Need help choosing RAM

[Jason Garibay]

PC Specs

CPU: Intel Core i7 4770k haswell

GPU: EVGA Nvidia Geforce GTX 770 2gb

MOBO: Asus z87 PRO V Edition

Power: Corsair TX750M

 

I'm looking to upgrade my RAM for mmo gaming and application use. I was looking to buy 16gb of RAM (2x 8gb) and I was wondering which models I should go for?

Budget is up to $250, I've heard a lot about corsair and g-skill ram and I want the best possible performance for this price.

I want to know which specific model would be best for my build and which are known for having the best performance.

Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks!

[AlwaysFSX]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-khx18c10at3k216x

 

No point in spending a ton on ram. It's the same thing everywhere. Nothing is "gaming specific" really.

[pbenologa]

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Just pick the Ripjaws X line from G.Skill. Either 1600 or 1866 and you're good to go.

[Phllips]

Hyper X fury looks cool 

[SpecTre12345]

Considering your budget I would get a 2400MHz kit of G.Skill: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231673&cm_re=G.Skill_2400-_-20-231-673-_-Product

 

Low price, decent timings for the frequency, and has lower latency @ Cas 11 than most 1600MHz and 1866MHz kits:

 

DDR3-2400 CAS 9 7.5ns

DDR3-2400 CAS10 8.33ns

DDR3-2400 CAS11 9.17ns

 

DDR3-2133 CAS9 8.44ns

DDR3-2133 CAS10 9.38ns

DDR3-2133 CAS11 10.32ns

 

DDR3-1866 CAS8 8.6ns

DDR3-1866 CAS9 9.64ns

DDR3-1866 CAS10 10.71ns

 

DDR3-1600 CAS7 8.75ns

DDR3-1600 CAS8 10.0ns

DDR3-1600 CAS9 11.25ns

 

DDR3-1333 CAS7 10.5ns

DDR3-1333 CAS8 12.0ns

DDR3-1333 CAS9 13.5ns

[mooseducks86]

Heres LTT video on RAM from September.

 

He suggests 8-16 gigs, from 800-2400mHz didn't perform that differently. 1333mhz was at the time the best value for the dollar.

 

Choose a brand that you trust (lifetime warranty!) and a design that you like if you're windowed.

[SpecTre12345]

Heres LTT video on RAM from September. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWgzA2C61z4&feature=kp

 

He suggests 8-16 gigs, from 800-2400mHz didn't perform that differently. 1333mhz was at the time the best value for the dollar.

 

Choose a brand that you trust (lifetime warranty!) and a design that you like if you're windowed.

 

That video is dated and not entirely accurate.

 

I would never recommend 1333MHz memory today, it's latency is just plain bad:

 

DDR3-1333 CAS7 10.5ns

DDR3-1333 CAS8 12.0ns

DDR3-1333 CAS9 13.5ns

[mooseducks86]

 

That video is dated and not entirely accurate.

 

I would never recommend 1333MHz memory today, it's latency is just plain bad:

 

DDR3-1333 CAS7 10.5ns

DDR3-1333 CAS8 12.0ns

DDR3-1333 CAS9 13.5ns

 

If you read the post, I did say it was from September, and I said 1333 was at the time the best value, but I believe 1600 is now the same price as 1333. I didn't recommend 1333... did i? I summarized the video.

 

And because the video is from late last year you don't think anything stated in the video is still relevant?

 

Sorry for trying to provide a very informative link! I promise I won't do it again.

[Hardip]

I suggest you this beast.

 

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1866 MHz Desktop Ram (CMZ16GX3M2A1866C9)

 

 

or this If you want more power...

 

CORSAIR Vengeance Pro Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 2666 MHz Desktop Ram (CMY16GX3M2A2666C12R)

[dragoon20005]

I suggest you this beast.

 

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 1866 MHz Desktop Ram (CMZ16GX3M2A1866C9)

 

 

or this If you want more power...

 

CORSAIR Vengeance Pro Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 2666 MHz Desktop Ram (CMY16GX3M2A2666C12R)

Intel system do not need fast RAM

 

you are paying more for just to get like 1 or 2 fps which is not even 1% increase

[Hardip]

Intel system do not need fast RAM

 

you are paying more for just to get like 1 or 2 fps which is not even 1% increase

Maybe you are right but It works more than your desire.

[SpyRosL]

''Frequency doesn't matter anywhere. Get the cheapest you can'' is pretty much in the past.

Your budget is big so if i were you i would get a 2400mhz cl10 kit.(ripjaws x,mushkin redline). I personally don't like the looks of them so i would get 4x4gb gskill ripjaws z(2 kits of 8gb=170$) assuming you don't want to upgrade to 32gigs in the future but that is just a personal preference.

[Tech_Dreamer]

i would say not bother with the overall uberness in picking the ram even when it comes to low latency, we're talking about a few frames here, higher speed/performance ram might be useful for an AMD apu or regular 8 core chip, But intel doesn't need to be having that , even a stock low clocked ram module will perfome as equally as the higer ones (as like in thermal paste temp diference between different brands) , just go for a stock modules or pick something that looks good in your system.

 

If you really want an opinion GSKILL RipjawsZ DDr3 2400mhz (it comes in a very neat box package & the heat spreader looks cool)