How much will RAM brand matter?

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Right now in my PC there is some weird off-brand memory that has no names or number on it.

Apparently there are some memory issues with my computer, so i was thinking of changing to some corsair memory.

How much would change, would there be any noticeable difference in performance?
 
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In this PC I have Crucial Ballistix 1600Mhz CL9 RAM.
1600Mhz is the clock speed faster is better, up to the maximum speed of your motherboard
CL9 is the delay time for the memory to respond. Lower is better.
If you buy G skill or Corsair instead, with the same speed and CL, you will get pretty much the same performance.
I have only ever bought Crucial and Corsair, and never had a problem with either.
If you have a mix of memory on your motherboard, it will run at the speed of the slowest memory.

my experiences of overclocking have taught me that memory speed helps on AMD processors, but makes a lot less difference on Intel.
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Hard to say without specifications of your existing RAM. Install CPU-Z and that should tell you more info about it, or just look the next time your computer boots (usually there's information thrown up on screen) unless you have a graphics card splash screen.

But simplistically, I'd say 6-8GB for a person whose gaming on a semi-regular basis. Speed of your RAM is also going to play a factor, although that will be restricted by your motherboard.
Timings of your RAM will also play a small part. The lower latency the better.

Brand name is good for warranty. Many memory manufacturers will give you lifetime warranty.
 
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i'd would say that the brands are somewhat important as far as reliability is concerned, however most brands listed on a retailers website are reputable vendors who sell good memory. As far as performance goes id say yields would play more of a role there, as is the case with most semiconductor technology. You may find the higher priced memory to have a lower latency at similar voltages.

One thing to note is as newer CPU architectures roll out, the memory voltages have lowered since the earlier days of DDR3, with that memory timings may be looser than what you would have bought with a nehalem i7 in 2009.
 
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In this PC I have Crucial Ballistix 1600Mhz CL9 RAM.
1600Mhz is the clock speed faster is better, up to the maximum speed of your motherboard
CL9 is the delay time for the memory to respond. Lower is better.
If you buy G skill or Corsair instead, with the same speed and CL, you will get pretty much the same performance.
I have only ever bought Crucial and Corsair, and never had a problem with either.
If you have a mix of memory on your motherboard, it will run at the speed of the slowest memory.

my experiences of overclocking have taught me that memory speed helps on AMD processors, but makes a lot less difference on Intel.
 
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Interesting note to make. I bet you have heard or read that memory clock speed has no or very little impact in games. For a good many it seems to be the case, not all or even half this does not ring true. Higher memory clocks can make a difference where the CPU is the bottleneck. In the article only games that make use of 2 or more cores were used, though and im curious about a less optimized engine,( one thread is usually pinned)
 
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