need to choose from 2 memory types

younes-ea · Mar 21, 2014

Hello guys,

I want to ask about what is better for a gaming build the Crucial balistic tactical 1600mhz or the
Kingston HyperX Beast 2400 mhz the are all 8 gb but the kingston is 1.65 V will it rrun with a FX 8320 and a asrock fatal1ty 990fx killer motherboard?
Thanks for reading

Regards,

geofelt · Mar 21, 2014

The FX chips need fast ram to run well. The 2400 sticks are likely best.
But...
You want documented ram compatibility. If you should ever have a problem, you want supported ram.
Otherwise, you risk a finger pointing battle between the ram and motherboard support sites, claiming "not my problem".
One place to check is your motherboards web site.
Look for the ram QVL list. It lists all of the ram kits that have been tested with that particular motherboard.
Sometimes the QVL list is not updated after the motherboard is released.
For more current info, go to a ram vendor's web site and access their ram selection configurator.
Enter your motherboard, and you will get a list of compatible ram kits.
While today's motherboards are more tolerant of different ram, it makes sense to buy ram that is known to work and is supported.

Muku · Mar 21, 2014

Crucial 1600 MHz should be more than enough. 2400 MHz may look good on paper but in reality it doesn't perform better than 1600 MHz in games.

Check this video out and you will understand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWgzA2C61z4

younes-ea · Mar 21, 2014

Uhmm the kingston is only 4 euro more ! and i have 14days to test and i can return it if i want!

so what should i do?
Thanks for the replies btw
And i'll look up at the asrock website

Tradesman1 · Mar 21, 2014

I'd look for 1866/9 sets, contrary to the above, the FX CPUs don''t like fast DRAM, they pretty much max out at a pair of 1866 sticks, think above they are thing the AMD APUs (not CPUs, the 8320 is a CPU), have seen very few 8350s that can even run2133, let alone 2400. The GSkill Snipers and Ripjaws X are very good on AMD rigs, agian would look to 1866/9 or drop to 1600/9

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/ddr3memoryfrequencyguide.aspx

Muku · Mar 22, 2014

Agree with Tradesman1, get either 1866 CAS 9 or 1600 CAS 9. You can also try 1600 CAS 8, which is better than 1600/9

younes-ea · Mar 22, 2014

I know i should get a 1866 but those are more expensife the those i i was thinking to downclock them to 2000 and run at a low cas
So should i spen more and get a 1600 or not?

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