4 Reasons to Upgrade a 6-Year-Old Gaming PC to 16GB RAM

Price-to-performance is excellent An 8GB to 16GB jump is one of the cheapest upgrades you can do, short of swapping in an SSD.

Used RAM is cheap For a six-year-old PC, you are likely looking at DDR3 or early DDR4, with used sticks going for $20-30.

It fixes stuttering in modern games 8GB causes constant stuttering as the system swaps to disk, while 16GB eliminates that problem.

It only makes sense with a decent CPU and GPU If your CPU is a low-end model like an i3 or FX-4xxx, or your GPU is a GTX 960, the upgrade may not be worth it.