Detectives Needed: It seems I have a bottleneck

[ATMINSIDE]

I bought a basic system to build upon and that's how it came. You genuinely think that having dual channel RAM will sort my issue? I will have to look into why specifically as I don't really understand. Appreciate the help though.

Yes, as I've seen it be a problem before.

When you have two identical sticks of RAM, the system pairs them together into "dual channel".
This doubles the available bandwidth, thereby removing the bottleneck you're currently seeing.

This would be a HUGE improvement over what you have now:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/mr/amazonuk/gskill-memory-f31600c9d8gab

 

[fivezerothree]

Yes, as I've seen it be a problem before.

When you have two identical sticks of RAM, the system pairs them together into "dual channel".
This doubles the available bandwidth, thereby removing the bottleneck you're currently seeing.

This would be a HUGE improvement over what you have now:
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/mr/amazonuk/gskill-memory-f31600c9d8gab

Thanks for the recommendation! I actually had this in my Amazon wish list... http://www.amazon.co.uk/HyperX-FURY...=UTF8&qid=1433190890&sr=1-12&keywords=8gb+ram

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Thanks for the recommendation! I actually had this in my Amazon wish list... http://www.amazon.co.uk/HyperX-FURY...=UTF8&qid=1433190890&sr=1-12&keywords=8gb+ram

That's still only one stick...

If you go and put that in the system along with your current stick, you'll most likely have stability issues.
Mismatching RAM is not recommended.

 

[fivezerothree]

That's still only one stick...

If you go and put that in the system along with your current stick, you'll most likely have stability issues.
Mismatching RAM is not recommended.

lol I meant two of those.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

lol I meant two of those.

You really don't need more than 8GB for gaming, but if you really want 16GB then I'd recommend this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007CCV1TI/?tag=pcp0f-21

I (and quite a few others on this forum) have had the best luck with G.SKILL and system compatibility.
Kingston has been known to have issues with the AM3+ platform, therefore I'm a bit wary of their RAM.

 

[fivezerothree]

You really don't need more than 8GB for gaming, but if you really want 16GB then I'd recommend this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007CCV1TI/?tag=pcp0f-21

I (and quite a few others on this forum) have had the best luck with G.SKILL and system compatibility.
Kingston has been known to have issues with the AM3+ platform, therefore I'm a bit wary of their RAM.

Maybe the link didn't fare well over the pond but I was going to buy two 4GB sticks of HyperX Fury but given the above I might very well stick with G.Skill!

Thanks again!

 

[caddi daddi]

yes, Gskill is the way to go with amd.
dual channel is all that counts for you, speed and timings will give you from nothing to headaches so with 1600 ram look for cl7, 1333 look for cl5 other than that it's just not kingston for amd.
I have two sticks of kingston and with intel, no issues ever, on my amd rigs it might never see one of the sticks all the way to a no boot.