Upgrading Ram

[Badgeronpc]

I bought my pc in January and love it, very very happy. Although now I'd like to upgrade the RAM.

It currently has 2x16gb Corsair Vengeance ddr5 5600mhz sticks. But as you can probably tell by me buying a pre build. I know nothing about building a pc.

Could I just buy the same 2x16 pack which I've found online, and make 64, which is my target. Or do the sticks all have to come together. It sounds very stupid in my head but I don't wanna get this wrong.

Or is there a better option.

Full build is:
Asus prime z790-p
I7 13700kf
Rtx 4080
32gb ddr5 5600mhz
1tb 980 Pro

I posted something very similar or reddit. And someone said something to me about xmp, and not maintaining the speed I want with 4 sticks over 2... but I really have no idea what I'm doing

 

[SpyderTracks]

I bought my pc in January and love it, very very happy. Although now I'd like to upgrade the RAM.

It currently has 2x16gb Corsair Vengeance ddr5 5600mhz sticks. But as you can probably tell by me buying a pre build. I know nothing about building a pc.

Could I just buy the same 2x16 pack which I've found online, and make 64, which is my target. Or do the sticks all have to come together. It sounds very stupid in my head but I don't wanna get this wrong.

Or is there a better option.

Full build is:
Asus prime z790-p
I7 13700kf
Rtx 4080
32gb ddr5 5600mhz
1tb 980 Pro

I posted something very similar or reddit. And someone said something to me about xmp, and not maintaining the speed I want with 4 sticks over 2... but I really have no idea what I'm doing

Hiya, is this a pcspecialist pc? Can you post the full specs from the order page?

What program is requiring more RAM? Adding more RAM doesn't improve performance at all, it only maintains performance IF rhe program running requires that anount

 

[Badgeronpc]

Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 16-Core Processor i7-13700KF (Up to 5.4GHz) 30MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME Z790-P (DDR5, LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ - MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Yeah it's a PCS pc. Idk how much of the build you wanted to see so I just went to psu

Star citizen... it peaks at just around 30 sometimes.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Star citizen... it peaks at just around 30 sometimes

If that's the case you're not going to benefit from any more RAM, it won't make any difference as won't be used

 

[Badgeronpc]

That is with absolutely nothing else in the back ground...

Also with 32gb, 31.88 is usable and a certain amount is reserved no? So increasing would help

 

[SpyderTracks]

That is with absolutely nothing else in the back ground...

Also with 32gb, 31.88 is usable and a certain amount is reserved no? So increasing would help

Can you show a screenshot of your RAM page while the Game is running? There's something wrong if it's just the game using that much.

There's a big difference between allocated RAM and RAM being used, programs like star citizen will allocated whatever is available, but will never use close to anything over about 18 to 20GB.

So the only RAM stat you need to look at is commited, and hard faults, whatever is allocated is irrelevant.

 

[Badgeronpc]

I miss read it, it is 20. The 30 is available. So upgrading for capacity is worthless? In that case would the speed jump from 5600 to 6000 mean much?

 

[SpyderTracks]

I miss read it, it is 20. The 30 is available. So upgrading for capacity is worthless? In that case would the speed jump from 5600 to 6000 mean much?

Having loads of RAM doesn't do anything for performance at all, that's not how RAM works.

5600 to 6000 would make a minor improvement like literally a couple of fps, but for the cost certainly not worth it.

What issues are you having? What performance problems are you experiencing?

 

[Badgeronpc]

Having loads of RAM doesn't do anything for performance at all, that's not how RAM works.

5600 to 6000 would make a minor improvement like literally a couple of fps, but for the cost certainly not worth it.

What issues are you having? What performance problems are you experiencing?

Saying I have issues isn't really truthful. It's Star Citizen. The game creates the issues and the only way around them is getting lucky with how the game uses your hardware, or get better hardware. I'm in a position where I can spend a bit to get better hardware, and was wondering if I can upgrade and what to do. Ram seems like the easiest thing to upgrade and if it would have done a great deal I'd have done it. But it seems like that isn't the case.

 

[SpyderTracks]

Saying I have issues isn't really truthful. It's Star Citizen. The game creates the issues and the only way around them is getting lucky with how the game uses your hardware, or get better hardware. I'm in a position where I can spend a bit to get better hardware, and was wondering if I can upgrade and what to do. Ram seems like the easiest thing to upgrade and if it would have done a great deal I'd have done it. But it seems like that isn't the case.

It's an alpha game, it's nowhere near even close to being at Beta level, let alone ready for release. I wouldn't go spending money for that game until it's actually nearer a gold build ready for primetime.

Slapping loads of expensive hardware isn't going to improve a poorly optimised game, you have to wait until it's further along in development.

 

[Badgeronpc]

It's an alpha game, it's nowhere near even close to being at Beta level, let alone ready for release. I wouldn't go spending money for that game until it's actually nearer a gold build ready for primetime.

Slapping loads of expensive hardware isn't going to improve a poorly optimised game, you have to wait until it's further along in development.

My guy... you're talking to the wrong person about "spending money on SC"... Im already concierge and adore the hell out of the game. Although the game is poorly optimised, any improvements I can make, I want to make

 

[SpyderTracks]

My guy... you're talking to the wrong person about "spending money on SC"... Im already concierge and adore the hell out of the game. Although the game is poorly optimised, any improvements I can make, I want to make

Not really on the intel platform. The best upgrade would be to get on an AMD platform on the 7800X3D, that would give a noticeable improvement.

But what make and model monitor are you using? What performance improvement are you looking for, what is it that isn't running the way you need? You can't improve poor optimisation, that's not possible to do, that has to be done by the coders.