Corsair Value Select to fancy RAM?

RLC · 29 Nov 2021 at 13:31

Hi all,

I'm considering upgrading a few bits on my PC. Mainly boot drive and/or RAM.

My current specs:
Mobo: Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Elite AX
CPU: Intel i5 11600K
GPU: RTX 2070 Super
Boot drive: 500Gb Samsung 850 EVO (sata SSD)
Storage drive: WD 1TB
RAM: 2x8Gb Corsair Value Select DDR3 @2133MHz each.

Is it worth upgrading the RAM to something fancier like Corsair Vengeance of the 8Pack stuuf (▷ Team Group 8Pack RIPPED Edition 16GB (2x8GB) … | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk))?

I've also considered upgrading the Samsung 850 EVO to a 1TB WD Black Gen4 M2 drive for boot and most commonly used games.

Mainly use my PC for gaming, watching Netflix, following (the painful journey of) Manchester United and also work which mostly revolves around PowerPoint, Word and Excel.

I've got a couple of hundred spare from an unexpected windfall and it's either my PC or treating the missus to a spa day (maybe both).

Any and all advice welcomed.

Yes I'm aware I was an idiot upgrading to the 11600k and Z590 and should have waited for the Z690 and 12600k

dave28 · 29 Nov 2021 at 13:38

keep the money for future cpu / gpu upgrades, i dont see the point in sinking cash into DDR4 anymore if you already have the amount of ram you need

RLC · 29 Nov 2021 at 20:44

dave28 said:
keep the money for future cpu / gpu upgrades, i dont see the point in sinking cash into DDR4 anymore if you already have the amount of ram you need

Thanks. I'll save some cash and maybe get an M2 drive instead.

The M2 SSD on my wife's laptop died the other day and so she can maybe have my SSD to replace the HDD storage drive she has.

Her dead M2 SSD is a very small one and I can't find any for sale except AliExpress and I trust that even less than BoJo.

mickyflinn · 29 Nov 2021 at 21:12

@RJC

2133mhz is pants for you modern system you want 3200 or 3600mhz memory which can be had for around £60 for 16gb.

Selling your old memory will make it a £30 upgrade for 10 to 20% performance increase (fps), not bad really.

RLC · 29 Nov 2021 at 23:43

mickyflinn said:
@RJC

2133mhz is pants for you modern system you want 3200 or 3600mhz memory which can be had for around £60 for 16gb.

Selling your old memory will make it a £30 upgrade for 10 to 20% performance increase (fps), not bad really.

Pretty compelling. I think the point Dave is making though is I may as well stick the cash into a pot till I can afford to upgrade to the latest gen chipset and the availability of DDR5 ram etc.

But I've got a baby on the way so maybe that wont happen financially?

Trickle · 30 Nov 2021 at 06:18

You need to re-check what RAM you already have. It's not possible to use ddr3 with an 11600K.

Edit: A lot of people have DDR4 running at 2133 not because its slow ram, but its not set up correctly in the motherboard bios.

mickyflinn · 30 Nov 2021 at 11:26

Trickle said:
You need to re-check what RAM you already have. It's not possible to use ddr3 with an 11600K.

Edit: A lot of people have DDR4 running at 2133 not because its slow ram, but its not set up correctly in the motherboard bios.

Definitely worth checking but I doubt its ddr3 just a typo unless he a genius and managed to get to work

RLC · 1 Dec 2021 at 15:11

mickyflinn said:
Definitely worth checking but I doubt its ddr3 just a typo unless he a genius and managed to get to work

Yeah definitely a typo

I of course did mean DDR4!

Craig_d1 · 1 Dec 2021 at 15:30

if you get the team group 8pack ram, at least get the 32gb stuff...it's £18 more than the 16gb you were looking at...
not saying get it, just if you decide to go down that route

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Team Group 8Pack Edition 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C16 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £158.99

Total: £167.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)

mickyflinn · 1 Dec 2021 at 15:51

RLC said:
Yeah definitely a typo I of course did mean DDR4!

Are you going to upgrade the memory ?

thedandyp · 2 Dec 2021 at 12:19

It would be interesting to see what absolutely basic 2133 DDR4 can overclock to, which you should be able to do on your current setup.

Joxeon · 2 Dec 2021 at 16:04

thedandyp said:
It would be interesting to see what absolutely basic 2133 DDR4 can overclock to, which you should be able to do on your current setup.

Normally to almost 5000mhz if you feed it enough voltage, buildzoid does stuff like this in some of his vids.

RLC · 3 Dec 2021 at 09:17

Joxeon said:
Normally to almost 5000mhz if you feed it enough voltage, buildzoid does stuff like this in some of his vids.

I might give it a go this weekend. Never tried overclocking RAM before. I'll check out buildzoid's vids.

Thanks to all

mickyflinn · 3 Dec 2021 at 09:23

RLC said:
I might give it a go this weekend. Never tried overclocking RAM before. I'll check out buildzoid's vids.

Thanks to all

Use msi afterburner to measure fps before and after overclocking the memory, let us know how you get on.