DDR3 1600 or 2400

srbird · Nov 5, 2013

My question concerns RAM-am building my 1st pc and want the best, however I don't want to waste money. So will it benefit me to use RAM greater than 1600. I will use a i7 4770K w/ ASUS Deluxe board. I am going to start w/ 16gb of DDR3 and see the common number seems to be 1600. I have no problem paying more if it will improve performance. I am new at this so advice is much appreciated.

ACTechy · Nov 5, 2013

Don't worry about speeds too much. Get the best priced kit you can, speed doesn't make a difference at this point, until DDR4 comes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWgzA2C61z4

Swordkd · Nov 5, 2013

It will improve performance, but you will only see it in benchmarks and not from your actual experience. There are sometimes 2133mhz sets that are about the same price as ddr3 1600. Make sure you get a low CAS latency though. 16gb sets are different though, I show even a bump up to 1866 being 20 dollars more, and 2133 is 30 dollars more. All CAS 9 though, so it's up to you.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c9d16gxm blue 1600mhz set
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31866c9d16gsr Black 1866mhz set
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f32133c9d16gxh black 2133mhz set

Tradesman1 · Nov 6, 2013

Haswell scales well to higher freq DRAM so it's well worth it depending on what you do, for gaming I suggest 1866/2133 w/ the Intel K model CPUs, for other, especially imaging, video, CAD, running VMs, heavy multi-tasking then 2133/2400 and YES you will see it in actual use if you actually use your rig, not much from gaming, up to a couple FPS, but once you start multi-tasking and using memory centric apps is where it shines

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