram work with my cpu since it is sandy bridge? I read on a random website that the motherboard supports 1600mhz ram but you have to have a 3rd gen cpu to use it

[¨TrisT¨]

5 minutes ago, Legolessed said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

will 1600mhz ram work with my cpu since it is sandy bridge? I read on a random website that the motherboard supports 1600mhz ram but you have to have a 3rd gen cpu to use it

(you can just @Legolessed someone you don't need to quote them)