Did I Get the Wrong RAM?

[the1truegamer]

Hi all,

Need some quick advice. Want to make sure I didn't fubar this build. I was reading this thread:

http://www.techist.com/forums/f77/please-help-amd-kaveri-driver-issue-a8-7600-a-273407/

And the OP was suggested to get faster ram as it was bottle-necking his GPU. In conversations I have had in the past with users here, unless I'm remembering wrong, I was under the impression that 1600MHZ ram would be fine for current builds and wouldn't be a bottle neck in this generation. My parts are in the mail now, can someone give me some advice if I should return the RAM and order something beefier?

Here is my build. (Sorry the links are broken not sure what happened)

CPU:
Core i5-4690K
Intel Core i5-4690K Haswell Refresh Quad-Core 3.5GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor BX80646I54690K - Newegg.com - Newegg.com

MOBO:
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-Gaming
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - Newegg.com


HDD:
SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE500BW 2.5" 500GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
SAMSUNG 840 EVO SSD 500GB MZ-7TE500BW 2.5" SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive - Newegg.com

And

Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TBhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

RAM:
CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB)
CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMY16GX3M2A1600C9R Red) - Newegg.com

GPU:
EVGA 04G-2981-KR GeForce GTX 980
EVGA 04G-2981-KR GeForce GTX 980 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 ACX 2.0 PCI Express 3.0 - Newegg.com

PSU
CORSAIR RM Series RM750 750W
CORSAIR RM Series RM750 750W ATX12V v2.31 and EPS 2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Corsair RM750 Power Supply - Newegg.com

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

Your fine RAM wise as you aren't using the GPU that is in the CPU, where as the thread you read, the original poster is using a GPU that shares the system memory. You are comparing two entirely different machines, and types of machines.

 

[the1truegamer]

Your fine RAM wise as you aren't using the GPU that is in the CPU, where as the thread you read, the original poster is using a GPU that shares the system memory. You are comparing two entirely different machines, and types of machines.

I see. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I thought i was good, but figured i should make sure while i could still return it. I appreciate the help.

 

[PP Mguire]

Yup, AMD APUs have better GPUs built in and take advantage of faster RAM to a certain point.