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Go with the faster RAM. The difference is negligible but it's cheaper.

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I will be using an intel i5 8600k a 1080ti and Asus - ROG Strix Z370-I Gaming Mini ITX LGA1151 motherboard. I was going to buy the 3000 ram but today I noticed the 3200 was cheaper, so I almost bought it right away cause it is on sale apparently. But then I noticed the latency is higher and I am wondering which one will perform better for gaming or if the difference would be negligible in which case the $35 price difference will be the determining factor. Or should I just wait for black friday/cyber monday?

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Go with the faster RAM. The difference is negligible but it's cheaper.

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The cheaper one.

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As others have said, Use the cheaper one.

Really, the CAS-to-frequency ratio is the same - so unless you plan to overclock, the speeds shouldn't matter much.

 

I say that, but generally you'd be able to more finely tune a CPU that has a higher frequency/CAS; for each increment is slightly less percentage-wise.

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Not worth spending more on slower ram that has slightly tighter timings. If you really wanted to, you could down clock the cheaper kit and potentially get cas14 if you wanted or tighten to cas15 on stock speed.

 

 

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Just now, Imbellis said:

As others have said, Use the cheaper one.

Really, the CAS-to-frequency ratio is the same - so unless you plan to overclock, the speeds shouldn't matter much.

 

I say that, but generally you'd be able to more finely tune a CPU that has a higher frequency/CAS; for each increment is slightly less percentage-wise.

I do plan to overclock tho.

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2 minutes ago, richyman said:

I do plan to overclock tho.

The 3200-16 will do slightly better.

 

I don't really understand why the 3000-15 is so expensive.

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21 minutes ago, Mooshi said:

Not worth spending more on slower ram that has slightly tighter timings. If you really wanted to, you could down clock the cheaper kit and potentially get cas14 if you wanted or tighten to cas15 on stock speed.

I just care about in-game performance in terms of fps, not that ram is the most important for that.

 

17 minutes ago, Imbellis said:

The 3200-16 will do slightly better.

 

I don't really understand why the 3000-15 is so expensive.

RGB, the answer is always rgb. Both are G.SKILL TridentZ RGB ram hehehe.

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16 minutes ago, Imbellis said:

The 3200-16 will do slightly better.

 

I don't really understand why the 3000-15 is so expensive.

It might be because it's b die.

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Just now, DocSwag said:

It might be because it's b die.

RGB G.SKILL, I guess thats why

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