What RAM? (Crucial vs G.Skill)

i would pick the cheaper one. timings dont matter enough anymore for me to dish out extra money for better. it will be with in 2%. you will never notice that you have the better one so why pay more for it.

The only difference you will see between those two sets will be slightly higher marks in synthetic benchmarks for memory bandwidth, but even then it will be miniscule at best. Save the $6 and get the Ares, especially if the heatsinks are a lower profile.

my Crucial BallistiX Elite is 9.9.9.27 where are you getting the 24 from ?. (copy from speccy)

Memory slots
Total memory slots 4
Used memory slots 2
Free memory slots 2
Memory
Type DDR3
Size 16384 MBytes
Channels # Dual
DRAM Frequency 937.6 MHz
CAS# Latency (CL) 9 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 9 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 9 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 27 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 47 clocks
Physical Memory
Memory Usage 18 %
Total Physical 16 GB
Available Physical 13 GB
Total Virtual 18 GB
Available Virtual 16 GB
SPD
Number Of SPD Modules 2
Slot #1
Slot #2

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Crucial has numerous models of DRAM that will run at different timings

@ Tradesman1
as ville525 stated at the top of the page.

Crucial BallistiX Elite 1866MHz. sorry for being a noob but i need get my head around this now. my motherboard is a 970A-DS3P. and my ram is Type x2 DDR3
Size 8192 MBytes
Manufacturer Crucial Technology
Max Bandwidth PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
Part Number BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0.
Serial Number 2819324817
SPD Ext. XMP

but all i can find on amazon is.
https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Ballistix-PC3-14900-240-Pin-BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0/dp/B006YG9CU8?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

so my ram is pc3 12800 but it is showing as PC3-10700. (baffled). o0

RAM
Memory slots
Total memory slots 4
Used memory slots 2
Free memory slots 2
Memory
Type DDR3
Size 16384 MBytes
Channels # Dual
CAS# Latency (CL) 9 clocks
RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) 9 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP) 9 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS) 27 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 47 clocks
Physical Memory
Memory Usage 15 %
Total Physical 16 GB
Available Physical 13 GB
Total Virtual 18 GB
Available Virtual 16 GB
SPD
Number Of SPD Modules 2
Slot #1
Type DDR3
Size 8192 MBytes
Manufacturer Crucial Technology
Max Bandwidth PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
Part Number BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0.
Serial Number 2819324817
SPD Ext. XMP
Timing table
Frequency CAS# Latency RAS# To CAS# RAS# Precharge tRAS tRC Voltage
JEDEC #1 457.1 MHz 6.0 6 6 17 23 1.500 V
JEDEC #2 533.3 MHz 7.0 7 7 20 27 1.500 V
JEDEC #3 609.5 MHz 8.0 8 8 22 30 1.500 V
JEDEC #4 666.7 MHz 9.0 9 9 24 33 1.500 V
XMP-1866 933 MHz 9.0 9 9 27 1.500 V
Slot #2
Type DDR3
Size 8192 MBytes
Manufacturer Crucial Technology
Max Bandwidth PC3-10700 (667 MHz)
Part Number BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0.
Serial Number 2753055222
SPD Ext. XMP
Timing table
Frequency CAS# Latency RAS# To CAS# RAS# Precharge tRAS tRC Voltage
JEDEC #1 457.1 MHz 6.0 6 6 17 23 1.500 V
JEDEC #2 533.3 MHz 7.0 7 7 20 27 1.500 V
JEDEC #3 609.5 MHz 8.0 8 8 22 30 1.500 V
JEDEC #4 666.7 MHz 9.0 9 9 24 33 1.500 V
XMP-1866 933 MHz 9.0 9 9 27 1.500 V

Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd.
Model 970A-DS3P (CPU 1)
Version x.x
Chipset Vendor AMD
Chipset Model RD9x0
Chipset Revision 02
Southbridge Vendor AMD
Southbridge Model SB910/950
Southbridge Revision 40
System Temperature 35 °C
BIOS
Brand American Megatrends Inc.
Version F2j
Date 12/29/2014
Voltage
CPU CORE 0.900 V
DRAM 1.464 V
+5V 4.950 V
+12V 12.024 V
VIN4 1.968 V
VIN5 1.176 V
VIN6 2.220 V
VIN7 1.632 V
CMOS BATTERY 1.632 V
PCI Data
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage In Use
Data lanes x16
Slot Designation J6B2
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 0
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage In Use
Data lanes x1
Slot Designation J6B1
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 1
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage In Use
Data lanes x8
Slot Designation J6D1
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 2
Slot PCI-E
Slot Type PCI-E
Slot Usage In Use
Data lanes x16
Slot Designation J7B1
Characteristics 3.3V, Shared, PME
Slot Number 3

Lol it doesn't matter, just get the cheapest one it won't perform the FPS at all.

It's showing the mobo default on the DRAM, get the free app, CPU-Z and look in the memory tab it will show the true freq you are running and take that times 2 to get your data rate since it's DDR (DOUBLE data rate)

@ Tradesman1
937.6 at average but some times it shows 942.2 and i get the double data rate e.g 937.6 x2 = 1875.2 (not the stated 1866mhz). but this still gives me no clue to why my motherboard handles pc3 12800 ram but the pc3 12800 Crucial BallistiX Elite is showing as PC3-10700 with the bios set to xmp.

10700 is the mobo BIOS default so it shows it (prob also the default in the SPD of the DRAM -look in the SPD tab), it's simply showing a default spec/setting not what you are running