Choosing RAM

[SimonT]

Hello everyone.I am building myself a new gaming-only rig.Please,could you give me some recommendation about RAM? Should I go with 1600 Mhz and low cas,or will higher clock speed affect my gaming performance somehow? Thanks

[Samdb]

Any 8GB,1600MHz, CAS 9 is fine for gaming.

[wkronbaek]

1600 mhz is fine. Cas 9 is good. Just fine the cheapest one really.

[Ssoele]

Like @Samdb said, any 1600MHz will do.

[s3ns3]

or will higher clock speed affect my gaming performance somehow? Thanks

nope 

[SimonT]

Okay,I kinda hoped for it Thank you for your quick answers!

[Youbetternot]

corsair vengeance 

[MiracleMan]

If you buy RAM you have to ask yourself:
 

-Can i afford it? (obviously) 
-Does it look cool in my rig? 

-Does it fit under my CPU cooler? 

 

the last one is the most important, i dont know how many people i have seen complaining that their RAM heatspreader is too big

[TheProfosist]

If your going 1600 go crucial

[WoodenMarker]

If your going 1600 go crucial

Brand does not matter.

[TheProfosist]

Brand does not matter.

 

but specs and features do and they have the best spec most featured ram for 1600 http://goo.gl/VlcX1t http://goo.gl/ZpoIc1

[WoodenMarker]

but specs and features do and they have the best spec most featured ram for 1600 http://goo.gl/VlcX1t http://goo.gl/ZpoIc1

They're not the cheapest and the difference is unnoticeable anyway.

[TheProfosist]

They're not the cheapest and the difference is unnoticeable anyway.

 

ill take low voltage ram if i can  and ill also take low profile if i can its also gas better than average timings for 1600

 

its only a couple bucks more than corsair and for the couple bucks the above mentioned things are worth it to me.

[piplupgao]

1600 is enough unless your using an apu then I would reccommend 2133

[mememo]

1600 should be fine the only reason to get any higher at the moment would be an APU build