Will a RAM upgrade fix my stutter?

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My specs:
OS: Windows 10
CPU: Intel Core i5-7400
GPU: Strix Radeon RX 470 4GB
RAM: DDR4 8GB 2666MHz HyperX Fury KIN
SSD: Transcend 220S 120GB 2.5" and a 3TB hard drive (TOSHIBA)
Motherboard: STRIX B250G GAMING

So i noticed i got stuttering in some games that have bigger world and are multiplayer like gta V, battlefield 1, forza horizon 3, fortnite...
The fps seems mostly more than 60fps but it stutters.
Can it be because of lack of ram?
I tried to lower the settings from very high to low but it is almost the same.
I have my drivers updated, its a clean windows installed a day ago and there is nothing running in the background. Is it maybe going to the page file and from that making my processor and gpu suffer?
 
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That's your problem.

Either buy another stick EXACTLY the same as what you have (same brand, speeds, ect) or buy a dual kit.

Please don't take this the wrong way, I'm just amazed at how many people still run their gaming systems on single channel memory. I haven't run a single channel setup since the Pentium 4.
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That's your problem.

Either buy another stick EXACTLY the same as what you have (same brand, speeds, ect) or buy a dual kit.

Please don't take this the wrong way, I'm just amazed at how many people still run their gaming systems on single channel memory. I haven't run a single channel setup since the Pentium 4.
 
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I have heard that dual channel makes a big differnece, but my retailer told me it will be better to get 8 gigs of one stick than 2x4. So you want t say if I upgrade my ram the stutter should be gone? So if i got it correctly i should buy a anther 2666mhz fury kin 8gb
 
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going to dual channel ram would help...though make sure things like vsync are set first in your game settings (or in nvidia control panel). I suggest geting a nice dual channel kit regardless but the other big issue I see is you running a 4C/4T CPU. Those just don't cut it for gaming nearly as well as they use two a year or two ago. 6C/6T is the new entry level gaming CPU and I see folks having trouble even with those in games like BF1. Though BF1 is badly optimized and generally does better when you throw more clock speed and treads at it. Dropping in a 4C/8T cpu might help some but until you go with more ram and a 6C+ CPU your going to run into trouble in some games.
 
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Actually, the difference between single and dual channel memory is negligible. However, when setting up a new computer it's always best to go dual channel because it *is* better overall. I wouldn't count that as being the issue in your FPS stutters.
 
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He lied...its never better with on stick.
 
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Nice little article I found discussing this: https://techguided.com/single-channel-vs-dual-channel-vs-quad-channel/

 
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That was true until recently with the expection of racing games but now memory bandwidth plays a much bigger role then it use to. Just search "Fall Out 4 memory speed" or just watch this...They really help with 99th percentile averages and do boost overall frame rates. Though note this article just goes by speed (already dual channel so makes my point even more).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Yt4vSZKVk
 
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Didn't say all games and posted a link myself above...for me is a fair split of games use a feature and a fair amount don't. I would not build my rig so only some games work, I would want all of them to work properly. Older games absolutely have no issue with ram speed. Newer ones are much more likely to. Especially if they meet certain conditions like being well threaded or multiplayer.
 
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I don't believe that site for a single second.

Lmao, they even thought that running 4 sticks would give them "quad channel".

I have legitimately built approx 200 PC's over the years for myself, family and co-workers. Everything from "Facebook" machines to high-end systems. I have personally seen the difference in single channel memory setups vs dual in gaming systems.

Here another post that was just replied to today by the OP stating that his issues went away when he ran dual channel.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3829871/cpu-gpu-working-100-gaming-lower-fps-expected.html

Hope this helps

 
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Also CPU arch makes a big difference on whether RAM speeds/bandwidth matter. Ryzen for example is hands down better with faster ram speed due to the fact the infinity fabric clocks faster as well. Honestly if you do enough searches, I have, you can get benchmarks to say single channel slow ram is fine and dual/quad channel fast ram is better. In my experience the answer lies in the middle and IMHO forces me to build for all games (ie fast dual channel+ setup). The OP is going to have to make there own call.
 
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Yeah this is exactly my experience helping on tom's as well.
 
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Okay guys, thank you for all help.. I've decided at the end that i am going to try to buy one more RAM (the sam that I have) for dual channel and then i will see if it actually helped. Once again thanks.
 
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