16gb RAM or 6gb GTX 1060

[acewither]

should i buy the gtx 1060 6gb from the 3gb model or bump up ram from 8gb to 16gb?

 

[Rexper]

That depends completely on what you are doing on your system.

 

[acewither]

That depends completely on what you are doing on your system.

gaming

 

[schaft]

You already have 1060 3Gb? and you want to upgrade it into 1060 6Gb? Don't do it.

regarding ram into 16Gb, if you have i7 or amd ryzen, then yeah upgrade it. If its i5 or older 8 core amd, still ok. If its i3 or below, don't.

 

[acewither]

You already have 1060 3Gb? and you want to upgrade it into 1060 6Gb? Don't do it.

regarding ram into 16Gb, if you have i7 or amd ryzen, then yeah upgrade it. If its i5 or older 8 core amd, still ok. If its i3 or below, don't.

No, i'm gonna buy a gtx 1060 and a ryzen 5 1600 so what do i do?

 

[Rexper]

regarding ram into 16Gb, if you have i7 or amd ryzen, then yeah upgrade it. If its i5 or older 8 core amd, still ok. If its i3 or below, don't.

What? How does the CPU determine how much ram is worth upgrading to?

 

[acewither]

regarding ram into 16Gb, if you have i7 or amd ryzen, then yeah upgrade it. If its i5 or older 8 core amd, still ok. If its i3 or below, don't.

What? How does the CPU determine how much ram is worth upgrading to?

Idk

 

[CRO5513Y]

Jump to the 6GB 1060 in that case, 16GB RAM is slowly becoming the standard but you can easily chuck more sticks in later if you leave free slots on your board. Only a handful of games will benefit greatly from the extra RAM, the 1060 6GB on the other hand will naturally allow greater performance in just about all games except those that a 1060 3GB can max out. 3GB VRAM is not something i would recommend at this point anyway, especially at the price range unless you're gaming at a resolution below 1080p. Hope this helps

 

[acewither]

Jump to the 6GB 1060 in that case, 16GB RAM is slowly becoming the standard but you can easily chuck more sticks in later if you leave free slots on your board. Only a handful of games will benefit greatly from the extra RAM, the 1060 6GB on the other hand will naturally allow greater performance in just about all games except those that a 1060 3GB can max out. 3GB VRAM is not something i would recommend at this point anyway, especially at the price range unless you're gaming at a resolution below 1080p. Hope this helps

Thanks!

 

[xJoseph]

regarding ram into 16Gb, if you have i7 or amd ryzen, then yeah upgrade it. If its i5 or older 8 core amd, still ok. If its i3 or below, don't.

What? How does the CPU determine how much ram is worth upgrading to?

Some CPU performs way better at higher specific ram bus speed, for example Ryzen is the CPU that will get a huge improvement if you have higher than 2400mhz bus speed, most people use 2666 and 3000 with the Ryzen.
Some other CPU performance will still improve, but not as big as an improvement from the Ryzen

 

[Rexper]

regarding ram into 16Gb, if you have i7 or amd ryzen, then yeah upgrade it. If its i5 or older 8 core amd, still ok. If its i3 or below, don't.

What? How does the CPU determine how much ram is worth upgrading to?

Some CPU performs way better at higher specific ram bus speed, for example Ryzen is the CPU that will get a huge improvement if you have higher than 2400mhz bus speed, most people use 2666 and 3000 with the Ryzen.
Some other CPU performance will still improve, but not as big as an improvement from the Ryzen

Yes, though that isn't regarding the actual capacity of the ram which the point started as. Instead of explaining, I'll leave a link for anyone to read about RAM, if they wish. This page is practical as well as in depth, and contains answers to questions like this. https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/225588-main-memory-a-primer