Chosing the right RAM for me (?)

Tony FahlerZ · Jun 14, 2013

I am building a computer, but I don't want to rush and buy shiny things without having some kind of knowlegde, I know a lot but I'd like to know more about overclocking RAM and voltage.

I've been thinking 1600mhz RAM, I can find both 1.5V and 1.35V versions of 2x8GB and I wonder if there is any difference with quality and ability to overclock, links:

http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/KHX16LC10X3K2%2F16X
http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/CMY16GX3M2A1866C9R

I know these are from a foreign site, but the info is readable for anyone.

Thanks in advance! And feel free to post links on better memory and stuff if you find the urge to hit me in the head with the dumb-bat.

Someone Somewhere · Jun 14, 2013

Barely anyone needs 16GB of RAM. You'll also find there's very little advantage to going over DDR3-1600.

I'd go for this: http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

Low voltage stuff generally overclocks better. I wouldn't run Intel chips above 1.5V though - it can harm the IMC long term.

06yfz450ridr · Jun 14, 2013

get come corsair vengeance youll be very happy also you wont need 16gb get 2x4gb and save some money, im not even using a paging file and i dont use more than half of my available ram with dual displays and while gaming

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233170 cant believe its 80 bucks now i got a steal of 45 and free shipping on a daily deal

Someone Somewhere · Jun 14, 2013

You might have trouble shipping that...

There's very little difference between brands, so my normal pick is the cheapest 2x4GB DDR3-1600 CL9 (or lower) 1.5V (or lower), ideally without a ridiculously large heat spreader.

Tradesman1 · Jun 14, 2013

What do YOU do with your system? It's fine for others to say 4 or 8 is plenty, but you need to decide based on what you do. If you use a lot of browsers windows, multi-task, work with images, video, CAD, anything with large data sets, 4 or 8 GB can bottleneck the system and you'll find it writing to and pulling from the page file all the time. Today 6-8GB is considered entry level, prob about a year or so down the road 16GB may well be entry level, just as 4 was about a year ago.....Since DRAM is cheap, programmers are making apps more memory centric

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