Z77 Extreme 4, I5 2500k @ 4.5ghz , which memory best value?

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I'm looking to buy a nice set of either 8gb or 16gb for this motherboard and I have been going trough some old topics from around 2012/13 and I have found so many different suggestions that I'm lost in all those sticks.

Since we are now a few years further, which is currently the best value for the money with the best performance?

I was thinking of G.Skill RipjawsZ F3-17000CL9Q-16GBZH but is that really worth the money?

Thanks all!
 
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2x8GB is the better selction, less stress on the MC (memory controller), will run ever so slightly faster also. And as a note, 4 sticks will work, though not in quad channel will all still be in dual channel mode and there are no 'quad' channel sets, generally the advertising is simply revolved around there being 4 sticks and the set can run in quad channel. Any stick in any set is a single 64 bit device - better explained in my article, Item 8 here:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ddr3-dram-faq,review-33220.html#p8
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I would go with F3-2133C9D-16GXH , no point going quad channel on a duel channel board. Also $10 cheaper:)

As far as is it worth the money I would ask in comparison to what? Is it worth going 16gb over 8, probably. If you are asking about going with slower RAM I would say I do not see that much of a price difference on RAM. You are talking $89 compared to $109
 
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2x8GB is the better selction, less stress on the MC (memory controller), will run ever so slightly faster also. And as a note, 4 sticks will work, though not in quad channel will all still be in dual channel mode and there are no 'quad' channel sets, generally the advertising is simply revolved around there being 4 sticks and the set can run in quad channel. Any stick in any set is a single 64 bit device - better explained in my article, Item 8 here:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/ddr3-dram-faq,review-33220.html#p8
 
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