I have a Ryzen 1500X in my system, and 1x8GB DDR4 2400MHz. I got it for £60 when ram prices were not too bad. I want to upgrade this as Ryzen benefits from both dual channel memory, and higher memory clock speeds. I can sell the ram i have to somebody for £60. I am looking at getting 2x4GB 3000MHz for £100. Is this performance increase worth £40? 16gb would be ideal as i use my system for gaming, and with programs in the background, 8gb almost gets used up completely, i have seen usage into the high 7gb range, and in the future i can see games exceeding this 8gb. Should i do this for the performance increase, or is it not worth it and should i wait until i can get 16gb for "future proofing"? Will i see a large performance increase, or will it feel exactly the same in just gaming, as that is the most intensive task my PC does.
Is it worth the upgrade? 8GB RAM 2017-18?
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I highly doubt there will be any noticeable difference between 1x8 and 2x4(at least not something that you'd notice)
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You'll see more of a difference from the increased RAM speed but yes RAM runs best in dual channel mode. All in all though it's not a night and day difference so don't expect to suddenly get 20 more FPS in a game or anything like that.
16 GB has become the new recommended RAM amount but 8 GB still works just fine. I'd say if you think whatever you buy is what you'll be stuck with for the next 5 years then yes buy as big as you can because programs are just going to keep eating more and more RAM.
16 GB has become the new recommended RAM amount but 8 GB still works just fine. I'd say if you think whatever you buy is what you'll be stuck with for the next 5 years then yes buy as big as you can because programs are just going to keep eating more and more RAM.
So, worth it (£40) or not? The plan was to sell it to a friend, as RAM prices are ridiculous right now, and i thought it gives me a good opportunity to upgrade ram as i did not get the ideal ram for Ryzen, and i get my money back from the current ram i have.
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i went from 8 to 16 on my gaming rig and it made a huge difference esp when playing games like ark. i found myself running out of ram all the time esp when I was on for a long time.
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