Gskill Ares vs Ripjaws.

Ray Tsou

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So I'm about to buy my RAM for my new build, but I don't know which ram to choose. Should I go with Gskill Ares or Gskill Ripjaws? Both are DDR3 1600, Cas 9, Timing 9-9-9, but the ripjaws is 9-9-9-24-2N while the ares is 9-9-9-24. So I'm not sure which one to get, can anyone help me? Don't tell me to get the cheaper one, as they are the same price. I also heard that the ripjaws is optimized for intel and will give me slower speed and timings on an AMD build, and that I have to set it in manually. Is this true?

Gskill Ripjaws:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

Gskill Ares:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231544&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL101014A&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL101014A-_-EMC-101014-Index-_-DesktopMemory-_-20231544-L08B

Planned build:
fx 6300 (Already bought)
Asus M5A97 R2.0
Gigabyte r7 260x (already bought)
WD Black 7200rpm 1TB drive (bought)
Corsair CX430m 80+ Bronze PSU (bought)
NZXT S340
 

Ray Tsou

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I plan to use the stock cooler. But is there a difference between the RAM? And will there be any problems to consider?
 

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Thanks for answering, but will I encounter any problems with the ram when using it on a AMD build? Sorry if that's a stupid question, but this is my first time building and I wanna make sure.