I'm thinking of buying some RAM... my current OCZ RAM has failed memtest and though it's working fine and I'm not too worried about stability/accuracy/dependability (home and gaming PC), I think this is a prefect excuse to upgrade my RAM.
I'm thinking of getting an 8GB kit from a well-known brand name. Currently, Corsair, Kingston, G.Skill, and Mushkin all have offerings along my price range budget (no more than £50). However, I follow some guidelines and since I've discovered this site, I want to run them by the community to see if I got my facts straight.
This is what Gigabyte says about my motherboard's RAM support:
However, looking at RAM at various online stores, it seems like DDR3 now comes in 1333, 1600, 1866, and 2133 flavors. Am I stuck with 1333 then?
What does timings mean? Is 7-7-7-20 2x2GB better than 9-9-9-24 (2x4GB) in terms of speed? Is that speed even noticeable? Should I even bother with timings or should I just go for more GB?
If I buy 1333 RAM with different timings, will it play nice with my current RAM? Or even if it had the same timings, with 2x2GB work with a 2x4GB kit?
With 4GB of RAM, will I notice any difference in loading times/frame rates/startup time/etc with more RAM?
Thanks in advance for any help!
I'm thinking of getting an 8GB kit from a well-known brand name. Currently, Corsair, Kingston, G.Skill, and Mushkin all have offerings along my price range budget (no more than £50). However, I follow some guidelines and since I've discovered this site, I want to run them by the community to see if I got my facts straight.
This is what Gigabyte says about my motherboard's RAM support:
4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules
Support for non-ECC memory modules
Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
However, looking at RAM at various online stores, it seems like DDR3 now comes in 1333, 1600, 1866, and 2133 flavors. Am I stuck with 1333 then?
What does timings mean? Is 7-7-7-20 2x2GB better than 9-9-9-24 (2x4GB) in terms of speed? Is that speed even noticeable? Should I even bother with timings or should I just go for more GB?
If I buy 1333 RAM with different timings, will it play nice with my current RAM? Or even if it had the same timings, with 2x2GB work with a 2x4GB kit?
With 4GB of RAM, will I notice any difference in loading times/frame rates/startup time/etc with more RAM?
Thanks in advance for any help!