Is these 2 (memory) compatible with my intel core i5-4670?

Jiro Dimple · May 20, 2014

Is these 2 compatible with my intel core i5-4670 and my motherboard?

(my:MoBo MSI Z87-G45 GAMING SERIES)

Corsair:
Vengeance® — 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R)

G.Skill:
[RipjawsX] - 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Kit (F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL)

and can you please tell me which is better?

please help

PCJoe · May 20, 2014

They are both compatible. In my opinion you should buy the Vengeance. I own Vengeance Pro edition and I know that the Vengeance series is reliable. It overclocks well too.

Tradesman1 · May 20, 2014

The Corsair with the CL7 will be overall better than the higher freq 1866 with the CL9, and the Corsiars should be able to run at 1866 with a CL of 8 if so desired

Jiro Dimple · May 20, 2014

Tradesman1 :

you dont recommend CL9? because these 2 are CL9

Tradesman1 · May 20, 2014

The Vengeance set listed is a CL7 set

Jiro Dimple · May 20, 2014

Tradesman1 :

OOPS! my bad... i change the corsair one..can u check it again?

thanks

Tradesman1 · May 20, 2014

No worries, the one you changed to is a CL9 set, which changes my pick to take the GSkill RJ X set set, they are faster and at 1866 will have wider bandwidth for better performance

Jiro Dimple · May 21, 2014

Tradesman1 :

so G.Skill is ur choice?

Tradesman1 · May 21, 2014

I'd go GSkill, Yes

Y0GI · May 21, 2014

GSkill makes good products but for some reason, their RAM just doesn't play nice with some MSI mobos. More info here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=178019.0

In order to have a trouble free experience, I would get the Corsair memory.

Yogi

Tradesman1 · May 21, 2014

The big problem there, is MSI is so slow on the upkeep of the BIOS, no fault of the DRAM which runs fine in all the other manufacturer's mobos

Y0GI · May 21, 2014

Tradesman1 :

We could debate all day whose fault it is but that doesn't change the fact that for a trouble free experience, it is easier to just avoid combining GSkill RAM with MSI mobos.

Yogi

Tradesman1 · May 21, 2014

There is no debate, and there's no fact, yes MSI has trouble with high end DRAM and it's simple they are slow with getting the BIOSs up to snuff and have been going back to the 1156 and 1366....another thing is you are basing your response on a post from the MSI forums (which MSI isn't even active in, unless they've changed) and their primary people there on the forums are plain and simple pro Corsair.... and have been forever, your post shows them saying (and no definition of any particular set of DRAM, which is why most of the knowledgeable people here that help with DRAM want to know what DRAM), just any and all GSkill sticks, set them to 9-9-9-24 1T.......when 2T is the given standard for DRAM and stability.

Y0GI · May 21, 2014

Tradesman1 :

So, do you have a solution? You have attacked MSI, me and the MSI Forum. I know full well that GSkill is your favorite RAM supplier, but in some isolated cases, it is best to avoid them to prevent problems, especially for someone who is questioning their compatibility.

Are you suggesting that the OP just buy the GSkill RAM and then "take his chances" on compatibility with his particular mobo?

Yogi

Tradesman1 · May 21, 2014

That was asked and answered, truthfully and honestly, while I do prefer GSkill DRAM and make no bones about it the original question was which was better a Corsair 1600/7 set or a GSkill 1866/9 - my response is here - the Corsair.

Then it was changed to 1600/9 vs 1866/9 (Gskill) and I again responded the 1866/9 is the better sticks in this case (the GSkill)...(and I've had those sticks on that mobo, I may not build on MSI (my choice due to poor QC), but I get plenty of opportunities to work on them for problems, upgrades, etc.

Then let's see, you jump in claiming GSkill doesn't work well on MSI, which isn't true and isn't the fault of GSkill sticks - and point to a ridiculous suggestion from the MSI forums. To which I pointed out that MSI is slow on their BIOS updates - and that causes compatibility problems, also that the MSI forums are simply pro Corsair...

I see you have a MSI mobo, are you running the latest BIOS? If you look at your mobos BIOS updates, there are a number of them that show increase DRAM stability, and even one for RC Code update, that's a biggie, when they have a bad Memory Reference Code update, that's basically the coding where the BIOS looks at the DRAM and tries to figure out how to get the sticks set up....that is definitely a BIOS problem, you don't see it listed very often

Y0GI · May 21, 2014

Tradesman1 :

If you have personally seen this particular mobo work with the GSkill sticks that the OP is asking about - and seen them work satisfactorily - then I defer to your greater knowledge and experience and withdraw my objection to GSkill.

Tradesman1 :

I am using BIOS ver. 1.6 which is one version down from the latest ver. 1.7. I have not experienced any RAM problems with my Crucial DIMMs, but thanks for looking out for me.

Yogi

Tradesman1 · May 21, 2014

No worries

I saw the MSI mobo you have and just thought it might be a good example of what I mentioned earlier about being slow on getting BIOSs up on DRAM, it surprised me a bit to find the number of updates marked for DRAM stabilization and the RC update even more so, that's a rather radical update, one of the most important parts of the BIOS

Jiro Dimple · May 22, 2014

so your recommend corsair CL9?

Is these 2 (memory) compatible with my intel core i5-4670?

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