best memory for my MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON LGA 1151 Intel Z270 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard?
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Darkbreeze
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There IS currently NO memory that won't break the bank. Memory is known to be at a historically high price trend right now due to manufacturing shortages resulting from DRAM manufacturer industry issues.
Most memory will be somewhat similar in price, due to those shortages. Obviously, higher quality memory like those using Samsung B-Die memory chips will be higher in price though. There is still good memory to be had towards what is currently the lower end of the scale, but even that will not be cheap at all. Much as with graphics cards currently, when demand is high, which it is, and supply is low, ALL available stock tends to increase in price.
Is there a specific quantity or speed that you are looking to use?
Most memory will be somewhat similar in price, due to those shortages. Obviously, higher quality memory like those using Samsung B-Die memory chips will be higher in price though. There is still good memory to be had towards what is currently the lower end of the scale, but even that will not be cheap at all. Much as with graphics cards currently, when demand is high, which it is, and supply is low, ALL available stock tends to increase in price.
Is there a specific quantity or speed that you are looking to use?
Darkbreeze
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Yes, it IS faster, but it's not SO much faster that it's worth the extra price to every person or for every situation. If your primary consideration is gaming, you probably won't actually notice an enormous difference between 2133mhz and 3200mhz on a modern Intel system unless you're benchmarking.
There ARE some minor gains to be had, no doubt, but if you took the exact same system and played any given game with the lower speed memory and then swapped it out for the fastest memory you could make run in that system, I really doubt that you could realistically tell the difference without running benchmarks that will pick up overall differences of a few seconds running the same tasks or games. It certainly isn't likely to increase your FPS or cause you to have greatly increased speeds when encoding or streaming video. Some, but not a lot. Still, faster is better if the price difference isn't a lot. Currently, it probably IS a lot.
Either of these kits would be totally fine for your system.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Memory: Kingston - HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $94.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-15 03:59 EST-0500
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Memory: G.Skill - Flare X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $169.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-15 04:01 EST-0500
There ARE some minor gains to be had, no doubt, but if you took the exact same system and played any given game with the lower speed memory and then swapped it out for the fastest memory you could make run in that system, I really doubt that you could realistically tell the difference without running benchmarks that will pick up overall differences of a few seconds running the same tasks or games. It certainly isn't likely to increase your FPS or cause you to have greatly increased speeds when encoding or streaming video. Some, but not a lot. Still, faster is better if the price difference isn't a lot. Currently, it probably IS a lot.
Either of these kits would be totally fine for your system.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Memory: Kingston - HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $94.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-15 03:59 EST-0500
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Memory: G.Skill - Flare X 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $169.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-15 04:01 EST-0500
Darkbreeze
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Ok, in Canada then.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($104.99 @ PC-Canada)
Total: $104.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-17 01:10 EST-0500
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Memory: ADATA - XPG Z1 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($164.99 @ PC-Canada)
Total: $164.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-17 01:12 EST-0500
Those are the least exensive decent kits I see, clearly they are not high end kits though. If you want high quality memory you'll want to look at Corsair Dominator or G.Skill Ripjaws/Trident Z product lines.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($104.99 @ PC-Canada)
Total: $104.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-17 01:10 EST-0500
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Memory: ADATA - XPG Z1 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($164.99 @ PC-Canada)
Total: $164.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-17 01:12 EST-0500
Those are the least exensive decent kits I see, clearly they are not high end kits though. If you want high quality memory you'll want to look at Corsair Dominator or G.Skill Ripjaws/Trident Z product lines.
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