Which set of RAM should i get? Kingston or Corsair?

Janny1993UK · May 25, 2013

Hello. I want to ask what RAM would be best? I have a Asrock Z77 Pro4-m Motherboard and I5-3570k. I have budget of around £50 and wanting to buy 8gb now and another 8gb in a month or so.

Also i will be buying Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler as I'm wanting to upgrade from stock cooler so hopefully that won't get in the way of the RAM.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310670064457 (kingston)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310657782738 (corsair)

I think both are unbuffered non-ecc ram as i will be mainly using them for gaming so i am wanting best i could get for about £50. Any suggestions?

I'm looking for 2x4gb unbuffered/non-ecc.

Sakkura · May 25, 2013

The Corsair kit is rated at 1.5V whereas the Kingston kit is rated at 1.65V. So that's an advantage in favor of Corsair. Both kits are low-profile, so they won't get in the way of the cooler. Just install the memory before the cooler.

Janny1993UK · May 25, 2013

Sakkura :

Okay thanks. There's a few more in the link below. So would corsair still be the best to go for?

http://www.cclonline.com/category/408/PC-Components/Memory/Desktop-Memory/attributeslist/1078004/

jpoos · May 25, 2013

i'd personally go with corsair, but be warned about that ebay retailer selling it - they use yodel for delivery. if you've never heard of them google it for all sorts of endless hatred.

Janny1993UK · May 25, 2013

jpoos :

Ah yeah i've heard of them. I may end up just buying from cclonline website

cin19 · May 25, 2013

Get the 8GB corsair.
Because you want the other later, so you are better get the single 8 RAM now and get other for the dual mode.

Sakkura · May 25, 2013

Janny1993UK :

Sakkura :

Okay thanks. There's a few more in the link below. So would corsair still be the best to go for?

http://www.cclonline.com/category/408/PC-Components/Memory/Desktop-Memory/attributeslist/1078004/

You could consider this Crucial Ballistix Sport kit too.

Janny1993UK · May 25, 2013

cin19 :

wouldn't 4x4gb be better? or just 2x8gb?

Janny1993UK · May 25, 2013

Sakkura :

Janny1993UK :

You could consider this Crucial Ballistix Sport kit too.

Well whichever is the best

so thats why i am looking for answers

Sakkura · May 25, 2013

Janny1993UK :

Theoretically, 4x4GB and 2x8GB are equally good. In practice, 2x8 is a bit better. Less chance of a faulty stick, and it's easier for the memory controller with 2 sticks than 4.

But in the meantime, 1x8GB is going to be a lot slower than 2x4GB.

Sakkura · May 25, 2013

Janny1993UK :

Well, I think they're about equally good. Pick whatever looks shinier.

Or maybe the vendor you prefer. I guess cclonline is better than ebay + yodel.

Janny1993UK · May 25, 2013

Sakkura :

haha yeah

plus i could pick them up from ccl if i wanted. Okay so my choice is 2x8gb. (1x8gb now then another later) what would be a good one to get since im choosing 8gb. Link below shows all 8gb ones.

http://www.cclonline.com/search/?q=1x8gb

Sakkura · May 25, 2013

Hmm, in that case...

There's this Kingston DDR3-1600 CL10, or this Kingston DDR3-1600 CL9. The latter is just very slightly faster, but costs a few pounds more.

Janny1993UK · May 25, 2013

Sakkura :

Okay thanks everyone

i guess i will be getting 1x8gb CL9 HyperX (£56) got to wait till monday

oh well this 4gb of ram will do until then (1 of them is faulty but still works so thats why i want them replacing)

beraglia · Aug 17, 2013

For what it's worth, I just had an 8GB stick of Crucial Ballistix Sport go bad on my new build. I was here researching better replacement.

Sakkura :

Janny1993UK :

You could consider this Crucial Ballistix Sport kit too.

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