Memory Upgrade 1866mhz >> 2400Mhz

pigeonguyuk · 29 Jul 2014 at 11:47

Hi all i have the following Memory

16GB (4 x 4GB) PC-15000 (1866MHz) Enhanced Latency Quad Kit (PXQ316G1866ELQK)

◦Extreme Performance PC3-15000 (1866MHz)
◦Enhanced Latency (9-10-9-27)
◦Voltage: 1.5V
◦XMP 1.3 Ready
◦Equipped with an extruded aluminum shield to provide improved cooling
◦100% Tested and Verified
◦RoHS Compliant

Moving from AMD to Intel Z97 Platform.

Would it be worth the cost in upgrading this memory?

wazza300 · 29 Jul 2014 at 11:51

its not worth it tbh

just use it in your new z97 board

mickyflinn · 29 Jul 2014 at 11:59

wazza300 said:
its not worth it tbh

just use it in your new z97 board

Agreed

groovesection · 29 Jul 2014 at 12:00

Depends on what you use the system for, heavy encoding (on Intel Haswell) would see a performance increase with 2400 over 1866.
memory prices are quite high so you could theoretically sell and upgrade at not much cost

pigeonguyuk · 29 Jul 2014 at 12:26

mainly gaming.

i believe changing to 2x8gb stick will allow me to get a higher stable overclock so ill probably change the ram further down the line to some c9/10 2400mhz stuff

JamesM · 31 Jul 2014 at 09:58

as far as I was aware the more memory only effected the memory side of things such as max memory speed when overclocking?

eg. you could run at 4.5GHz with both 2 and 4 dimms used however you might have to drop from 2400 to 2133 etc

Resa69 · 2 Aug 2014 at 15:31

Don't bother mate.