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Depends on what work you're doing and games you're playing. No matter what you're doing with your PC, though, grabbing another identical stick of RAM so you can have 16GB, in dual channel, will help.
 
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Gotta echo @hat on that one. Lotta depends to that. A commonsense thing would definitely be adding another matching stick of that ram. Dual-channel definitely helps a lot. Better still would be to get a 2x8 kit of faster RAM and overclock it... it's getting more affordable. Though if I'm honest just going to dual-channel is a bigger jump than more RAM speed on top. Ryzen 2 does benefit reasonably from faster RAM... but if, say, it had to be one or the other to live with for the least money, simply doubling-up on what you have is probably fine. Though if it were me I'd probably save for a 2x8gb kit that'll at least do 3200 CL16. A lot of kits will do that just fine and the ryzen timing calculator will get you all of the way there.

2600 is a great CPU. You can get quite a lot of things done with it and the gaming performance isn't bad at all, even without good memory (though that does help more than with others.) That's going to be solid for quite a while and I'd probably keep it unless you're finding it really limiting you right now. You're looking at a good chunk of money to get significantly past that. It will probably be good for a while to come, so long as you're not looking to break into high-refresh-rate displays any time soon. Though I will say that if you're not overclocking the 2600, that might be worth doing. Less for gaming and more for general multithreaded use. But I suppose even under heavy single-core loads it starts to wane from that 3.9ish ghz it'll hit. The boost really isn't that good across all cores. You will gain the most ground there. But all around performance will still go up, including gaming. A 4ghz all-core OC is nice, though you will likely need some kind of aftermarket cooler. That is an easy, reasonable performance boost without hurting the efficiency much at all. Even the most basic aftermarket cooler will hold that up decently well in anything but a really choked-out case. And it'll be out of the way for all of your standard-fare stuff. Would really need to know what 'work' tasks you're looking to see better performance from, because with the 2600 you ought to be pretty well-covered until we're onto more heavy-duty stuff. Are we talking just work, or real workstation stuff? It's pretty versatile and capable as it is.

On the gaming front... unless you're playing at 720p a 1050ti is getting a little lackluster. Depending on resolution/framerate, how new the games you want to play are/how high you want to crank settings, you might look at say a GTX 1660ti... or maybe even one of the older Polaris cards, like an RX 580, which are going for dirt cheap right now. Either way, it's a significant improvement over your 1050ti for not a lot of money, even though those cards are currently towards the top of entry-level. I'd say it's the shortest step-up that's still worth it for a gaming upgrade. AMD also has some entry-level/midrange stuff on the way soon. Might be worth holding out a bit longer. IF you want to spend a little bit more for some high-performance stuff, there are plenty of decent options, though we're gonna need more information about your performance needs.

But like I said, it depends on what gaming and work scenarios you're talking here. I'm just kind of spitballing bear-minimum upgrade ideas.
 

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@kchief In addition to the above questions, what PSU are you using and also what is your budget?
 
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Gotta echo @hat on that one. Lotta depends to that. A commonsense thing would definitely be adding another matching stick of that ram. Dual-channel definitely helps a lot. Better still would be to get a 2x8 kit of faster RAM and overclock it... it's getting more affordable. Though if I'm honest just going to dual-channel is a bigger jump than more RAM speed on top. Ryzen 2 does benefit reasonably from faster RAM... but if, say, it had to be one or the other to live with for the least money, simply doubling-up on what you have is probably fine. Though if it were me I'd probably save for a 2x8gb kit that'll at least do 3200 CL16. A lot of kits will do that just fine and the ryzen timing calculator will get you all of the way there.

