New RAM question

[RNorris3926]

I found the older dominator ram on amazon for sale. Its for a good price, but since it is the non platinum version, would I be better off to buy something that has more wide spread availability like the corsair vengeance? 

[Guest]

The brand really doesn't matter, unless you are on something like Ryzen and are looking for RAM that overclocks well for that platform specifically, such as the Ballistix Sport LT range.

[Airdragonz]

As long as it is works and is compatible, I don't see the problem of buying that model

[ZcanKal]

Just make sure whatever you plan on putting it in accepts that type of RAM.

[RNorris3926]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0084LG97K/?coliid=I2HHD0YYD90VRD&colid=16VOY6F2P05NL&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

I'm running a MSI 970 motherboard.

[drkstorm1]

I believe the 970 motherboard takes ddr3 ram(i'd double check) so you should be fine.

[RNorris3926]

It is DDR3. The ram I was looking at is DDR3. But I ended up finding 2 more 4 gig sticks of what I already have for around $60, so i went with that instead. I've got 2 4gig sticks of HyperX Beast right now, and that stuff is hard to find. Bought from a guy on EBay.

[kght22]

awesome find norris, memory regardless of ddr3 or 4 is pretty expensive right now for the same reasons that video cards are exepensive, and even ssd prices are starting to go up, there aren't enough fabs at the moment for the demand, and around half or more of all computers right now still use ddr3, so it is still in production. we need more fabs, maybe 5 more by the end of the year. probably 3.

 

awesome find norris, memory regardless of ddr3 or 4 is pretty expensive right now for the same reasons that video cards are exepensive, and even ssd prices are starting to go up, there aren't enough fabs at the moment for the demand, and around half or more of all computers right now still use ddr3, so it is still in production. we need more fabs, maybe 5 more by the end of the year. probably 3.

 

EDIT: i bought the 16gb of memory i have on my ryzen 1700 last year for it and i paid 94.99, i could sell that memory this year used at a profit. i dare someone to find memory like that new right now for less than 150 bucks.

 

by the way, cpus are not produced on the same fabs, that is why cpu prices have remained unaffected.