hi guys, little memory dilema to put to the masses
wasnt gaming last year much so to help a pal i took 4gb of ram out of my pc, leaving me with 4. Started doing a bit more again and 4 is definitely bottlenecking me.
Will likely do a major upgrade next year, so not sure whether ddr3 will still be in use.
Spec is 2500k @ 4+, z77x d3h mobo. Existing ram is corsair @ 1600.
option 1 would be chuck the existing and get 16gb new
option 2 would be chuck the existing and get 8gb new
option 3 would be keep the existing 4 and add 8gb new.
with 1 or 2 I assume i could go a little faster for a small performance bump
im tempted to go over 8 to give a little headroom for newer games and a few browser windows. Thoughts?
wasnt gaming last year much so to help a pal i took 4gb of ram out of my pc, leaving me with 4. Started doing a bit more again and 4 is definitely bottlenecking me.
Will likely do a major upgrade next year, so not sure whether ddr3 will still be in use.
Spec is 2500k @ 4+, z77x d3h mobo. Existing ram is corsair @ 1600.
option 1 would be chuck the existing and get 16gb new
option 2 would be chuck the existing and get 8gb new
option 3 would be keep the existing 4 and add 8gb new.
with 1 or 2 I assume i could go a little faster for a small performance bump
im tempted to go over 8 to give a little headroom for newer games and a few browser windows. Thoughts?
