More Ram or Faster Ram?

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Deathgazer

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I was planning on building a new PC. I do a LOT of multitasking, gaming, music, editing, web browsing, etc.

What I was wondering was would it be more efficient to have more RAM or less but faster RAM?


Example: 6GB Triple Chanel 1067MHz OR 3GB Triple Chanel 1333MHz etc
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Velocity Micro / ProMagix E2215
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
    Motherboard
    Asus P5N-E SLI
    Memory
    DDR2 4096MB (4 Sticks)
    Graphics card(s)
    GIGABYTE GeForce 9800 GTX+
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HDTV 42"
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    WDC WD10 01FALS-00J7B SCSI 931GB
    PSU
    550W ?
    Case
    Velocity Micro
    Cooling
    Lots of Fans
    Internet Speed
    15mbps Cable: Comcast
In an ideal world, you would go with both faster RAM and more of it. However, given your choices, I would go for having more RAM. This is assuming that your new system is going to be 64-bit. If it is going to be 32-bit, then you might as well go for the other option of having faster RAM (if the motherboard will support it).
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 r09/2013
    CPU
    Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz)
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M
    Memory
    4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
    Graphics card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0) Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2 Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0 WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
    PSU
    XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular
    Case
    Gigabyte IF233
    Cooling
    1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust
    Mouse
    Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB)
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB)
    Internet Speed
    NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2)
    Other Info
    Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB) WEI Score: 8.1/8.1/8.5/8.5/8.25 Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter)
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