Kingston or G.Skill RAM?

DerpMonkey · Jan 23, 2014

Kingston HyperX beast 2400hz or G.Skill TridentX 2133\2400 hz?By the way,should I get a double kit or a single one?

nashdes001 · Jan 23, 2014

it depends on CAS, lower the better and buy 2 sticks do improve the performance

HEXiT · Jan 23, 2014

best to get a double kit 2x2 - 2x4 if your gaming up to 4x8 if your doing heavy video encoding.
as for the brand other than looks theres not a lot of difference. in performance, cas8 kingston will give exactly the same performance +/-1% as the gskill at the same relative speeds.

IRONBATMAN · Jan 23, 2014

Get a 2x4GB G.Skill RipjawsX 160MHz kit , and overclock them by yourself. But before you overclock your RAM , or get RAM higher than 1600 MHz, check your motherboard's compatibility

DerpMonkey · Jan 23, 2014

IRONBATMAN :

I'm using a Asus M5A97 motherboard.It's max RAM speed listed at Asus website is 2133hz but I wonder if I can OC it to 2400hz?

IRONBATMAN · Jan 23, 2014

I'm not an expert in overclocking, but to be safe, follow the intructions on the Asus website. 2133 MHz would most probably be safe , however, overclocking your RAM would not be as effective as overclocking your CPU and GPU

DerpMonkey · Jan 23, 2014

Sure,but I think 200++hz isn't gonna hurt my mobo.

Tradesman1 · Jan 23, 2014

It won't, but few to NO AMD CPUs can run 2133 let alone 2400, better with a good set of 1866 and can always OC them to 2133 if the CPU can handle it, look to the GSkill Snipers as your best bet

DerpMonkey · Jan 25, 2014

Tradesman1 :

What about FX8350 and FX9590?

Tradesman1 · Jan 25, 2014

Very few, and then prob about 8GBat 2133, AMD CPUs don't have very strong MCs (memory controllers)

DerpMonkey · Jan 28, 2014

Tradesman1 :

So,will OCing my cpu/mobo help?

Tradesman1 · Jan 28, 2014

It helps, yes, but still even with a good OC they have problems with faster sticks

DerpMonkey · Jan 29, 2014

Tradesman1 :

Thanks,I'll consider a 1866 or a 2133.

jranjan · Jan 29, 2014

always better to go for a double kit...

Razor88 · Jan 29, 2014

Those ram sticks are kinda expensive, get G.Skill snipers (1866 Mhz) like someone said. Or Ares if you need low profile.

dev893 · Mar 16, 2014

I would go with a dual channel G.skill Ripjaws 1600mhz kit and over clock them if money is an issue you can get a 4gb (2x2gb) for $47.99 from new egg or 8gb (2x4gb) RIPJAWS X 1600mhz for 79.99

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