Worth it?

memory is cheap. no one can tell you if its worth it without a.price. if you're worried about clearance get ram with low profile heat spreaders

no im just asking how much better would it be compared to 1600mhz cas 9-9-9-24 ram

Not much. Ram bandwidth with modern processors is quite high to begin.

I would suggest sticking with what you have. Maybe save for something better? A new gpu? An SSD?

its 44.99 at newegg.ca. its cheap

IMO spending 40 bucks on slightly higher clocked ram would be a waste, for around 1-2% difference.

Here is an old review but still sufficient:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2011/01/11/the-...

Heres a tomshardware reference (previous post):

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/309475-30-motherboard...

Another reference:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18403...



I should have asked this in the first place, but are you trying to add more ram, or do you just want the extra "speed"? Also what set up do you have? Intel, or AMD based?

its for my new ivy bridge build with these specs

i5 3570k
Z77X-UD5h
this set of ram
asus gtx670
mushkin chronos deluxe 240gb
xfx xxx 750w
Define R3 case

there was no real point of getting the 1333mhz and the 1600mhz ram when the 1866 was cheaper

yeah get it

anyone have a pair of snipers? im gonna try tuning the cas latency to 9-9-9-24 from 9-10-9-28

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