Which RAM setup would be better for gaming?

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I would like to pose a question as I am upgrading my RAM.

I currently have corsair vengeance 8gb ddr 3 1600mhz ram. Would it be better for me to buy another 8 of the same RAM or swap it out for something of a higher caliber (DDR5 or a higher frequency) that is 8gb? Which would be faster/better for gaming?
 
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In gaming, DRAM is primarily used as a conduit for data, upping the the freq with a new set may well increase your FPS a few, but would be negligible, on average maybe up around 7 or so if you went to say 2133, but I'd simply hold off unless you have a need for more DRAM, a jump to 16GB and higher freq would be more beneficial and even that, in gaming wouldn't compare to a higher end GPU
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the newer ddr-4 ram right now not much faster then the older ddr-3 ram. when skylake comes out next year you may see faster ram and cpu combo over haswell and older ib cpu that may warrant an upgrade. myself I hold onto your fuinds and see if a newer gpu from amd or nvidia would get you higher frame rates.
 
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In gaming, DRAM is primarily used as a conduit for data, upping the the freq with a new set may well increase your FPS a few, but would be negligible, on average maybe up around 7 or so if you went to say 2133, but I'd simply hold off unless you have a need for more DRAM, a jump to 16GB and higher freq would be more beneficial and even that, in gaming wouldn't compare to a higher end GPU
 
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You can't just upgrade ram from like ddr3 to ddr4,you'll need a new motherboard and cpu too.
What you have is fine btw,no point in upgrading.


@michaelhall,

It's not for you to decide what the best answer is.That is the privilege of the topic starter.
 
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Taking liberties, as you put it, could get you banned for gaming the system, it's not your thread or decision to make. It's up to the OP to decide what answer provided is the best
 
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This really helped, but I would like just a little bit more clarification/help if possible!

I will link you my build and I would like for you to tell me specifically whether I would benefit more from having 16gb of 1600mhz Vengeance ram or the 8 gb 2400 mhz Vengeance Pro that is on there currently (in terms of gaming) :)

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/seven17een/saved/Pf6p99

Just to clarify, this is a new build I am making and I have 8gb of 1600 already, but cannot decide whether to replace it with the 2400mhz PRO or to add another 8 of the 1600 :)

Thank you ever so much for your help!
 
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