Which Ram is better?

chachee99-1390505 · Sep 21, 2013

I am building a computer and found two different kinds of ram, Which ram is better?
I will be using an amd fx pile driver cpu and either a Asus M5a99x Evo Rev. 2.0 or Asus M5a99fx Pro

Adata xpg ddr 3 2133 4gb x2
http://www.amazon.com/ADATA-Gaming-240-Pin-Desktop-AX3U2133XW4G10-2X/dp/B00BUD2C84

G skill Ares ddr3 1600 4gbx2
http://www.amazon.com/G-SKILL-240-Pin-Desktop-Memory-F3-1600C9D-8GAB/dp/B007AJY0ZA/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1379736591&sr=1-7&keywords=g+skill+ddr3+1600

Tradesman1 · Sep 21, 2013

Very few AMD CPUs can run 2133, the 8350 has the best chance, and that can be iffy, so between the two, I'd go with the GSkill

chachee99-1390505 · Sep 21, 2013

So an fx 6300 or fx 8320 does not support 2133 mhz ram? I thought the motherboard determined the type of ram what kind would be supported.

Tradesman1 · Sep 21, 2013

No, the motherboard can support the fastest DRAM made, but the CPU has to be able to carry it, (actually the MC (memory controller) in the CPU) and AMD has weak MCs, they are generally 'optimized' for but 2 sticks, and after that the freq that can be carried drops, see here:

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/ddr3memoryfrequencyguide.aspx

Zaoldyeck216 · Sep 21, 2013

Go with the G skill.
You don't really need that 2133.

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