Which ram should I get for a gaming PC build?

meteora881

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Here is my PC so far http://pcpartpicker.com/p/hb3bdC

I found gskill trident 2400 cas 10 for $66 but also found a couple gskill 1600 cas 9 models for a little cheaper? Which speed should I get? If I pick the 2400 I get a notice on the bottom of pcpartpicker telling me the voltage is too high, but I read somewhere that when I put the ram in my mobo it will just default to 1333...and then I can overclock it... Is that true? I also read it is easier to underclock rather overclock so the 2400 would be better for underclocking right? Which speed ram should I get and is there anything else you would change about my build thus far? I'm not sure on the asus mobo is there one in the same price range that is better or is asus the best in that price range? I was looking at msi gaming 5 and asrock extreme 4 or if you have any recommendations. What do you guys think?
 
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For gaming

not more than 1866mhz and not less tha latency of 8


honestly it doesnot make any difference in gaming , just in synthetic benchmarks


i would suggest the cheaper 1600 with latency of 9 (because of price)

mostly lower latency beats high freq.


essentially

Case 1 - you execute 1600mhz every 9 clock cycles(ns?)

Caes 2 - 2400 every 10 clock cycles (ns?)

not sure if i have the wordings/units correct but try this

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


hope it helps

uthvag

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For gaming

not more than 1866mhz and not less tha latency of 8


honestly it doesnot make any difference in gaming , just in synthetic benchmarks


i would suggest the cheaper 1600 with latency of 9 (because of price)

mostly lower latency beats high freq.


essentially

Case 1 - you execute 1600mhz every 9 clock cycles(ns?)

Caes 2 - 2400 every 10 clock cycles (ns?)

not sure if i have the wordings/units correct but try this

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


hope it helps
 
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