Best ram for gaming?

Jmbrown0311 · Apr 21, 2014

Ok, so I am a noob when it comes to the technicalities and performances of ram, my rig consists of; gigabyte fx990-uda3 mobo, 8gb DDR3 1600, sli-bridge EVGA 560gtx 2gb. My question is, what are the pros and cons of 1600 vs. 1866 vs. 2000 DDR3 ram and if sticking with my Kingston DDR3 1600 ram is sufficient for gaming or is it worth "upgrading" to the higher end ram. Plz guide me.

Nightman · Apr 21, 2014

Your current ram is fine. You'd barely see any performance increase if you upgraded to 1866 or faster. It's certainly not worth $100.

Eduello · Apr 21, 2014

Faster RAM helps with editing and rendering, but for gaming the difference is very minimal. Since your RAM is already 1600 MHz, it's not worth it to upgrade it in my opinion.

Jmbrown0311 · Apr 21, 2014

Ok I appreciate the timely responses, at what point in gaming would I ever need faster than 1600? Or would I simply just add more ram since my mobo has capacity for 32gb

Eduello · Apr 21, 2014

Jmbrown0311 :

You won't need anything faster in the foreseeable future.

Jmbrown0311 · Apr 21, 2014

@ Nightman and eduello: I appreciate the guidance and helpful information, like I said I'm not accustomed to the exact features if what ram does as far as gaming is concerned.

Tradesman1 · Apr 21, 2014

For strictly gaming 1600 is perfectly fine, besides on AMD it's doubtful you'd be able to run 1866 or higher if you are really thinking 32GB, the AMD CPUs have weaker MCs (memory controllers) so 1600 is about max if trying 32GB

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/ddr3memoryfrequencyguide.aspx

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