32gb ram @ 3200, or back to 16gb and overclock?

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So I've got some G-Skill Trident 2*8 and Hyper X Fury 2*8gb.

It seems like the Hyper X Fury might be able to attain some good overclocks, however the G-Skill Trident doesn't appear to.

Now what would be most beneficial? 32gb as is or remove the G-Skill and run just 16.

I bought the 32gb to help with games such as loading Cities Skylines and attain a slightly more reliable framerate, and improve performance in FS2020, and at this moment in time, the extra 16gb doesn't seem to do anything at all beneficial from what I can see.

So thoughts?
 
if it helps I changed last week my 4x8GB Trident Z 3200 for 2x8gb @ 3800Mhz and to be honest unless you use the PC for work or video editing my personal experience is 16GB is plenty for a normal user and gaming.
 
QUOTING (My own post):

@ Sarge2255, I fitted a Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133mhz 32GB kit (8GBx4) the ones I really wanted got lost so had a refund these are Micron not Samsung so not my first choice.

I am worse of in some ways, I went from Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB (4x4GB) Hynix 1866mhz 9 10 9 27 1T @1.5v running 2200mhz 9 10 9 27 1T @1.55v to slacker timing to reach 2200mhz with 1.65V needed to get that and no boot at 2400mhz so these are not very good 2133mhz modules (I can add detailed info but CBA).

I know they are double density but even 1 stick nothing will let it boot at 2400mhz or even match the timings/voltage of my Vengeance Pro at 2200mhz.

So double the ram with slightly slacker timing at same speed in my few newer games installed (ignoring older ones) and I need go by my eye on the FPS counter at same part of games taking over 3 runs each set of Ram and all games will be 1440p with everything MAX including and Nvidia options in game menu that kills FPS like Simulated Fur etc in FarCry 4.


FarCry 4: No gain still 90FPS (hits 125FPS in parts).

Rage 2 Deluxe: Was 95FPS now 135FPS and spikes a lot higher like 250-300FPS now and then as it did spike before but not as high.

Wolfenstein YoungBlood Deluxe (RTX On) Was 90FPS now 125-145FPS.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (RTX On) Was 90FPS now 125-145FPS
 
32 gig ram is my preferred option and in my main rig I run. 64 gig. Mixing ram especially on Ryzen is a no no from my experience. Purely from a gaming perspective 32 gig is better but not essential. Depends what games you play, your other system requiremrnts. More ram is always better (long as, it's good quality ram)
 
I suspect the difference between 16 v 32 GB in FS2020 is marginal, but when you see it using 22GB at 4K/Ultra there has to be a sub-optimal situation with 16GB?
 
I would assume it would depend on your CPU for that game as it all about the CPU (even at 1440/4k so I read) so if CPU and then GPU were fine for it it may then look to Ram as bottleneck.

And is it actually using or caching that Ram?
 
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