2600 is a great CPU. You can get quite a lot of things done with it and the gaming performance isn't bad at all, even without good memory (though that does help more than with others.) That's going to be solid for quite a while and I'd probably keep it unless you're finding it really limiting you right now. You're looking at a good chunk of money to get significantly past that. It will probably be good for a while to come, so long as you're not looking to break into high-refresh-rate displays any time soon. Though I will say that if you're not overclocking the 2600, that might be worth doing. Less for gaming and more for general multithreaded use. But I suppose even under heavy single-core loads it starts to wane from that 3.9ish ghz it'll hit. The boost really isn't that good across all cores. You will gain the most ground there. But all around performance will still go up, including gaming. A 4ghz all-core OC is nice, though you will likely need some kind of aftermarket cooler. That is an easy, reasonable performance boost without hurting the efficiency much at all. Even the most basic aftermarket cooler will hold that up decently well in anything but a really choked-out case. And it'll be out of the way for all of your standard-fare stuff. Would really need to know what 'work' tasks you're looking to see better performance from, because with the 2600 you ought to be pretty well-covered until we're onto more heavy-duty stuff. Are we talking just work, or real workstation stuff? It's pretty versatile and capable as it is.

On the gaming front... unless you're playing at 720p a 1050ti is getting a little lackluster. Depending on resolution/framerate, how new the games you want to play are/how high you want to crank settings, you might look at say a GTX 1660ti... or maybe even one of the older Polaris cards, like an RX 580, which are going for dirt cheap right now. Either way, it's a significant improvement over your 1050ti for not a lot of money, even though those cards are currently towards the top of entry-level. I'd say it's the shortest step-up that's still worth it for a gaming upgrade. AMD also has some entry-level/midrange stuff on the way soon. Might be worth holding out a bit longer. IF you want to spend a little bit more for some high-performance stuff, there are plenty of decent options, though we're gonna need more information about your performance needs.

But like I said, it depends on what gaming and work scenarios you're talking here. I'm just kind of spitballing bear-minimum upgrade ideas.


That's a lot of helpful information Sire, it compresses my effort for googling the net. I will go for now the two memory slot to be occupy by ddr4 3200 and will be observed for (hoping) better performance. Next saving will be the video card. .....
About the games I don't have yet an idea which one will my kids preferred to play with. But for my normal daily usage I believe the suggestion of Robot Zombie.
 

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Depends on what work you're doing and games you're playing. No matter what you're doing with your PC, though, grabbing another identical stick of RAM so you can have 16GB, in dual channel, will help.


Thanks a lot for the suggestion. You and robot zombie makes my mind clear which one I had to upgrade first.
 
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switch to better ram channel, and for the gpu you can pay for rx480/580/1060 for better improv they were cheap now adays, i recommend this one
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This is the memory I got for replacement. But why my system detect the speed for only 2133Mhz ???
 

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This is the memory I got for replacement. But why my system detect the speed for only 2133Mhz ???
its been underclock factory, mostly the rate 3200mhz thats mean you can max setup and run tgose ram on 3200mhz, 3200mhz just a based reference factory clock, altho soemtimes we can push it even for higher speed through manual timing setup, i used dual channel 3k klevv, and it always run on 1333mhz, whichs equaly 2666mhz on normal setup, oc xmp mode run on 2800 xpm1 & 2933mhz/3k profile 2nd, stress test upto 3600 on 1.37/8v whichs i found it not stable
anyway somethings not right on your ram brand, i never seen such low factory clock, it supossed to be 2400/2800 for a 3.2k based, but who know, im not an expert anyway:ohwell:
 
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This is the memory I got for replacement. But why my system detect the speed for only 2133Mhz ???
Load XMP profile and set memory multiplier to 32. Also, don't use a single stick memory setup, meaning 1 stick of 8GB or 1 stick of 16GB. You gain performance with 2 sticks which means running them in dual channel setup. So if you got yourself a 16GB stick of memory, return it and get a kit of 2x8GB.

Update your GPU as its holding you back.
 
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But why my system detect the speed for only 2133Mhz ???
It works as a fail safe by loading the JEDEC approved SPD profile to maximize compatibility with the different mainboard brands. All you need to do is load the XMP or AXMP profile as @Chomiq has already posted.
 

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I am a bit disappointed to these memory I've got. The highest speed I can use is 2666Mhz. :(
I checked the box again and I realised that they support Intel and I don't know for AMD. I also checked my BIOS related to XMP but unfortunately I didn't found one. :(
Is there anything can I do to reach the 3200 Mhz ?
 
