DDR4, Ballistix Sport vs Hyper X Fury

[Dreadnought]

Ballistix Sport (8x2) 3000MHz CL16 vs Kingston Hyper X Fury (8x2) 3000MHz CL16

Both have the Samsung B Die, the spec is very identical, but which one is better? 

Does anybody have any experience with these two pair of sticks?

 

[Dr_badwolf]

Forget everything you know about memory
- - - because im about to lay down the holy grail...


MEMORY!
is like Graphics cards: You know, how theres many brands but few GPU manufacturers.

The general rule is...
1 Single chip PER DIMM module = Faster
but... 
Multiple CHIPS per DIMM module is easily possible... but they end up being slower because of ranking...

The more CHIPS the slower
because the Memory controller has to work harder to error correct those chips

SO!!!
Always look for the fastest SINGLE DIE  - - - PER STICK
if you want to get the FASTEST possible.

Heres a link you can learn and google off of

detailed questr

[WereCat]

Get the cheaper one or the one with a better warranty.

If they are both B-die then it really doesn't matter which one you pick.

[Dr_badwolf]

2 minutes ago, WereCat said:

Get the cheaper one or the one with a better warranty.

If they are both B-die then it really doesn't matter which one you pick.

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[porina]

3 hours ago, Dreadnought said:

Ballistix Sport (8x2) 3000MHz CL16 vs Kingston Hyper X Fury (8x2) 3000MHz CL16

Both have the Samsung B Die, the spec is very identical, but which one is better? 

Does anybody have any experience with these two pair of sticks?

If they are B-die then just pick by price or looks. I'd be a little cautious, since at 3000 speed, C16 usually would be other chips than B-die, which would more typically be C14

 

 

3 hours ago, Dr_badwolf said:

The general rule is...
1 Single chip PER DIMM module = Faster
but... 
Multiple CHIPS per DIMM module is easily possible... but they end up being slower because of ranking...

The more CHIPS the slower
because the Memory controller has to work harder to error correct those chips

SO!!!
Always look for the fastest SINGLE DIE  - - - PER STICK
if you want to get the FASTEST possible.

Where do I even start... single rank modules might hit higher clocks when overclocking, but they don't necessarily give higher performance. Dual rank, or running 2DPC allows something about the accessing that can lead to higher effective bandwidth without needing a higher clock. In some compute uses this leads to significantly higher performance, but I've not proved same for gaming.

 

Today, there isn't really much of a choice anyway. If you buy 4GB or 8GB DDR4 modules, they're almost certainly single rank. Only once you get to 16GB modules, then they're probably dual rank.

 

Also, unless you buy ECC ram for a supported system, there is no error correction.