Help choosing faster ram

gasolin

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I have gotten a good offer on my 2x4gb kingston hyper x blue 1600mhz ram and therefore i am gonna buy some faster ram.

Know many people say faster ram might not be noticeable, but i want to try faster ram.

I have looked at these ram http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-2400c10d-8gtx that only costs 86 €,118$ (denmark) and there are faster and cl is almost the same as my kingston

I have a i5 3570k oc'ed to 4.2 ghz that gives me good temperatures with my thermal right true spirit 140 and a Msi thunderbolt mb that is supported by the ram.

Would you recommend me these g-skill ram or som other ram at a max price of under 90€ 120$, mabye 2133mhz cl 8 ram? (i live in denmark so it has to be able to be shipped to denmark)

Want fast 2x4 gb ram that are good for games and everday use, i don't need 16 gb ram

If i need to oc my cpu more to benefit from ram like the g-skill 2400 cl 10 ram i would comnsider doing that as long as my temperatures are under 70 celsius doing prime95 (they are atm 59-61 celsius)
 

Nuclear101

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G. Skill Trident X's are one of the best RAM sticks out there. I would highly recommend that or Corsair Vengeance Pro's. I will, however, recommend getting DDR3-1866 or 2133MHz CAS 9 instead of CAS 10, as tests have shown that CAS is becoming more important the faster the RAM is.
 

Tradesman1

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The RJ X 1866/8 is a very good set, roughly equivalent to a 2133/9 set, won't see many sets at 2133/8 - as freqs go up so does CL (CAS) - for performance DRAM look to

1600/7 1866/8 2133/9 2400/10 2666/11 each step up is and increase in performance/bandwidth
 

gasolin

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Trident x 2400 do make a cl 9 version (a bit to expensive for my budget) but if i look at qvl my msi thunderbolt Z77 is not supported (or tested) http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-2400c9d-8gtxd

Faster (mhz) ram do look like they have a slightly higher performance then 1600-1866mhz so i more likely to wanna go for the trident x 2400mhz cl 10 ram (also the cheapest)

Any ghz i would benefit oc to (i5 3570k 4.2ghz on all cores, no turbo) using trident x 2400mhz ram?
 

gasolin

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It's a I5 3570k