Mini ITX Memory - Need Help!

Kabigon

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I am absolutely lost when it comes to memory. I have always stuck with G skill which has never let me down but have yet to learn much about it. My previous system had 16GB of 3000 MHz ddr4. However, I do a ton of multitasking between gaming, work, school, 10 - 15 internet browser tabs, and whatever else I'm working on. I ran into memory issues fairly frequently so I'm considering trying 32GB this time.

I receive a great discount through my company purchasing from Amazon so I will be buying brand new from there. I had planned on purchasing the G skill Trident Z Model memory. However, I have to purchase directly from Amazon and not just from their Marketplace and they do not have g.skill actually first cell from them so I need to find something else.

What would you guys recommend? This is for a mini-itx build so I will only have room for two sticks of memory. The build will be in an NZXT Manta with red and black color schemes so it needs to match. I would also like to stick with the fast memory 3200 MHz or 3000mhz with low cas. Thank you for your help.
 
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What will your motherboard be?

Best to go to a ram web site and access their ram configurator.
Enter your motherboard and you will get a list of compatible supported kits.

Then, assuming your build is skylake, read this on ram speed scaling.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1478-page1.html
You will find that as ram gets faster, cas numbers go higher negating the advantage.
One figure of merit is to divide the speed by the cas number. Higher is better.

I think 1.2v 2400 speed is about right.
Faster, and you need higher ram voltage which may impact any overclocking.
What will your motherboard be?

Best to go to a ram web site and access their ram configurator.
Enter your motherboard and you will get a list of compatible supported kits.

Then, assuming your build is skylake, read this on ram speed scaling.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1478-page1.html
You will find that as ram gets faster, cas numbers go higher negating the advantage.
One figure of merit is to divide the speed by the cas number. Higher is better.

I think 1.2v 2400 speed is about right.
Faster, and you need higher ram voltage which may impact any overclocking.
 
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