Memory Battle: 4x4GB of 1600mhz 9-9-9-24 1.5v vs 2x8GB of 1600mhz 10-10-10-27 1.5v

[urdaneta88]

I was looking for buy some ram, and this tiny battle hit me when i see this two different kits, the 2x8GB is a little more cheap (like $15-20) but i wanna know if there is a big difference or if i can see the difference betwen those RAM modules?

[Wats]

Some say that you will never notice a difference between them in real life. But benchmarks sure do.

Go for the 2x8 kit, that'll give you room to upgrade if 16GB of ram ever becomes too little.

[Guest]

I'd personally go with the 1600 C9 - it's somewhat cheaper and you won't notice any difference in real world scenarios.

[TechFan@ic]

Go for the 2x8 modules, for better CPU overclocking headroom & further expandability.

You can manually adjust the Cas latencies on the modules in the BIOS although it won't make any real world difference .

[urdaneta88]

Thanks Everyone.

[Art Vandelay]

Some say that you will never notice a difference between them in real life. But benchmarks sure do.

Go for the 2x8 kit, that'll give you room to upgrade if 16GB of ram ever becomes too little.

also, 2 DIMMs in a dual channel system will let you overclock more than 4 DIMMs, due to the reduced strain on the IMC.

[Wats]

Some say that you will never notice a difference between them in real life. But benchmarks sure do.

Go for the 2x8 kit, that'll give you room to upgrade if 16GB of ram ever becomes too little.

True, true. ^^^

Ram OCing is fun :d