8gb ddr3 1333 CL9 VS 8gb ddr3 1600 CL11 ?

oliver max

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I have seen a lot of benchmark regarding ddr3 RAMs, but they are seldom the RAMs that are most common. It's always a comparison of enthusiast's RAMs. However, I am a normal user.

The two most common RAMs that are available to me (and cheap) are ddr3 1333 CL9 and ddr3 1600 CL11 (value rams). I have some questions:

1. Is the ddr3 CL11 1600 noticeably faster than ddr3 CL9 1333?
2. For the same amount of money, I can get 32 gb ddr3 1333 or 16 gb ddr3 1600. In this case should I go for amount of RAM or speed? In fact going for 32 gb RAM ddr3 1333 costs less for me.

What are your opinions? Don't ask why I'm getting 32 gb. Let's just say because I can. I am using Xeon E3 1245V3, a GA-Z87X-D3H mobo and an Asus GTX 780. I am not an overclocker.
 
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Since your getting a good deal on the RAM. I'd just get the 8gb 1333 and buy another 8gb 1333. The difference between the 1333 CL9 vs 1600 CL11 isn't much less than 1%, in my opinion.

oliver max

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Because someone is selling me a 8gb 1333 new at a very cheap price. And it may seem silly, but it has been 10 years since I bought a new PC and I intend to max it out if I can.

On usage, I run multiple programs at the same time. I usually have 200 chrome tabs and another 100 firefox tabs whilst a game is running on the background.

It is silly I know, but I seldom indulge in such gratification. I have saved some money and I thought, why not treat myself this one time. Besides, I won't be upgrading in at least 5 years.