Hi i know someone selling never been used 1866 memory at cheaper than it would be to buy new 1600, both corsair vengeance. I know my z77 is made for 1600 so my question is really is, does it make a difference or harm anything to run higher memory that defaults back to 1600, or is there any reason to not go for the higher speed memory that i can get cheaper.
1600 or 1866
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slomo4sho
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You have to consider that you are buying used vs new. With that said, high clock memory is a better if the around the same price and your motherboard actually supports the higher frequencies. Most Z77 chip-set boards allow you to overclock to 1866 so you should be able to configure the ram to run at 1866 with simple bios adjustments.
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 is currently $50 at newegg.
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 is currently $50 at newegg.
Im from south africa so the newegg prices dont really affect me haha. I have the msi mpower mobo so im sure it would all work just want to make sure. the 1866 hasnt been used and is cheaper than i can buy new ram since he wants to get rid of it. So since its cheaper and there are no adverse affects i will just buy the higher speed ram.
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I am not sure where you are getting this information:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6372/memory-performance-16gb-ddr31333-to-ddr32400-on-ivy-bridge-igp-with-gskill/14
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actually after reading the link u gave, the different for each ram speed after 12800 are bellow 2 fps....
the improvement is minimal, for budget build it's fine to stick with 12800...
for buying used goods, an extra careful is needed. make sure u tested it before pay it or buy only from trusted seller...
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I admit, there isn't much testing out there on high end card performance and memory speeds. How about this data with a GTX 680?
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Sadly they do mostly seem to be for integrated, but their testing method isn't credible enough for me, I've tested various setting on a few of my computers and have seen practically no better results for 1600 vs 1866 for gaming with a dedicated card.
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If you needed to go all the way to 200fps to actually notice something on a graph then I think that shows that faster ram doesnt benefit.
Lets scale those graphs down a bit. So if your getting 50 fps average on todays triple A title games, you might benefit from an extra frame by buying more expensive ram.
Lets scale those graphs down a bit. So if your getting 50 fps average on todays triple A title games, you might benefit from an extra frame by buying more expensive ram.
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