GSkill Trident X 1600 MHz CL7 vs Corsair Vengeance Pro 1600 or 1866 MHz CL9?

Shad0w

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Hi,

I need to buy a memory kit for my new build (see below), and I was planning to get a Corsair 2x8 GB Vengeance Pro kit at 1600 MHz or 1866 MHz CL9 (http://www.corsair.com/us/memory-by-product-family/vengeance-pro-series-memory/vengeance-pro-series-16gb-2-x-8gb-ddr3-dram-1600mhz-c9-memory-kit-cmy16gx3m2a1600c9r.html).

Though I see that G.Skill TridentX is recommended often for the Maximus Hero motherboard, but I think I prefer to run at 1.5V, so I was considering to buy the Trident X F3-1600C7-16GTX kit (http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-1600c7d-16gtx).

Do you think this CL7 kit would be a better idea than Vengeance Pro (CL9) in either 1600 or 1866 MHz?

I'm just looking for something reliable and stable, and I won't be doing any overclocking to begin with.

Thanks :)

My PC contains the following stuff: i7-4770k, Asus Maximus VI Hero, Corsair AX860, H100i and 750D case, Gigabyte 780 Ti OC, Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB and WD Blue 1 TB.
 

Shad0w

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Thanks :)

What if the choice is only between the 1600 MHz kits?

I would then just run at standard 1600 MHz speed with the XMP profile, without any OC (which I don't plan on doing to begin with) - then I could always later look into some OC :)