8600k budget ram

[Lucidire]

Basically Black Ops 4 and FFXV have times where the games have huge fps drops and I assume its because of the ram. I currently am running a 2x4gb G.Skill at 2133mhz frequency, I was wondering if its worth it to get new 2x8gb at higher freq or just add another 2x4gb to just get my frames stable. My current build is a windforce 1080, i5 8600k. Thanks!

[Cereal5]

Watch your RAM usage in game to see if that is actually your problem. Also if you do upgrade your RAM, try to get the same RAM that you already have in your computer to avoid all possible compatibility issues. Even if you bought faster RAM, it would only run at the slower speed anyways (and RAM speed on Intel doesn't matter really in games).

[GoldenLag]

im more worried about what GPU you are running.......

[Lucidire]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

im more worried about what GPU you are running.......

windforce 1080

 

[Spotty]

10 minutes ago, Lucidire said:

Basically Black Ops 4 and FFXV have times where the games have huge fps drops and I assume its because of the ram. I currently am running a 2x4gb G.Skill at 2133mhz frequency, I was wondering if its worth it to get new 2x8gb at higher freq or just add another 2x4gb to just get my frames stable. Thanks!

Haven't tried BO4, but FFXV can be quite heavy on RAM usage, so insufficient RAM could potentially be the cause of your issue. FFXV is also pretty demanding on the GPU and CPU as well, and depending on what settings you use it may not just be the RAM that is limiting you.

Which CPU do you have? Which CPU you have may determine whether you *need* faster memory or if you can get by with just 2133MHz.

Regardless, my recommendation would be go with a 2x8GB 3000MHz kit for around $120 USD and sell your current 2x4GB 2133MHz kit for around $40-$50 (or keep it if you have another system that could use it).

[Lucidire]

Just now, Spotty said:

Haven't tried BO4, but FFXV can be quite heavy on RAM usage, so insufficient RAM could potentially be the cause of your issue. FFXV is also pretty demanding on the GPU and CPU as well, and depending on what settings you use it may not just be the RAM that is limiting you.

Which CPU do you have? Which CPU you have may determine whether you *need* faster memory or not.

Regardless, my recommendation would be go with a 2x8GB 3000MHz kit for around $120 USD and sell your current 2x4GB 2133MHz kit for around $40-$50 (or keep it if you have another system that could use it).

yea sorry probably should mention it in the main post but i have an i5 8600k

[Spotty]

Just now, Lucidire said:

yea sorry probably should mention it in the main post but i have an i5 8600k

Yeah, nevermind. I'm an idiot and just saw the title

In that case, I'd still go with this...

1 minute ago, Spotty said:

Regardless, my recommendation would be go with a 2x8GB 3000MHz kit for around $120 USD and sell your current 2x4GB 2133MHz kit for around $40-$50 (or keep it if you have another system that could use it).