DDR3 Ram

[carl5363]

I've only got 8gb at the moment, so want to upgrade it to 16gb.

I can see OC only have a small selection of DDR left, any recommendations?

 

[mattyfez]

8gb is still fine for most purposes, what's the rest of your system spec, it might not be a value for money upgrade depending on what you've got and what you need it to do..

 

[Kurgen]

run task manager or hardware monitor to make sure you are running out

 

[carl5363]

Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM - overclocked to 3.8ghz
GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC)
XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
AOC G2460FQ 24" Widescreen 144Hz 1ms Gaming LED Monitor

I definitely need a new GFX card first up, RAM probably needs to come after that.

 

[mistersprinkles]

You want your CPU overclocked to the max to keep up with modern stuff. Otherwise you're bottlenecking your GPU. Even at max overclock, you will bottleneck compared to ryzen 6-8 core or i7's due to games using more than 4 threads in a lot of cases these days.

Consider something like this

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...nnel-kit-tlred316g2400hc11cdc0-my-060-tg.html

or

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...channel-kit-tlaed316g2133hc11a-my-046-tg.html

 

[HangTime]

Your system is very similar to mine (same mobo and cpu, and I had a 7950 until about 7 months ago), so here are my experiences:

-Having upgraded to a RX480, I have found I got CPU bottlenecks at 1080p even at a higher clockspeed than you (4.4ghz). I would bear that in mind as your system is pretty well balanced currently (what resolution is your monitor?)
-I have 12GB RAM which has proved sufficient. The only reason I have 12GB rather than 8GB is because when I upgraded years ago from 4GB, for future proofing reasons I didn't want to fill all slots and only have 8GB. Given how expensive RAM is these days I wouldn't bother, a couple of years back you could get another 16GB for like £50 but not anymore (although checking just now things aren't quite as bad as they have been). I have on occasion seen usage go over 8GB but it is pretty rare.

 

[El Jimben]

Second hand is your best bet if you really do want 16GB. I did this recently and it only cost me £30 after selling my old 8GB kit.