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Hello everyone,

Looking around for components for a near-future Haswell build and have a RAM question for you guys.

Looking at RAM, I found it is cheaper to buy 2 individual 8GB sticks ($133.98) than to buy the exact same 16GB kit ($145.99). Any advantage/disadvantage over the other other than one being cheaper? Which would you go for?

I really appreciate your time!
 
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Chances are they might work together, since it's 1600, what are you planning to put them in, the 1.35 sticks are sort of experimental, Crucial and many others are sort of testing lower voltage DRAM in Prep for DDR4 which will run at lower voltages - will want to check and make sure your mobo and CPU can run low voltage DRAM, or easier would be to look for a 1.5 set
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Always go with a set, that way the sticks are tested to work together and XMP will work (if 1600 or better) - XMP is programmed by the packaged set - with individual sticks no guarantee any 2 or more will play together - which is why they sell sets and why a set is a little more expensive
 
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Thanks for your quick response! I was thinking the kit had the advantage.

Anyway, here is the RAM I am looking at
2 individual sticks @ 8GB each
The 16GB kit

You see the price of each in my original post. Reason I asked was because the 16GB is out of stock.

Again, thanks for your input!
 
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Chances are they might work together, since it's 1600, what are you planning to put them in, the 1.35 sticks are sort of experimental, Crucial and many others are sort of testing lower voltage DRAM in Prep for DDR4 which will run at lower voltages - will want to check and make sure your mobo and CPU can run low voltage DRAM, or easier would be to look for a 1.5 set
 
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Just doing some early research for an i7 Haswell build, so I am not sure what motherboard I will decide on, but have been looking at a few different boards. My God, there are a so many out there to choose from. However, I will be sure the mobo is compatible with 1.35v RAM. By the way, I think the RAM will switch to 1.5v if the mobo isn't compatible.

I am planning to build a powerful PC, yet I would like to use as many energy efficient components (RAM, PSU, MOBO) as possible. Hey, why not?

Anyway, I do not plan on overclocking anything - at least not until the build starts to show it's age. Hell, I am still able to play Battlefield 3 on a core 2 duo, 4 Gigs of RAM and NVIDIA 8800 GTX! No kidding! Of course not on very high settings, but it still looks pretty darn good.
 
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