Sell 32gb of slow DDR4 for 16gb of fast ram?

[Gdourado]

Hello, how are you?

Recently I got an upgrade bundle.
The price was sweet so I jumped on it.
The thing is that it came with some slow memory.
It came with a dual channel 32gb Crucial Ballistix Sport LT ram at 2400 Cl16.

After some fine-tuning I am now running that memory at 3000 with CL17-18-18-40.
I doesn't seem that I can push it any higher.
Since I have tuned it to these spec, both my firestrike, timespy and far cry primal benchmarks went up from the stock 2400 Cl16.

But now I am at a crossroad.
I keep hearing that for gaming ram speed and latency matter quite a lot.
So, with current ram prices, I can sell my kit and then get a 3600 cl16 kit of Samsung b-dies but only at 16gb.

On the other hand, I keep thinking that 32gb might be more future proof looking forward.
So I am torn.

What is your opinion?
Should I sell my 32gb and get a faster 16gb kit?

Would it really make a difference in gaming?

Thanks.
Cheers

[ImNotThere]

6 minutes ago, Gdourado said:

Hello, how are you?

Recently I got an upgrade bundle.
The price was sweet so I jumped on it.
The thing is that it came with some slow memory.
It came with a dual channel 32gb Crucial Ballistix Sport LT ram at 2400 Cl16.

After some fine-tuning I am now running that memory at 3000 with CL17-18-18-40.
I doesn't seem that I can push it any higher.
Since I have tuned it to these spec, both my firestrike, timespy and far cry primal benchmarks went up from the stock 2400 Cl16.

But now I am at a crossroad.
I keep hearing that for gaming ram speed and latency matter quite a lot.
So, with current ram prices, I can sell my kit and then get a 3600 cl16 kit of Samsung b-dies but only at 16gb.

On the other hand, I keep thinking that 32gb might be more future proof looking forward.
So I am torn.

What is your opinion?
Should I sell my 32gb and get a faster 16gb kit?

Would it really make a difference in gaming?

Thanks.
Cheers

like 5-10 frames, not worth it imo, sell the kit for  large amount and then buy 16 gb

[EthanCoow]

6 minutes ago, Gdourado said:

What is your opinion?
Should I sell my 32gb and get a faster 16gb kit?

Keep that 32GB kit, the speed is just fine for most task, and 3600 is overkill anyway.

 

7 minutes ago, Gdourado said:

Would it really make a difference in gaming?

No it wont.

[Judd]

23 minutes ago, Gdourado said:

But now I am at a crossroad.
I keep hearing that for gaming ram speed and latency matter quite a lot.
So, with current ram prices, I can sell my kit and then get a 3600 cl16 kit of Samsung b-dies but only at 16gb.

Who told you this? Ram matters almost none when gaming except with a Ryzen CPu then I doubt you would be able to run it at advertised speeds.

 

As others have said, keep the 32gb kit.

[Gdourado]

I saw some digital foundry videos comparing ram speed and faster ram Gabe better performance in gaming. 

There is also some videos by mindblank where he uses low latency ram with a 7700k with good results. 

I am currently on Intel, as the bundle came with a 6700k.

 

Cheers

[Majestic]

Beyond 3000-3200 you start hitting diminishing returns. So nah, 3000->3600 is not worth it.

[Gdourado]

This article compares ddr4 3000 vs 2133 on stock and overclocked 7700k:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-intel-kaby-lake-core-i7-7700k-review

 

6 minutes ago, Majestic said:

Beyond 3000-3200 you start hitting diminishing returns. So nah, 3000->3600 is not worth it.

How about the latency? 

I am running 3000, but with very high timmings. 

What kind of gaming gains would I see with lowered timmings? 

 

When I first built the system, I used the stock 2400 cl16, then 2666 cl16, then 3000 cl17. 

In each step, I saw gains in 3d mark and far cry primal that is a cpu bound game. 

 

Cheers 

[DildorTheDecent]

What do you do that warrants 32GB?

 

I'd just get a fast af kit anyway. Fast RAM for games would do more good than more RAM.

[Gdourado]

49 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

What do you do that warrants 32GB?

 

I'd just get a fast af kit anyway. Fast RAM for games would do more good than more RAM.

It's a gaming machine only. 

I just got the 32gb as I picked up a used bundle with the 6700k, board and that memory for a sweet price. 

[Gdourado]

Today I saw that I have the option of switching at no cost from my Ballistix kit to a GSkill F4-3200C16D-32GVK kit.
It is also a 32gb kit and it runs at 3200 CL16-18-18-38.

Now, if it runs on my board at those settings, it is an improvement from my current 3000 CL17-18-18-40. And I would keep 32 gigs at no cost.
From what I can tell, this Gskill kit uses Hynix ram.
Is this a good option?
Or is it still better to go for a 3200 CL14-14-14-34 of Samsung B-Die?