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Corsair Vengeance Pro CL 9 or 11?

I really like the looks of this ram. Is the 13€ price difference worth it? I'm using a dedicated gpu, so I guess the slower one will be fine, or am I wrong. And the most important question is the ram even any good?   8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro Series silber DDR3-2133 DIMM CL9 Dual Kit

 

8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro Series silber DDR3-2133 DIMM CL11 Dual Kit

 

I did use the Forum search, but I did not find anything.

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That's the timings. Usually the lower they are the better. And having lower timings on RAM is usually better than having a higher clock speed.

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The 1600 and 2133 cost the same. The 2133 cl 9 and 11 are on sale. 

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Thanks, but that store has bad reviews. And the shipping is quite high. 

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Lower CL with the same speed is always better and infact slower ram with the right CL are just as fast or faster in response time. If you have CL9 2133 then you will most likely be able to up the voltage, change timings, and go to higher speeds. Ram that already has a higher CL wont obtain the same higher speeds without further loosing the timings. Loosing the timings can actually slow performance even tho the speed is higher.

 

Here is the response time in milliseconds to compare Ram Speed Vs Cas Latency.

 

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