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one quick question, gonna order it now. 

Kingston Hyper X Fury

or

G.Skill Ripjaws X

 

Same spec, same price, which one should I get??

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whichever looks better

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both look good! can't decide :(

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Oh wait, Kingston doesn't have XMP, does XMP necessary?

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Either or. Both will run the same, given they have the same specs.

Even if the specs weren't the same it wouldn't really matter. 

 

both look good! can't decide :(

Well...pick the one you like better :P 

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G. Skill

 

What two kits are you looking at?

getting 8GB x 2, 1866MHz 10-11-10 1.5v

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getting 8GB x 2, 1866MHz 10-11-10 1.5v

 

These?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231528

 

Have these in my main rig and just sent my second kit to G. Skill for an upgrade.

 

That kit is 142.99

 

 

Let me throw you a curve ball.

 

You could get Trident X. 2400 CL10

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231589

 

159.99 then if you use the promo code you get 20 off. So 139.99 for better ram.

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one quick question, gonna order it now.

Kingston Hyper X Fury

or

G.Skill Ripjaws X

 

Same spec, same price, which one should I get??

What about g.skill sniper? I love the way those look and the price is always amazing for them. But I do think the fury line looks better than ripjaws.

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These?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231528

 

Have these in my main rig and just sent my second kit to G. Skill for an upgrade.

 

That kit is 142.99

 

 

Let me throw you a curve ball.

 

You could get Trident X. 2400 CL10

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231589

 

159.99 then if you use the promo code you get 20 off. So 139.99 for better ram.

nope, i'm buying them in Australia. TridentX is very overpriced. I think I'll go for ripjaws becoz it has XMP Profile

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both look good! can't decide :(

 

XMP doesn't really impact anything the only thing is a minor performance gain possibly but in most cases it's just to ensure the RAM runs at it's max rated speeds. The Kingston stick are really good at doing that on their own with basically most motherboards, I have a kit of Kingston's plug in a go no need for any adjustments.

 

As others have said go with what you like and what you can get for a better price.

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Get the highest clock rate you can at the lowest CL for the price you deem fair. 1866-2400 have very close prices now. Even some 2666 are coming down, though 2800 is still a jump.

G.Skill tend to overclock far better due to getting some of Hynix's best chips too.

I'm partially red-green colorblind, but for me the Kingston red is ugly both online and in real life with any combination of equipment.

Team Xtreme LV is cheap right now and my Dad's been on it for months with no problem. It comes with XMP. See if you like it.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/team-memory-txd316g2400hc10qdc01

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Where are you ordering from for price comparison.

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=186_538_913&products_id=27412

 

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=186_538_913&products_id=21326

 

Beyond that is over my budget.

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Well well well, thanks all. I'm going for Ribjaws

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Tridents are 25 dollars higher.

 

That site is a pain to go through. They dont have any advanced sorting.

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For less than $10 more there are these 2. Faster

 

http://www.msy.com.au/wa/cannington/pc-components/9663-gskill-trident-x-16gb-kit-8gx2-ddr3-2133-f3-2133c9d-16gtx.html

 

http://www.msy.com.au/wa/cannington/pc-components/9638-gskill-ripjaws-x-16gb-kit-8gx2-ddr3-2133-f3-2133c9d-16gxh.html

 

http://www.msy.com.au/wa/cannington/pc-components/13256--gskill-sniper-16g-kit8gx2-ddr3-2400-f3-2400c11d-16gsr.html

 

 

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Get the highest clock rate you can at the lowest CL for the price you deem fair. 1866-2400 have very close prices now. Even some 2666 are coming down, though 2800 is still a jump.

G.Skill tend to overclock far better due to getting some of Hynix's best chips too.

I'm partially red-green colorblind, but for me the Kingston red is ugly both online and in real life with any combination of equipment.

Team Xtreme LV is cheap right now and my Dad's been on it for months with no problem. It comes with XMP. See if you like it.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/team-memory-txd316g2400hc10qdc01

The frequency, timings, and latency of Ram is really pretty irrelevant -- unless you're using an APU. So, if the "faster" ram is more or less the same price (+/- a couple dollars), then sure it makes sense to get the faster ram because why not; but otherwise, paying more for "faster" ram is usually just a waste of money.

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G.skill is overpriced "marketed at gamers" bullshit.

Kingston all the way.

"Overpriced" 

 

Out of the ten cheapest 8gb (2x4gb) kits, 7 of the first 9 are G.Skill and its not until the 10th cheapest that you get to a Kingston kit. 

 

And a "better" G.Skill kit (1600 @ 9) is $66.99 vs. Kingstons (1600 @ 10) is $66.98. Yeah, G.Skill is wildly overpriced. 

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