G Skill Ripjaw vs Trident

[wesley3flex]

I am trying to get the best bang for the buck on memory. I am looking at DDR3 2000 memory from G skill. I see RipJaws for $120 and Trident for $125. Everything looks almost identical. There are even more types of G Skill ram that cost more and almost look identical in everything but price. Is there really a difference in these ram sticks? I am looking at the 2 x 2gb DD3 2000 sticks.

Thanks,
Wesley

 

[davcon]

I think reading this article would help you
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dual-channel-ram-ddr3-4gb,2618.html
You really don't need DDR3 2000.
1600 would be fine imo.

 

[ares1214]

unless you plan on doing serious overclocking on a locked cpu, 2000 MHz is very unecessary. 1600 MHz is usually the maximum speed that can be fully utilized anyway. what is more important though, i CAS latency and voltage. id recommend these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231303

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231321

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226103