Worth Upgrading?

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Got a MSI Gaming 5 board that has 16GB of DDR3 1333. Is there any tangible benefit to sticking 16GB of DDR3 2400 in there instead? Any boosts of real value in helping with overclocking the CPU?:)
 
Nope, stick with what you have until it's time to upgrade to a DDR4 system.

No point spending money on outdated and end of life DDR3, considering you already have 16GB of it.
 
If you:

- Overclock your CPU
- Play games
- Won't be upgrading for a year or so
- May get a newer CPU in the future
- Can get a good price

Then, the faster ram would increase your minimum frame rates by a bit in CPU bound scenarios. The main consideration is the price. Keep an eye on sales for a bargain.
 
I don't plan to upgrade the board or CPU this year (4790k), but was hoping some faster RAM would help me get better overclock/stability.

I wouldn't want to spend more than £40/50 on 16GB of some fast DDR3 2400 so maybe I'll need to keep an eye for a sale. Price seems unlikely to drop that hard.
 
yashiro said:
If you:
- May get a newer CPU in the future
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The new CPU's (Haswell-E, Skylake, Broadwell-E) don't work with DDR3 - they are DDR4 only.

Completely pointless upgrading to faster ram at the moment. Wait until you upgrade your CPU/Mobo then get 16/32GB of DDR4 3200+.

Though I don't expect 16GB to be saturated for another 5 years at least - I've never seen my system go over 10GB of used RAM when gaming, and that's why Skype and a bunch of chrome tabs open at the same time.
 
If your goal is overclocking, then yes, it is worth getting a higher mhz ram.

However, I'd suggest saving that money and putting it towards a new upgrade that impacts what you do in a bigger way.

GPU is the go to for big improvements.
 
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