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i am looking to upgrade my ram and have been wondering if the price difference between ram speeds is actually worth it.

 

lets just say i use Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4. the prices range from £139 (for 2133mhz) to £221 (for 3200mhz). Is there a clear and noticeable difference in the speeds when using your pc? and is it really worth spending the extra cash on. 

 

ram prices are really high right now for some reason, and i am trying to save money on upgrades. is it really worth spending the extra on faster ram? 

I was looking at getting trident Z 3200mhz but it is over £220, instead i am looking at Kingston - HyperX Fury - DDR4 2666mhz for £180. that is a good chunk of money saved. 

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Even 2800MHz perform similarly to 3200MHz while costing noticeably less. How much do those and 3000MHz ones cost?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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7 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Even 2800MHz perform similarly to 3200MHz while costing noticeably less. How much do those and 3000MHz ones cost?

the corsair vengence is £198 for 3000mhz. there is one lot of 2800mhz for sale... £435 + £10 shipping

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4 minutes ago, SUPER_MOOSE93 said:

the corsair vengence is £198 for 3000mhz. there is one lot of 2800mhz for sale... £435 + £10 shipping

How about other brands? If that's already the cheapest then I'd say get the hyperx 2666 kit

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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Ram speeds wont matter much for intel. Unless you want the most extreme. just go with the cheapest you can find. You wont even notice 5 FPS difference with intel. 

Microsoft in there infinite wisdom have decided to impose a VRAM cap for games the that use DX9 o.O. May God Bless them those whoever came up with that idea. :dry:

 

You're looking for something that does not, has not, will not, might not or must not exist ... ... but you're always welcome to search for it. 

 

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12 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

How about other brands? If that's already the cheapest then I'd say get the hyperx 2666 kit

hyper x is the cheapest that looks right with my build, i will go with that.

 

one last thing. these 3 motherboards are basically the same, right?

 

msi z370 sli plus

asus prime z370

asus rog-strix z370-f

 

i was going to go with the strix but if i can save myself £50 by going with the msi board, that would be worth losing out on the looks of the board. 

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56 minutes ago, SUPER_MOOSE93 said:

i am looking to upgrade my ram and have been wondering if the price difference between ram speeds is actually worth it.

 

lets just say i use Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4. the prices range from £139 (for 2133mhz) to £221 (for 3200mhz). Is there a clear and noticeable difference in the speeds when using your pc? and is it really worth spending the extra cash on. 

 

ram prices are really high right now for some reason, and i am trying to save money on upgrades. is it really worth spending the extra on faster ram? 

I was looking at getting trident Z 3200mhz but it is over £220, instead i am looking at Kingston - HyperX Fury - DDR4 2666mhz for £180. that is a good chunk of money saved. 

Memory speed only makes a huge difference if you're on Ryzen because of how the Infinity Fabric speed is linked with memory speed.  If you're on Intel, just get the cheaper ram. 

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24 minutes ago, SUPER_MOOSE93 said:

hyper x is the cheapest that looks right with my build, i will go with that.

 

one last thing. these 3 motherboards are basically the same, right?

 

msi z370 sli plus

asus prime z370

asus rog-strix z370-f

 

i was going to go with the strix but if i can save myself £50 by going with the msi board, that would be worth losing out on the looks of the board. 

they are close enough.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 hour ago, SUPER_MOOSE93 said:

hyper x is the cheapest that looks right with my build, i will go with that.

 

one last thing. these 3 motherboards are basically the same, right?

 

msi z370 sli plus

asus prime z370

asus rog-strix z370-f

 

i was going to go with the strix but if i can save myself £50 by going with the msi board, that would be worth losing out on the looks of the board. 

If you go with msi there should be a feature in the BIOS with some tested timing presets for overclocking your brand of RAM. Your mileage may vary of course.

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