[Solved] DDR3 2000 for new i7 920 build?

Hey guys,

I have been stressing looking over a few different ram kits for my upcoming i7 920 build.

I guess my first question is is DDR3 2000 worth it? There are a few kits out there that cost relatively the same as many of the DDR3 1600 kits.

Here is what I was looking at

DDR3 2000 G.Skill Ripjaw Cas 9
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231306

Mushkin DDR3 2000 Cas 8
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820226057

The reviews on these kits are basically non existent. Am I better off just going with some DDR3 1600 cas7 kit? I have a budget around 200 dollars.

Thanks!

Here's an article talking about memory speeds for DDR2: http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] cies,1236. There's a similar one for DDR3, but I can't seem to find it right now. Basically, the conclusions were that the DDR3-2000 kits had too slow timings and didn't help except in very specific situations like WinRAR. In games, the differences were 1-2%, and it actually depended on the game as to whether faster timing/1333 or 2000 kits resulted in better frame rates.

This is definitely one of those areas where if you have to ask, you don't need it (even if you're a hardcore gamer). The differences in performance are small, and unless you have very specific needs (I'm a photographer dealing with 200 photoshop files a day and I need my RAM to do x), you're not going to be able to even tell the difference. If it were me, I would go with the faster timings on a 1600 kit.