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Benchmark Scores theres nothing to brag abt potato, but it can run decent 30fps fullhd with good setting:)
I am a bit disappointed to these memory I've got. The highest speed I can use is 2666Mhz. :(
I checked the box again and I realised that they support Intel and I don't know for AMD. I also checked my BIOS related to XMP but unfortunately I didn't found one. :(
Is there anything can I do to reach the 3200 Mhz ?
memory try it maybe? or you can just manualy custom timing ocing it, altho it would cost a trial&error
as the sticker of the ram voltage rate is 1.35v i think it could be ocing to 3000-3400 w/o any trouble, try using "memory try it" on uefi menu, and set the ram volt something bettwen 1.34/max it to 1.35v

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your ram seems similiar to 3.2k latency 16/18xxx (img is blur cant see it clear) try closer one, might be matched the setup, best to try 2800/2993 firstly, wish you luck
 
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I am a bit disappointed to these memory I've got. The highest speed I can use is 2666Mhz. :(
I checked the box again and I realised that they support Intel and I don't know for AMD. I also checked my BIOS related to XMP but unfortunately I didn't found one. :(
Is there anything can I do to reach the 3200 Mhz ?
Get a kit listed in QVL:
 
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As others already said, upgrade to 16GB ram (2x 8 GB) - it doesn't really matter whether it is DDR4 2666, 2933 or 3200 MHz because in real life you will not notice any difference.
Replace GPU with something more powerful, it doesn't have to be new. I recommend RX 480 8 GB.
 
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I am a bit disappointed to these memory I've got. The highest speed I can use is 2666Mhz. :(
I checked the box again and I realised that they support Intel and I don't know for AMD. I also checked my BIOS related to XMP but unfortunately I didn't found one. :(
Is there anything can I do to reach the 3200 Mhz ?
Your looking for the option D.O.C.P

It should be down on the left hand corner if your in easy mode otherwise you can dive through the advance mode interface.

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/6njrpg
 

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As others already said, upgrade to 16GB ram (2x 8 GB) - it doesn't really matter whether it is DDR4 2666, 2933 or 3200 MHz because in real life you will not notice any difference.
Replace GPU with something more powerful, it doesn't have to be new. I recommend RX 480 8 GB.


Hmm... video card will be my next upgrade, will it matter if I use any kind of brand ?
 

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Your looking for the option D.O.C.P

It should be down on the left hand corner if your in easy mode otherwise you can dive through the advance mode interface.

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/6njrpg


This is a big help as well as to understand my BIOS, but the max speed I can configure without giving any problem specially in booting is just 2666Mhz and still looking for any possibility to maximised my hardware to reach the 3200.
 

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It works as a fail safe by loading the JEDEC approved SPD profile to maximize compatibility with the different mainboard brands. All you need to do is load the XMP or AXMP profile as @Chomiq has already posted.

I dont think ive seen an AMD board load AXMP/AXP, only DOCP

Hmm... video card will be my next upgrade, will it matter if I use any kind of brand ?

Watch video reviews, cooling will always be paramount.

The 1050ti was always a bottom tier card. Get a RX580 or a RX 5500 upon launch.
 
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People were telling you to buy 3200mhz ram because that was the max speed ryzen 2000 cpus could handle reliably, but that is with single rank memory, which are most 2x8 kits. You bought a 2x16 kit which is very likely to be dual rank, it will perform better than single rank at the same frequency, but it is also harder for the cpu to handle at high speeds.
IIRC max ram speed for ryzen 2000 was 2666 with four dimms populated (or two dual rank dimms)
 
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Hmm... video card will be my next upgrade, will it matter if I use any kind of brand ?
Not really. It all depends on your luck, because you just might get a well known GPU brand with some defects (eg. coil whine, grinding fans) as well as getting less known brand without any issues at all.
I recommend Sapphire, despite my Sapphire R9 390 (I bought it brand new, factory sealed box) came with something that could be considered a manufacturing flaw - fans didn't have a single drop of oil to lubricate their bearings and because everything else was OK Sapphire refused to replace my "faulty" card with a new one. Not a big issue except for very annoying grinding noise. These fans are manufactured by the "FirstD" company and they are present on XFX and probably a few other GPUs, possibly certain nVidia brands as well. As I said, it all depends how lucky you are because the primary mission for every single company's out there is profit.

Besides Sapphire I would recommend Asus, XFX, MSI.
 
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