Worth upgrading ram

[yugi8264]

I currently have 32gb of 1066 ddr3 ram. Is it worth upgrading to faster speeds or is 1066 enough. Or should I just jump to ddr4.

[dizmo]

Are you upgrading the whole platform? You can't use DDR4 in a DDR3 system.

What do you do with you system? With games, I believe you see tangible benefits from upgrading to something like 1600 or 1866. Above that is mostly fluff, speeds tend to affect Ryzen more, and to a lesser degree, newer Intel platforms.

[showerhandle]

Just now, dizmo said:

You can't use DDR4 in a DDR3 system.

this is false depending on what system he has.... there are exceptions that take both

[ZcanKal]

Just now, showerhandle said:

this is false depending on what system he has.... there are exceptions that take both

I have never seen a board take both.

[App4that]

RAM has a sizeable impact on gaming, but doesn't need more than 16g. If gaming is the focus, you might try selling what you have and getting 16g of high speed DDR3, might have money left over.

[dizmo]

1 minute ago, showerhandle said:

this is false depending on what system he has.... there are exceptions that take both

Really? I'd love to see that, considering they're physically different.

[yugi8264]

1 minute ago, showerhandle said:

this is false depending on what system he has.... there are exceptions that take both

I have a

i7 4770k

Maximus 6 hero,

256gb ssd

1tb we hard drive.

32gb balistik 1066 ram.

[showerhandle]

2 minutes ago, ZcanKal said:

I have never seen a board take both.

http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=812

they made a couple. its not common but its possible.

[showerhandle]

1 minute ago, yugi8264 said:

I have a

i7 4770k

Maximus 6 hero,

256gb ssd

1tb we hard drive.

32gb balistik 1066 ram.

this will not take ddr4 at all. you will need a whole new motherboard and cpu to support ddr4

[Oshino Shinobu]

2 minutes ago, ZcanKal said:

I have never seen a board take both.

 

Just now, dizmo said:

Really? I'd love to see that, considering they're physically different.

They're rare, but there are some around, like the ASRock B150M Combo-G.

 

They typically have two DDR3 and two DDR4 slots, rather than any combo-slots or something like that. I think they only support one or the other, rather than both at once, but I'm not 100% sure on that. 

 

 

 

[yugi8264]

I just upgraded my case and psu and started thinking about upgrading some other stuff

[App4that]

Guys, the boards with both don't support CPUs that run DDR3. So.

[showerhandle]

skylake supports both. what are you talking about

[yugi8264]

Just now, App4that said:

Guys, the boards with both don't support CPUs that run DDR3. So.

Yeah I know I might just upgrade the processor, ram, and MB as well but that seems a bit much. Also, is there much improvement between lower speed ram and less higher speed ram.

[dizmo]

3 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

 

They're rare, but there are some around, like the ASRock B150M Combo-G.

 

They typically have two DDR3 and two DDR4 slots, rather than any combo-slots or something like that. I think they only support one or the other, rather than both at once, but I'm not 100% sure on that.

That is bizarre. Also interesting that it supports so few memory speeds. Clearly they didn't put too much effort into it.

Just now, showerhandle said:

skylake supports both. what are you talking about

As a CPU, yes. That doesn't mean the motherboard does.

You have to quote or tag people otherwise they won't know you've replied.

[showerhandle]

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1 minute ago, yugi8264 said:

Also, is there much improvement between lower speed ram and less higher speed ram.

this really depends on what you are doing. you may see minimal things in gaming, maybe. the new cpu will be the bigger thing. but for ram heay things yes it will

[App4that]

Just now, showerhandle said:

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this really depends on what you are doing. you may see minimal things in gaming, maybe. the new cpu will be the bigger thing. but for ram heay things yes it will

Actually RAM speed heavily impacts gaming, especially in older architectures. Digital Foundry has covered this, and RAM speed has been called into question as a means of making benchmarks favor the hardware you want favored. Why so many reviewers match RAM. 

[yugi8264]

31 minutes ago, App4that said:

Actually RAM speed heavily impacts gaming, especially in older architectures. Digital Foundry has covered this, and RAM speed has been called into question as a means of making benchmarks favor the hardware you want favored. Why so many reviewers match RAM. 

So is it worth upgrading to something like corsair dominate 16gb

[App4that]

Just now, yugi8264 said:

So is it worth upgrading to something like corsair dominate 16gb

That's subjective, personally I'll pick speed over capacity, unless the two speeds are close. Most 1600MHz DDR3 kits will hit over 2000MHz if you loosen the timings. So I would personally try overclocking what you have, then move onto a better 16g kit if you don't get over 1600MHz. 

[yugi8264]

16 minutes ago, App4that said:

That's subjective, personally I'll pick speed over capacity, unless the two speeds are close. Most 1600MHz DDR3 kits will hit over 2000MHz if you loosen the timings. So I would personally try overclocking what you have, then move onto a better 16g kit if you don't get over 1600MHz. 

I think I saw a video on linus doing ram speed comparisons and there aren't really huge benefits to getting higher speeds. My question after is would I be better off spending the money on get noctua fans instead or a better gpu

[App4that]

6 minutes ago, yugi8264 said:

I think I saw a video on linus doing ram speed comparisons and there aren't really huge benefits to getting higher speeds. My question after is would I be better off spending the money on get noctua fans instead or a better gpu

That video is not something to go off of LOL. The better graphics card would offer better price to performance over the fan. 

 

Here's an easy video to show how important RAM speed is. This is even showing a newer CPU, older architectures get a bigger bump.

 

 

[yugi8264]

9 minutes ago, App4that said:

That video is not something to go off of LOL. The better graphics card would offer better price to performance over the fan. 

 

Here's an easy video to show how important RAM speed is. This is even showing a newer CPU, older architectures get a bigger bump.

 

 

If I can get the ram to 1600 should I just call it a day and upgrade the GPU.My GPU is a g tx 660. Was thinking of getting a g tx 1070. Or should I still upgrade ram.

[App4that]

If you can get to 1600MHz on fairly tight timings call it a day. I would only buy a new graphics card right now if the price is right, so at MSRP. Both AMD and Nvidia should have new cards out by late fall so waiting isn't a bad option either. Especially in the 1070 class.