no 4gb of ram is fine

 

What are you doing with this rig?

 

i ment in terms of performance, not space

 

mostly gaming

 

Then you are fine. No RAM bottleneck there.

 

Yes. Get some 1600mhz ddr3.

 

stick with 4gb?, i was thinkng why not just get the 2000mhz

 

bf3 uses more than 4gb ram

 

really? hows that 990

 

Yeah, BF3 has been known to use more than 4gb, i mean if you HAVE 4gb, it won't insta-crash, like me, it runs fine, but I'm sure if you gave it more it might help. But yeah, 1600 DDR3 should be more the norm.

 

Nothing in your system is really top of the line, so I don't see why 1333MHz RAM would be a bottleneck. However... if you do a lot of multitasking, like video editing, encoding, browsing the web AND gaming at the same time, I'd suggest getting 8GB. RAM being a bottleneck depends entirely how you wish to use your computer. You can hit 100% CPU/GPU Usage while only using 2GB, or you could be held back by not enough RAM using 10% CPU/GPU Usage simply by multitasking.

I'm running 32-Bit XP and with the Ram Limitation of around 3GB, I find myself occasionally hitting the 100% mark, but it's easy to avoid doing that if I don't run more than a few intense tasks.

 

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Originally Posted by Shadow11377;15565295
Nothing in your system is really top of the line, so I don't see why 1333MHz RAM would be a bottleneck. However... if you do a lot of multitasking, like video editing, encoding, browsing the web AND gaming at the same time, I'd suggest getting 8GB. RAM being a bottleneck depends entirely how you wish to use your computer. You can hit 100% CPU/GPU Usage while only using 2GB, or you could be held back by not enough RAM using 10% CPU/GPU Usage simply by multitasking.

I'm running 32-Bit XP and with the Ram Limitation of around 3GB, I find myself occasionally hitting the 100% mark, but it's easy to avoid doing that if I don't run more than a few intense tasks.

He should be running minimum 1600mhz ddr3 on a 1100t. Using 1333mhz memory is a waste on that CPU.

 

thats what i was thinking, dont know what i was thinking when i bought it though

 

1333mhz isn't a bottleneck for just gaming.

 

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Originally Posted by morgofborg;15565378
1333mhz isn't a bottleneck for just gaming.

I'm sorry but 1333mhz CL9 memory on a 1100T is a bottleneck to the whole system.

 

The only games I know of that actually make use of faster ram are FSX and X-Plane. But even then, the difference is negligible. I have 3 sets of 4gb kits. Mushkin 1333mhz, G. Skill 1600mhz, and G. Skill Flare 1800mhz. I can't tell a difference in games at all between the 3 kits. The only time I have noticed a difference between the 3 sets is when I'm encoding video. So I would say your ram is not a bottleneck at all. But in the end it's your money. Feel free to buy faster ram though at your own peril.

 

1600 doesnt cost much more than 1333 ($2-5 for 2x2g kits, $5-10 for 2x4g kits)

if you have another system (athlon/x2/x4 it will be fine in there)
get some faster ram for the phenom x6

 

i am, i was thinking about upgrading to 990fxa but from what ive been hearing its not much of an upgrade, but yea, im going to get some new ram for sure, should i get 2000mhz or just 1600?

 

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Originally Posted by huhh;15565475
I'm sorry but 1333mhz CL9 memory on a 1100T is a bottleneck to the whole system.

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Originally Posted by huhh;15565342
He should be running minimum 1600mhz ddr3 on a 1100t. Using 1333mhz memory is a waste on that CPU.

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Originally Posted by huhh;15565140
Yes. Get some 1600mhz ddr3.

Stock CPU:

Overclocked CPU:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/memory/display/phenom-ii-x6-memory.html#sect0

When it comes to gaming, reality doesn't support your disparagement of DDR3-1333 with the x6.

 

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Originally Posted by Shadow11377;15565295
Nothing in your system is really top of the line, so I don't see why 1333MHz RAM would be a bottleneck. However... if you do a lot of multitasking, like video editing, encoding, browsing the web AND gaming at the same time, I'd suggest getting 8GB. RAM being a bottleneck depends entirely how you wish to use your computer. You can hit 100% CPU/GPU Usage while only using 2GB, or you could be held back by not enough RAM using 10% CPU/GPU Usage simply by multitasking.

I'm running 32-Bit XP and with the Ram Limitation of around 3GB, I find myself occasionally hitting the 100% mark, but it's easy to avoid doing that if I don't run more than a few intense tasks.

Wow, that's quite the intensive OS bottleneck you have there. 16GB of RAM, 1GB GPU, whatever else your BIOS / UEFI uses, and a 4 core / 8 threaded CPU..... All on an OS designed for single core use and 4GB max total memory. What do you have available for RAM? 2GB out of 16? 2.5?

To the OP:
No, DDR3-1333 isn't really "bottlenecking" your system. It's fine. RAM is still relatively cheap right now. So it really wouldn't HURT to grab 8GB of 1600 (or higher if you wanted). Just make sure you use a more modern OS than Windows XP.

 

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Originally Posted by jlells01;15566186
Stock CPU:

Overclocked CPU:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/memory/display/phenom-ii-x6-memory.html#sect0

When it comes to gaming, reality doesn't support your disparagement of DDR3-1333 with the x6.

Every try overclocking with 1333 DDR3? You wont get very far. I never mentioned games, so i don't know why people keep bringing it up.

 

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Originally Posted by huhh;15568123
I never mentioned games, so i don't know why people keep bringing it up.

They're bringing it up because the original poster clearly stated that he uses his rig mostly for gaming. Did you not read that?

 

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Originally Posted by huhh;15568123
Every try overclocking with 1333 DDR3? You wont get very far. I never mentioned games, so i don't know why people keep bringing it up.

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Originally Posted by sccr64472;15568156
They're bringing it up because the original poster clearly stated that he uses his rig mostly for gaming. Did you not read that?

That, and the OP has a black edition CPU.

 

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Originally Posted by sccr64472;15568156
They're bringing it up because the original poster clearly stated that he uses his rig mostly for gaming. Did you not read that?

Yes I did. If he's gaming he obviously would want to overclock his computer for better performance. 1333 ddr3 CL9 isn't going budge when overclocking his CPU and/or IMC. We all know the performance gains from overclocking the IMC on AMD systems.

Memory doesn't directly effect gaming performance but t does effect computer performance especially when overclocking. Did you forget which website you're on?

 

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Originally Posted by huhh;15568243
1333 ddr3 CL9 isn't going budge when overclocking his CPU and/or IMC.

Simply not true.
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Originally Posted by huhh;15568243
Memory doesn't directly effect gaming performance but t does effect computer performance especially when overclocking. Did you forget which website you're on?

A lot of the original moderators on this forum didn't overclock

Also, the original poster never said anything about overclocking, so to claim his ram is a bottleneck is simply wrong. I would be willing to bet I could get his sticks to at least 1600