Corsair XMS3 8GB 1333Mhz, upgrade or increase amount?

ArchangelPT · Feb 6, 2016

I made a lot of mistakes building my first PC and this might be one of them, currently i have one stick of ram and after doing a benchmark the results were pretty average. If i'd like a performance boost in gaming should i buy another one of these sticks for dual channel or just replace the ram entirely?

I'm no sure how important ram speed is when it comes to gaming

Tradesman1 · Feb 6, 2016

I'd replace it with a 2x set so it can run dual channel - without knowing what you have or your mobo or CPU there's no realistic way to make an actual suggestion as to what you should look at

ArchangelPT · Feb 6, 2016

Tradesman1 :

i5-4460, MSI B85-G43 GAMING, windforce 290X OC

My question is if i should buy another stick of this since it's cheap or if i should buy another type of ram with better reviews. What sort of performance increase could i expect from either solution?

Tradesman1 · Feb 6, 2016

You can try either but there is no guarantee either way that what you get will play with what you have - mixing DRAM from different packages is a crapshoot, even with another of the same exact model that you have. That' why I suggested a 2x set of DRAM, that way you get a package of 2 sticks tested to work and play nice. If you get another of the XMS and they don't play - then you are looking at returning, restocking fees, etc (if they even allow returns)

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