For Gaming: i7-4790 and Asus Maximus Extreme VI (maybe VII soon)? Best Memory help!

ebaydan777 · Jun 20, 2014

Hey everyone

My basic specs are in the title. I am looking to pick up 16gb worth of Ram, and I am not sure if I should go with 1600, or something higher with my setup being what it is...Or am I just wasting my money, when it comes to gaming?

And second, what is the best brand, I was looking at the corsair vengeance, g.skill etc...whats my best bet?

NBSN · Jun 20, 2014

I prefer Corsair Vengeance Pro 1866MHz (it is what I have in my build). But there are other brands that are just as good.

i7Baby · Jun 20, 2014

You should get the i7 4790 K to go with the Maxiumus mobo.

Ram - any eg GSkill cl 9, 1.5V, 1866 ram is good. For gaming, 8gb is ample.

EasyLover · Jun 20, 2014

With this kind of setup, you'll be benefited with high speed RAMs:

Buy G.Skill or Corsair series RAMs. Here are some recommendations for you:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f32400c11d16gsr
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f32400c11d16gxm
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f32400c10d16gtx

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmy16gx3m2a2400c11r
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmd16gx3m2a2400c10

ebaydan777 · Jun 20, 2014

everything i see on pcpartpicker is 1600, is there a big advantage of going 1866?

EasyLover · Jun 20, 2014

In terms of speed yes. Haswell can work great with high speed RAMs otherwise you can safely stick with 1600MHz. No issue there.

ebaydan777 · Jun 20, 2014

i found a 1866 vengence for only $5 more than the 1600...should I even go higher than 1866 or is that overkill?

i7Baby · Jun 20, 2014

1866 is at the sweet price of $/MHz now. Go with the 1866

EasyLover · Jun 20, 2014

ebaydan777 :

with such marginal difference pl buy 1866MHz RAM. Pl do check its voltage (Should be 1.5) and CAS Latency (Should be 9-10)

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