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September 11, 2014 12:05:58 AM

Hi guys!
I've currently been looking out for some new memory for my desktop gaming computer. But im not sure which memory i should be buying because i dont know so much about it and what would fit best and be fastest. I have a motherboard MSI Global P55-CD53 (http://www.msi.com/product/mb/P55CD53.html#hero-specifi...) and so far i have come to the conclusion that it should be DDR3 RAM, it can maximum hold up to 16 GB of RAM. Currently i have 4 GB ram so i dont know if i should get 8 GB or 16 GB.
I've been looking at some Corsair Vengence blue series.

So my question is basically should i buy 8 or 16 GB memory and can you recommend any brands or specific memory?

Feel free to ask me any questions if i forgot some information!

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September 11, 2014 12:16:33 AM

8GB will be more than plenty. you will never even use that much.

the best brands are Kingston, crucial, g.skill. in no particular order. Corsair use to be good but now they are crap.
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September 11, 2014 2:18:36 AM

terroralpha said:
if you want extreme speed, get this set: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

if you want to save as much money as possible, this set is really fast too, but $10 cheaper: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


i use to have 2 sets of corsair vengeance.. they were trash. it took me a grand total of 3 RMAs directly with Corsair to get working memory. they have zero quality control.


So the top one would fit in with my motherboard P55-CD53? If so im going to buy that one!
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September 11, 2014 9:01:49 AM

yep. just enable XMP in the BIOS and you will be good to go.
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September 11, 2014 2:11:07 PM

May want to rethink those choices - the mobo doesn't support 2400 sticks, and with a P55 mobo you'll need a very good OC to run 1866 or 2133 stick....next the Fury set, these don't operate on XMP - they are PnP based (no XMP profile) and the P55 isn't a supported chipset. Would suggest the Snipers in 1600/9

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Could also look at the GSkill Ripjaws X sets in 1600/9

Here's the data sheet on the Fury line - showing the P67 as the entry chipset (these sticks use high density memory chips)

http://www.kingston.com/us/hyperx/memory/fury
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September 12, 2014 12:16:00 AM

Tradesman1 said:
May want to rethink those choices - the mobo doesn't support 2400 sticks, and with a P55 mobo you'll need a very good OC to run 1866 or 2133 stick....next the Fury set, these don't operate on XMP - they are PnP based (no XMP profile) and the P55 isn't a supported chipset. Would suggest the Snipers in 1600/9

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Could also look at the GSkill Ripjaws X sets in 1600/9

Here's the data sheet on the Fury line - showing the P67 as the entry chipset (these sticks use high density memory chips)

http://www.kingston.com/us/hyperx/memory/fury


Oh thanks a lot!
So you would recommend me to buy memory with 1600 Mhz and suggest the Snipers over the Ripjaws?
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September 12, 2014 8:23:53 AM

Those both work well with your mobo, Yes
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