Would I benefit from better RAM

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Would quicker RAM in my gaming PC be of a benefit for me? My current setup is

RAM - 8GB DDR3 668 MHz
CPU - Ivy Bridge i7-3770 3.4 GHz
P8Z77-VLK
HD7950 3GB 900 MHz

I've recently upgraded this PC and the RAM was the only thing I kept from my old PC.

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In my eyes you definitely would. The IMC on Ivy is strong and its default speed is 1600mhz. The sweet spot for RAM speed is 2133mhz so I would go for something around that speed or get Samsung Green and overclock it.
 
I was doing some benchmarking this morning and was thinking the exact same - my RAM is holding me back.

Real world performance ? Probably makes little difference or the the difference just can't be noticed.

In you instance I would however try to bump the turbo on your 3770 to 42 for a more noticeable yet free boost ;) See link my sig
 
Would I be best to go with 8GB again or do you reckon now is the time for 16GB? I only use my pc for browsing and gaming, but I would like to future proof it so I don't need to upgrade in a couple of years. With the PS4 going 8GB I can see PC gaming needing more RAM or am I incorrect?

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I was doing some benchmarking this morning and was thinking the exact same - my RAM is holding me back.

Real world performance ? Probably makes little difference or the the difference just can't be noticed.

In you instance I would however try to bump the turbo on your 3770 to 42 for a more noticeable yet free boost ;) See link my sig

I'm not very PC savy but I did go into the BIOS and enabled the boost there for my CPU.

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I'm not very PC savy but I did go into the BIOS and enabled the boost there for my CPU.

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Yep and for that boost you'll want to try to set it to 42 multiplier... Depends also on the model of the motherboard if it allows for it.

Re: RAM all depends on what you can afford and how much it's going for ;)

Personally I think 8gig is borderline. I can be browsing the web with say 20 tabs open and I'll easily use 5gig. As the web apps become more resource intensive over the next few years expect 8gig to be borderline.

If it's cheap.... buy 16gig.... no questions asked - should last you 4-5 years.
 
i use ram drives etc, so went 16gb from the start, but unless your benchmarking there nobody alive who can notice the speed difference from one sort to another, more for me is always better than less, but i use the same rule of thumb on its better to have more slower ram than less quicker ram.

as your ram is really old mind you, just stick in what ever you can afford, but unless you are overclocking your cpu or memory and benchmark, you may or may not see any real life difference, in games it won't make one frame rate either way, neither in boot times etc, don't buy for the sake of it, buy because you want the upgrade, for me go 16gb of the cheapest if you can;t overclock what you already have, as 8 gb is fine for most.

8pack is a overclocking guru and maybe benchmarks all night and games less i don;t know, i benchmark once and game all the time and 1% either way makes little difference to me tbh.

he's god and i'm a nobody but for most games it matter little, your cpu maybe is abit slower with the ram you have, but great cpu anyway, so quicker memory would help, but will you see it in anything you play?

for me it all depends on your budget and how serious you play, for my games 16gb of the samsung greens would be fine, and i don;t overclock either, yes i did buy a bundle that was done for me as im old and idle, but i do like my games.

hopefully i have answered your query and not rambled too much :)
 
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