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Is my RAM worth upgrading ?
My rig was built in 2016 when the gtx came out , 95% of the time i dont really have any problems with spec hungry games , i can run satisfactory that puts high demands on a pc with everything on ultra but i only get around 50 fps. I have tried lowering the graphics settings and turning all sorts of other settings on or off but fps never changes. The only time i see stuttering is on a huge machine called an alien power augmenter .... maybe its because its a huge machine so the pc is doing a lot of number crushing ..... all temps are low.
I know my weak point is probably the ram speed , some sites say my board can use up to 2600 MHz and others say Mhz 3333 is it worth spending money on what would be only a slight increase in speed or should i leave it as it is.
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Now, about the RAM — since you built this rig back in 2016, it’s likely DDR3 or early DDR4. If your motherboard supports up to 2600 MHz, then upgrading to faster RAM (like 2666 MHz or 3000 MHz) might give you a small bump in performance, especially in CPU-bound tasks or specific games that benefit from faster memory.
If your current RAM is running significantly below these speeds, upgrading to faster RAM could potentially improve performance, especially in games or applications that are memory bandwidth dependent.
