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Whats most important for memory sticks?
Capacity?
Speed?
Timings?
CAS Latency?
Should i go for one of these ddr3-1600, 2x4gb sticks with lower timings and CAS latency.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231445
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148656
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231461
All at around $70 or do i go for these at around $85-$90
DDR3-1866 (1600 last one), 2x8gb, but higher timings and CAS latency.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231528
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231627
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231728
it doesnt matter anymore, you arent going to notice the difference in speed or latency.
the only time you would go for a higher speed is if you are going to overclock, but even then its not really a requirement
lower CAS number is better but nobody really gives a shit anymore.
buying 2x4GB sticks is a bit dated, you might as well go 2x8 now. i mean i'm still running 2x4 and it's fine but i want to get into ramdisk shit in the future so 8GB isn't gonna cut it.
do those heat things at the top of ram sticks actually do anything or is it just for show?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231627
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231528
The sniper series one seems straight up better than the ripjaws?
>>52040626
Capacity is the only thing that matters right now. While RAM is fast, the CPU cache is faster by orders of magnitude. RAM is mostly used as an intermediary between disk and CPU cache.
>>52040839
I'm sure this is a meme image but I do have 2x4gb sticks of the tracers.
If it's a good brand, you can run RAM at tighter timings than advertised, SPD timings are only for advertising purposes most of the time. I'm able to run Corsair DDR3 1600 at 9-9-9-24 1T without any issue
As long as it's at least 1600mhz ddr3 then all I give a shit about is capacity. I have 6GB right now but I wish I had 16GB to be honest.
If you're going with an amd a series APU, memory speed matters. You'll get another 10-15fps with 2100mhz ram instead of the 1600
>>52040626
Latency is a function of speed and CAS timings.
A CL11 2133mhz kit has 10.34ns true latency.
A CL7 1333mhz kit has 10.5ns true latency.
>>52041957
Just when i thought i had settled on the sniper series
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231627
With a true latency of 9.63 (i believe), theres this ares series with a true latency of 9.4(?) so i should get that?
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231659
>>52040626
there's no difference, you just pick what matches the color of everything else in your computer
same thing with different brands for GPU
>>52040645
It matters for fallout 4.
