RAM speed - now important?

[somewhatdamaged]

I know when DDR3 was the standard, most people said that 1600Mhz was adequate and any faster didn't really make any difference and this was proven

However, with DDR4, it's been shown that higher memory speeds can make a fairly drastic difference in high end gaming - so i am wondering which speed DDR4 RAM to go for (and how much actually!)

We have the Corsair Vengeance 4000Mhz stuff

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...hannel-kit-red-cmk16gx4m2b4000-my-494-cs.html

And we also have slightly slower 3600Mhz RAM from Avexir who i have never used

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/avex...l-channel-memory-kit-red-light-my-115-ar.html

Anyone have any experience from either of them?

I also assume 16GB is fine for high end gaming, as i did have 32GB DDR3 on my signature system, and don't think i ever used it all

 

[Dave2150]

3000-3200 is the sweet spot atm for Skylake.

The extra premium for the faster stuff isn't worth it imo.

 

[Daaaveee]

2 kits of this seems pretty good value?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...l-kit-black-txd48g3866hc18adc0-my-067-tg.html