What do you think is the best 8gb ddr3 ram stick?

[King Oriax]

I'm going to be upgrading my ram today from an amazing 4gb of ddr2 to a terrible 16gb from 2 8gm ddr3 sticks. I'm looking for just 2 sticks that run at 1600mhz nothing insanely fancy, but there's so many choices out there. So I came to the wonderful community that is Linus tech tips and wanted to ask, What do you think is the best/most reliable ram brand out there?

[FireFox]

Anything on the market will do perfectly fine mate. I like going with Kingston but that is only personal preference. What I would do is look for the cheapest 2x4GB kit and buy it. Even if it is 1,066MHz or 1,333MHz, it won't make any real difference.

 

It will still be a decent improvement over the DDR2 you're running currently.

 

What motherboard do you have? I hope you're aware that DDR2 and DDR3 aren't compatible with each other.

[Jade]

The cheapest brand name one.

[WoodenMarker]

Brand doesn't really matter. 

[S1AYA7]

It varies a lot depending on prices at the time but personally I like the G. Skill RipjawsX 1600MHz because that's always cheaper than other stuff here in NZ

[TheKDub]

I'm going to be upgrading my ram today from an amazing 4gb of ddr2 to a terrible 16gb from 2 8gm ddr3 sticks. I'm looking for just 2 sticks that run at 1600mhz nothing insanely fancy, but there's so many choices out there. So I came to the wonderful community that is Linus tech tips and wanted to ask, What do you think is the best/most reliable ram brand out there?

 

RAM is RAM.

[spartaman64]

i like the g skill sniper

[Lotus]

Unlike CPUs, ram architecture is all the same: DDR3. All 1600MHz 9 CAS DDR3 memory will perform identically. Also, for most tasks including gaming, RAM performance doesn't change anything, so long as you have sufficient amount.

 

The only real difference between the different brands is failure rates (almost all are really low) and appearance.

 

Also, I assume this is for an entirely new build right? You can't just replace DDR2 memory with DDR3. It doesn't work that way.

[Swndlr]

for the price, G. Skill Sniper is sorta sexy and im pretty sure you can pick up 8 gigs of 1866 for the same price of 1600

[FireFox]

This is the cheapest 2x4GB DDR3 on PartPicker. I must say that it looks pretty beasty though my previous question about the motherboard still stands.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c11d8gis

[King Oriax]

This is the cheapest 2x4GB DDR3 on PartPicker. I must say that it looks pretty beasty though my previous question about the motherboard still stands.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c11d8gis

Im upgrading the motherboard as well but that was already final, its a Gigabyte z97x ud3h.

[TheMcSame]

As was already mentioned, RAM is RAM. Most chips on the market are Samsung chips, it's more of a question of looks vs price.