Is it worth it to upgrade my ram?

Stealth3si · Aug 28, 2012

Will I notice a significant difference in art applications, heavy internet browsing, and gaming?

From what is listed in my specs, I am thinking of upgrading to the following RAM mainly because it's on sale for Labor Day.

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL

Knufire · Aug 28, 2012

RAM speed really makes no difference in day to day tasks.

AFAIK the 960T has the Thuban IMC. Rated for 1600, might do 1866 OCed, but I don't know if it'll run 2133. More of an Intel guy than AMD though, so not 100% sure.

yoimcalvinn · Aug 29, 2012

I'd upgrade the PSU than the rams :bump:

Knufire · Aug 29, 2012

PSU? That's a Seasonic built unit, nearly the same as this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151096&Tpk=s12ii 620

yoimcalvinn · Aug 30, 2012

Knufire said:
PSU? That's a Seasonic built unit, nearly the same as this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151096&Tpk=s12ii 620

well, the return rate of neo eco is pretty high :shrug:

at least in hong kong :blah:

Stealth3si · Aug 30, 2012

I had to return mine because it was making a clicking sound and they sent me a new one.

bluezero5 · Aug 31, 2012

I do not trust Antec PSUs.
I have heard 2 bad stories about them, and for me that's a lot of bad stories for a PSU.

AX1200 from Corsair remains as the King of PSUs for me.

Knufire · Aug 31, 2012

bluezero5 said:
I do not trust Antec PSUs.
I have heard 2 bad stories about them, and for me that's a lot of bad stories for a PSU.

AX1200 from Corsair remains as the King of PSUs for me.

Just because a brand has a few bad models doesn't mean they're all bad. The Antec Neo Eco series is Seasonic built at nearly identical to the S12II, it's a great PSU.

There are also better PSUs (not many) than the AX1200, but anything in that range is hopeless overkill for anything except 3 or 4 high end GPUs.

EarthDog · Aug 31, 2012

bluezero5 said:
I do not trust Antec PSUs.
I have heard 2 bad stories about them, and for me that's a lot of bad stories for a PSU.

AX1200 from Corsair remains as the King of PSUs for me.

Ive heard 2 bad stories on the AX1200... better start looking for another PSU? :shrug:

+1 to Knu

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