More GB or higher Mhz?

[GIBURROWS]

Is Mhz more important than GB size?

I have 4 x 8GB 4000Mhz ram but wondering if selling this and getting 4 x 16GB 3600Mhz would make any noticeable difference?

 

[mickyflinn]

Do you need more than 32gb ?

 

[GIBURROWS]

Do you need more than 32gb ?

Of course not but you know....

 

[mickyflinn]

Of course not but you know....

Then theres no point.

But as a general rule you can't beat having enough ram over speed because if you run out of memory then the pc slows.

 

[LuckyBenski]

Then theres no point.

But as a general rule you can't beat having enough ram over speed because if you run out of memory then the pc slows.

This. RAM size is pass/fail really, you're either going to have memory usage issues or not. It won't affect speed or performance, whereas RAM speed will* (might, depending on your actual tasks).

It's like a really really fast 2 seat sports car. Speed won't compensate for size if you have 2 kids to carry around

 

[Wing-Man]

Is Mhz more important than GB size?

I have 4 x 8GB 4000Mhz ram but wondering if selling this and getting 4 x 16GB 3600Mhz would make any noticeable difference?

what do you do with the system??
if you just game, your in a very good place 32gb @ 4000Mhz is good

if you video edit or 3d model why dont you have 128gb...

when it come to ram it all depends on what you do. i just had to RMA my sons ram so right now he as 8gb and as noticed no difference in games

 

[SpellowHouse]

Sounds like a "can't afford a 4090 so what else can I spend money on?" post.

 

[Wing-Man]

Sounds like a "can't afford a 4090 so what else can I spend money on?" post.

i feel that one

 

[GIBURROWS]

what do you do with the system??
if you just game, your in a very good place 32gb @ 4000Mhz is good

if you video edit or 3d model why dont you have 128gb...

when it come to ram it all depends on what you do. i just had to RMA my sons ram so right now he as 8gb and as noticed no difference in games

I am getting into video editing and a bit of photoshop, I mainly play older titles as new games seem to be devoid of playability.

 

[GIBURROWS]

Sounds like a "can't afford a 4090 so what else can I spend money on?" post.

Why would you want a 4090, what will even come close to testing it?

 

[Wing-Man]

video editing and a bit of photoshop

in that case the more the merrier..
but id still just see how i get on, depending on file size you could be ok with 32gb

 

[Wing-Man]

Why would you want a 4090, what will even come close to testing it?

crysis

 

[GIBURROWS]

crysis

That's just a poorly coded game

 

[LuckyBenski]

Why would you want a 4090, what will even come close to testing it?

4k and above, high frame rate

 

[GIBURROWS]

4k and above, high frame rate

4k on less than 65" must be near pointless.

 

[LuckyBenski]

4k on less than 65" must be near pointless.

Dunno, plenty of people buying 28" and 32" 4k monitors.

At 27" I can see the individual pixel boundaries quite clearly on 1440p.

 

[Wing-Man]

4K at 165hz+ you would need a very high end gpu

 

[StephenJ]

Why would you want a 4090, what will even come close to testing it?

Cyberpunk path tracing ?

 

[GIBURROWS]

Cyberpunk path tracing ?

Not the sort of game that would interest me

 

[LuckyBenski]

Not the sort of game that would interest me

Ok so, so far we have:

- You don't like new games
- You don't want to play games like Cyberpunk 2077
- You don't think there's a point to 4k

So I guess you prob won't need to upgrade your 32GB RAM. FYI I'm on 16GB DDR3 and I play whichever games take my interest.