Question for the technically inclined

[GenesisFan99]

There is no discernible difference in performance here. I highly recommend it if you need some disk space.

That's really helpful info. After all this talking I found my ram was installed wrong all this time. Not sure if it will make much of a difference but it makes me feel better.

I didn't know one could install RAM wrong?

There's no real way to install RAM incorrectly, unless your RAM was not running in dual-channel mode with 2 sticks installed because you installed them into the slots that were both "A" channels.

[buzz456]

Well that's one way.

[GenesisFan99]

Well that's one way.

I mean it's not necessarily wrong it's just better to have dual-channel performance over single-channel.

[JohnS]

Well that's one way.

I mean it's not necessarily wrong it's just better to have dual-channel performance over single-channel.

And that's what was wrong with my setup. Had one stick out of two in the incorrect bank.

[GenesisFan99]

Well that's one way.

I mean it's not necessarily wrong it's just better to have dual-channel performance over single-channel.

And that's what was wrong with my setup. Had one stick out of two in the incorrect bank.

I generally try to fill all of my RAM slots no matter what so problems like that are nonexistent. Sometimes you'll end up with better performance by doing so.

[JohnS]

Well that's one way.

I mean it's not necessarily wrong it's just better to have dual-channel performance over single-channel.

And that's what was wrong with my setup. Had one stick out of two in the incorrect bank.

I generally try to fill all of my RAM slots no matter what so problems like that are nonexistent. Sometimes you'll end up with better performance by doing so.

Cost was the reason I went with just the 2 sticks. When ram was down in price I had a chance to get a matching pair for $38 but didn't now it's $20 more than the original cost lol Unfortunately I don't think we are going to see a drop in component costs for a very long time. The video card I wanted to get is now $400 more than the original cost I was going to pay. I won't be upgrading anytime soon.

[GenesisFan99]

You can thank cryptocurrency miners for that. I am able to sell my graphics card used at a profit in the current market because cryptocurrency miners keep buying shipments of graphics cards. Availability is atrocious in addition to price. Just wait until NVIDIA comes out with the new GTX-series of graphics cards. We aren't sure yet what architecture they will be built on, it's either Volta or Ampere. We know very little about Ampere, but to give you an idea of how powerful Volta is, the Volta-based Titan V beats a GTX 1080 Ti overclocked to about max frequency, something like 2500 MHz. Overclocking that far requires liquid nitrogen cooling. So at stock speeds, the Titan V murders the extreme-overclocked 1080 Ti. However, a new one is something like $3000. Make sure to get your order in as soon as the new GTX cards release.

Speaking of the GTX 1080 Ti, new and used cards are now all above $1000. I have seen new GTX 1080 Tis for $1400-$1700 on eBay. These retailed at $650-$750 before this stupid mining craze happened. My GTX 1070 was purchased new for $400 including tax. I am now in the process of selling it for $450. I could very easily try to get $550-$700 for it as that is the current price, but I decided to take the $50.

Anyways, definitely hang in there and upgrade what you can. These are dark times in the world of PC building.

[buzz456]

Very geeky.

[JohnS]

just this month video cards jumped at a minimum of $500 and Ram just Jumped $20 this week.