Which RAM to Buy? - G.Skill vs Corsair

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MrN1ce9uy

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I have 2 different sticks of RAM I can use. I need to get another stick to match one or the other so I can dual-channel. I would think the faster one, also because it's cheaper. Is it cheaper because it is older? Is the Corsair better quality?

CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4 2400 CL14 - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233787&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 8GB DDR4 2800 CL15 - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820232087

Full system specs:
Pentium G4560 (upgrading to i7-7700K)
MSI Z270M MORTAR
Sapphire Nitro+ RX 570 8GB (doubles as mining card when not gaming)
G.Skill 8GB DDR4 2800 (single-channel)
Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD
Hitachi Ultrastar 2TB HDD
EVGA 850W B2
 
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Both are decent ram, and default speeds for kabylake is 2400 anyways unless you apply the xmp profile to bump the pair up to 2800 if you went with the G-skill.

What it's really going to boil down too is aesthetics. Which would you think looks better when paired, will either be an obstacle for cpu cooler clearance, which is cheaper. The G-skill is the better of the 2, especially when attempting OC, but for standard performance, they might as well be the same chips with a different look.

The G-skill just happen to be cheaper, the RipJaws V is the newest revision, so no, they aren't that old.
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You should buy the exact same ram as whats already in your pc or you may have issues, even ram of the same make and model when not sold in a kit can have issues if it was manufactured at a different time with different IC's, which happens.

Ram prices are all over the place, just because one id more expensive than the other does not necessarily mean its of higher quality. From my understanding all companies like G skill and corsair really do is take some ram IC's normally manufactured by sk hynix, samsung, or micron slap them on a pcb and put on a fancy heat spreader.

 
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There wont be much of a difference if any between the two, the g skill is faster in terms of clock speed, but the corsair has better timings. I would imagine 2800mhz CL15 ram would perform ever so slightly better in most situations. So I would probably go for the g skill stick personally its cheaper, might be a touch faster, and I think it looks better unless black fits your build better.
 
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Both are decent ram, and default speeds for kabylake is 2400 anyways unless you apply the xmp profile to bump the pair up to 2800 if you went with the G-skill.

What it's really going to boil down too is aesthetics. Which would you think looks better when paired, will either be an obstacle for cpu cooler clearance, which is cheaper. The G-skill is the better of the 2, especially when attempting OC, but for standard performance, they might as well be the same chips with a different look.

The G-skill just happen to be cheaper, the RipJaws V is the newest revision, so no, they aren't that old.
 
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