Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2 x 4 GB - 1600Mhz vs 1866 Mhz

Serenity_01 · Nov 30, 2014

I'm deciding between these two RAM speeds. I get that 1866 Mhz is better, but Best Buy (I want to use my gift cards) refuses to PM to Amazon until Tuesday.

Are there any other things at play besides the speed that I should look into?

Here are the tech specs.

1600 Mhz:

1866 Mhz:

My motherboard is an Asus Z97-AR (which supports it).

Thank you.

uplink-svk · Nov 30, 2014

Unless You plan on using APU from AMD, or extreme overclocking, ram speed are absolutely irrelevant. Ram speed is feelable in a server with millions of iOPs, or while doing some latency delicate operations, but gaming and standard work are not among them. There's actually absolutely no need for people who play games and do work to go above 1333 MHz, not really. Sometimes it's laughable for me when I see a "gaming" rig with "super strong i5" and there sits and shines a pair of ultra-expensive 2,4-3Ghz ram from Geil, G.Skill, Mushkin or Corsair. It has no use whatsoever, I seriously doubt someone with i5 machine and 16 gigs of ram will be running ram drive, or do something latency/ram-speed relevant.

maestro0428 · Nov 30, 2014

1866 is obviously slightly faster, but ram speed doesn't make that much difference in the real world. 1600 is fine, 1866 is better, but you won't notice the speed difference in use.

spooky2th · Nov 30, 2014

In gaming you will probably average only a handful of increased FPS with the 1866MHz memory.

anti-duck · Nov 30, 2014

I got my 2400MHz RAM because it was the same price as 1600MHz and 1866MHz RAM, but it is absolutely pointless and can even degrade performance in some games, I basically bought it because it matches my scheme. Just get whatever matches your build (both compatibility and looks wise) and fits into your budget.

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