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Clement Wong

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i have a stick of crucial 1x8gb ram, 11-11-11-28 latency, 1600mhz should i get more ram? if so, should i get some ordinary ram or invest in something more expensive like gskill or corsair?
 
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Corsair memory from my experience which seems to be shared by many has a high failure rate, i know someone who had 8 sticks of Corsair Dominator platinum which is their highest most expensive line, 3 of which were defective, so i would question quality control.

Although G.Skill's move to Single-sided high density ICs these days, due to maybe IC availability or cost savings is not something positive, they run slow and have almost zero overclocking headroom unless you get very lucky ..

If you can get your hands on the double-sided G.Skill kits then they are the best .. but i doubt you could find any these days ..

If cost and not performance are your primary objective then i would go with Price, Looks and memory profile if you...
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Tradesman1

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8 GB will suffice for many, though I'd prefer something better, 1600/9 is basically entry level, so 1600/11 is closer performance wise to like 1333/10 sticks which is slow...also be better off at 8GB with a 2x4GB set which allows for dual channel operations which can provide up to a 10-15% performance boost over a single stick
 
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Tradesman1

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Lower is better, which is why I said 1600 CL 9 is considered entry level, few use 1333 (slower freq) these days...With DRAM you want higher freq and low CL....higher performance 1600 sticks will have a CL of 7 or 8...........the CL tells how many cycles it takes to perform and action and the freq basically gives an indication of hor much DRAM is processed in each of those time periods
 
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Corsair memory from my experience which seems to be shared by many has a high failure rate, i know someone who had 8 sticks of Corsair Dominator platinum which is their highest most expensive line, 3 of which were defective, so i would question quality control.

Although G.Skill's move to Single-sided high density ICs these days, due to maybe IC availability or cost savings is not something positive, they run slow and have almost zero overclocking headroom unless you get very lucky ..

If you can get your hands on the double-sided G.Skill kits then they are the best .. but i doubt you could find any these days ..

If cost and not performance are your primary objective then i would go with Price, Looks and memory profile if you need shorter sticks to fit under your CPU cooler ..

Note that the lower-end Corsair come with only 10 years warranty while G.Skill has life-time warranty, however the usefulness of warranty beyond 10 years is questionable, this is something to keep in mind
 
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