I'm currently planning to upgrade my old i7 920 machine and from looking at some benchmarks it seems 32gb of 2133mhz C9 ram would be the ideal sweet spot for my new build.
In particular when I look at G-Skill and Corsair there is 2 models that meet these exact specs.
G-Skill has the TridentX 2133mhz C9 @ 9-11-11-31:
http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-2133c9q-32gtx
Corsair has the Dominator Platinum 2133mhz C9 @ 9-11-11-31:
http://www.corsair.com/en/dominator-platinum-with-corsair-link-connector-1-5v-32-gb-dual-channel-ddr3-memory-kit-cmd32gx3m4a2133c9.html
However when I look at the prices (both from the same shop) the G-Skill is only $457 while the Corsair is $643 or almost 40% more! Even looking at other shops the Corsair is always a lot more expensive.
My problem is that from reading their websites and reading about how ram works, I can't seem to find any difference between these 2 other than different brands & colours. Both packs have 4x 8GB sticks, run 2133mhz C9 @ 9-11-11-31, have cooling solutions and lifetime warranties. If anything the G-Skill looks a bit better because it only needs 1.6v to run vs the Corsair needing 1.65v.
The only thing I could think of is perhaps Corsair just has a much better cooler which makes the ram not get so hot but I can't find any benchmarks proving this theory.
So I'm kind of confused now and just can't seem to figure out what the Corsair does better which makes it worth 40% more. Do you have any ideas what the difference is between these 2 sets of RAM (other than different coloured sticks)? And more importantly, if I decided to get the cheaper G-Skill ram, am I going to miss out on anything special that I could get with the more expensive Corsair ram?
In particular when I look at G-Skill and Corsair there is 2 models that meet these exact specs.
G-Skill has the TridentX 2133mhz C9 @ 9-11-11-31:
http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-2133c9q-32gtx
Corsair has the Dominator Platinum 2133mhz C9 @ 9-11-11-31:
http://www.corsair.com/en/dominator-platinum-with-corsair-link-connector-1-5v-32-gb-dual-channel-ddr3-memory-kit-cmd32gx3m4a2133c9.html
However when I look at the prices (both from the same shop) the G-Skill is only $457 while the Corsair is $643 or almost 40% more! Even looking at other shops the Corsair is always a lot more expensive.
My problem is that from reading their websites and reading about how ram works, I can't seem to find any difference between these 2 other than different brands & colours. Both packs have 4x 8GB sticks, run 2133mhz C9 @ 9-11-11-31, have cooling solutions and lifetime warranties. If anything the G-Skill looks a bit better because it only needs 1.6v to run vs the Corsair needing 1.65v.
The only thing I could think of is perhaps Corsair just has a much better cooler which makes the ram not get so hot but I can't find any benchmarks proving this theory.
So I'm kind of confused now and just can't seem to figure out what the Corsair does better which makes it worth 40% more. Do you have any ideas what the difference is between these 2 sets of RAM (other than different coloured sticks)? And more importantly, if I decided to get the cheaper G-Skill ram, am I going to miss out on anything special that I could get with the more expensive Corsair ram?
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