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Leadbelly78

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I'm trying to find the best type of memory for gaming. I don't plan on doing much more than gaming so I don't if that matters too much.

Here are the top four that I've heard are great.

1. G.Skill Ripjaws
2. Crucial Ballistix
3. Corsair Vengeance
4. Kingston HyperX and Final Thoughts
 
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Tradesman1
I'd never say NO to Tridents, they have been my #1 DRAM for over 2 years now, have them in all my primary rigs...however overall you'll see less of a gain overall from a faster set of sticks that from a better GPU or an SSD - in particular for gaming - a better GPU, gaming and overall computing an SSD, then DRAM
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It doesn't depends on brand, more speed and latency, any RAM, whether it's from kingston,corsair, or crucial, that have a speed of 1866mhz at cl9, is the sweet spot for gaming, if there was any 'config' that's best for gaming, that is it, so pick the cheapest RAM that offers it
 
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gskill aries ram is newer ram. they also make 1.2v ddr 3 ram. for number 3 look at here low profile ram if your looking for good combo. most of today ram there only 4 vendors that make the modular s for the ram. it the vendor warratees and there customer service that you need too look at and not at names. some of the bad vendors make you fax in a rma and you have to wait days for them to give you an rma. the better vendors have almost no question ask rma.
 
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Uh yeah!, rather overpriced, if going 2400/10 the Tridents are $100 less and better/stronger sticks......but back to the question - what mobo and CPU are you running, no sense in anybody suggesting something that won't even run w/ your hardware ;)
 
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I already have the following.
ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO DDR3 2800 LGA 1150 Motherboard socket for 4th Generation Intel Core i7
Intel Core i7-4770K Quad-Core Desktop Processor (3.5 GHz, 8 MB Cache)
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800)

Stupid mistake by me, not mentioning the system specs.


 
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Tradesman1

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What you have is fine (the Hero/4770K is a great combo ;) , mine in sig), jumping to 1866/2133 even 2400 will add a few FPS in gaming, but doubt if it would really justify the cost...Might put the money away towards a SSD, better GPU or something of the like ;)
 
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Leadbelly78

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I already have a EVGA GeForce GTX760 SuperClocked w/EVGA ACX Cooler 2GB GDDR5 256bit,
Dual-Link DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI,DP, SLI Ready Graphics Card.

I'm still trying to find the best SSD.
 
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Leadbelly78

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So people think I should go with g.skill trident-x ram or trident.
And you Tradesman1 think I should go with the Samsung 840 Pro SSD.
My current HD doesn't boot up as fast as I'd like it to.
 
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I'd never say NO to Tridents, they have been my #1 DRAM for over 2 years now, have them in all my primary rigs...however overall you'll see less of a gain overall from a faster set of sticks that from a better GPU or an SSD - in particular for gaming - a better GPU, gaming and overall computing an SSD, then DRAM
 
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