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Need different DDR3 RAM options for custom builds - Experts chime in?

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July 3, 2014 4:15:42 PM

Sorry this is a kind of open-ended question, but I'm looking for something like budget, mainstream and ultimate DDR3 ram choices for offering to customers for custom builds.

Probably will want to offer 2GB, 4GB and 8GB module choices in 2x, 4x and 6x set configurations. Great stock CAS settings (overclocking CAS settings is not my specialty) and good overclocking headroom.

Something like... Brand A, Model B, line is a good budget brand, while Brand C, Model D is a good midrange tradeoff and Brand E, Model F is the best overclocking ram for the cash.

Or just recommendations of a particular set of ram you've used, whether budget, midrange or performance.

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July 3, 2014 4:30:22 PM

Extreme High End Builds - Mushkin Redline DDR3 2400 w/ 10-12-12-28 timings (4 x 8GB)

Small premium ($10 - $15 a stick) over 1600 / 1866 / 2133
Hynix Modules
Both Low profile and taller versions available
Made in USA
Lifetime warranty
Solid support
Takes voltages up to 1.9 and higher
Cost ramps up quickly after 2400
Everybody else's timings are at best 10-12-12-31

High End Builds - Mushkin Redline DDR3 2400 w/ 10-12-12-28 timings (2 x 8GB)

As above

Mid-Level Builds - DDR3 1866 / 2133 w/ CAS 9 (2 x 8GB)

1866 and 2133 oft same price as 1600 so why not.
Vendor prices change day to day so best vendor on Monday can be topped on Wednesday
Mushkin Redline or Blackline / Corsair Venegeance or Vengeance Pro / Gskill Ripjaws or Trident

Budget Builds - DDR3 1866 / 2133 w/ CAS 9 (2 x 4GB)

As above




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July 3, 2014 4:52:21 PM

Nice Jack... thanks for the input.

What does "Hynix modules" mean? When I search for that in Google/on Amazon, nothing comes up.
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July 3, 2014 5:53:53 PM

Option 1: DDR3 RAM, that is the cheapest out there.
For example, I searched NewEgg for "2x4GB DDR3" and sorted from lowest price to highest price, and got this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=E...

Option 2: Brand-name low-latency version for more money.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=E...

2133MHz with CAS 9 is 60% faster than the 1333MHz with CAS 9.

Either way, put it in in pairs (for dual-channel memory systems)

Either way, the customer still picks what amount of RAM to install.
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July 3, 2014 6:12:43 PM

Cogitation said:
Nice Jack... thanks for the input.

What does "Hynix modules" mean? When I search for that in Google/on Amazon, nothing comes up.


Like most everything in the PC World, who actually made it does not appear on the label. Corsair doesn't make PSU's or memory. Nobody you likely ever heard of (except Asus and MSI) actually makes a laptop.

Hynix is the premier high performance supplier of memory modules. ..... think Porsche of the memory world :) 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hynix

You most see Hynix mentioned mostly with regard GFX cards .... typically when someone takes off the cooler and gets PO'd because they found out it was Elpida and not Hynix.....

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_780_Ti_Gamin...

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The GDDR5 memory chips are made by SK Hynix and carry the model number H5GQ2H24AFR-R2C. They are specified to run at 1750 MHz (7000 MHz GDDR5 effective).


http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_780_TF_Gamin...

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The GDDR5 memory chips are made by Samsung and carry the model number K4G20325FD-FC03. They are specified to run at 1500 MHz (6000 MHz GDDR5 effective).


In RAM, what you will often see is that upon release, a manufacturer will use Hynix .... and get great reviews. Then some time down the road they switch to a cheaper vendor. Corsair recently did this with their Vengeance Pro line.

For hi end builds.... "It's Hynix or the Highway" :) 

All the brand name basically gets you the aesthetics and the support, the module vendor is what determines performance. Cambell's Soup doesn't taste any better whether ya buy it from A&P, Walmart, Walbaums or Stop and Shop.

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July 3, 2014 6:34:01 PM

For high end, high performance DRAM on the Intel platform, regardless of freq a client wants I look first to GSkill Tridents they range from 1600/7 up through 3000/12, in the say med/high area look at the GSkilll Snipers or the RJs (either X or Z) and lower end the GSkill Ares which are still strong sticks that can OC and I look to for low/med upgrades
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