I'm building a new pc (parts out for delivery today) and I ordered 8gb of 1600mhz corsair vengeance. My dad tells me yesterday he has 4x 8gb sticks of mushkin 1333mhz memory that I could have if I wanted. I have the asus z97-a mobo that will support up to 32gb. I know I would probably never make use of 32gb of memory for gaming but would it be worth it to use it and send the g.skill back or resell it?
32gb 1333mhz mushkin or 8gb 1600 g.skill?
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No it wont hurt performance at all! There is a small difference but not a noticeable one! Enjoy your 32GB
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Depends is this Mushkin DDR2 or DDR3? If DDR3 then why not just use the 32GB, wont go wrong with it at all and you can save some money. Otherwise the 8GB will be more than enough for normal use of a PC.
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No it wont hurt performance at all! There is a small difference but not a noticeable one! Enjoy your 32GB
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What's the CAS latency of both? From what I can see, the 32gb looks better but the CAS values may change this...
Really? Are you Serious? Even with lower speeds and higher cas latency 32gb is obviously a better choice. The speeds and timings of Ram hardly affect performance, and you will at most only get 1-3 extra FPS over slower higher timed ram.
Plus FREE 32GB!
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CAS latency is important.
It may only give a few extra frames in games but in other applications, it will present a huge benefit. The CAS latency determines how long the CPU has to wait to get a response when it makes a request to RAM. It's measured in clock cycles so higher frequency RAM at the same CAS has a lower actual latency also.
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The amount matters less than the quality of the RAM (The CAS latency) - you wouldn't go for 100L of watered down agriculture grade petrol to run your car with compared to 40L of high grade petrol. It also depends on how many sticks of RAM is being installed - a low CAS, dual channel 8gb setup would crush a single channel, high CAS 16gb setup.
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