I built a computer for myself in September of 2010, using an i5-760 and 4gb of this RAM (spent $120 at Fry's for it) ...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220286
... now I am preparing to build my daughter an i3-2100 computer for Christmas, and caught a good deal on 8gb of G.Skill Sniper RAM (paid $35 at Newegg for it).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231417&Tpk=F3-10666CL9D-8GBSR
I'm happy enough with my computer as it is, it works great. However, I have a friend who insists that I should put the 1.5v "Sniper" 8GB into MY computer, and use the 1.7v "Viper" 4GB into my daughter's build ... he's concentrating on the GBs, not the voltage of the RAM.
The more I read about Sandy Bridge architecture, it seems that putting 1.7v RAM along with it isn't the smartest thing to do. I don't want to worry about small stuff, but this computer "stuff" can get intricate ...
Should I just leave it alone and use the "Sniper" 8GB in her build, as I originally planned? Or do what my computer friend says? Or, put the "Sniper" 8GB in MY computer, SELL the 1.7v "Viper" RAM (at a loss, obviously, because RAM is so damn cheap now) and get another set of 1.5v memory for daughter's build?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220286
... now I am preparing to build my daughter an i3-2100 computer for Christmas, and caught a good deal on 8gb of G.Skill Sniper RAM (paid $35 at Newegg for it).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231417&Tpk=F3-10666CL9D-8GBSR
I'm happy enough with my computer as it is, it works great. However, I have a friend who insists that I should put the 1.5v "Sniper" 8GB into MY computer, and use the 1.7v "Viper" 4GB into my daughter's build ... he's concentrating on the GBs, not the voltage of the RAM.
The more I read about Sandy Bridge architecture, it seems that putting 1.7v RAM along with it isn't the smartest thing to do. I don't want to worry about small stuff, but this computer "stuff" can get intricate ...
Should I just leave it alone and use the "Sniper" 8GB in her build, as I originally planned? Or do what my computer friend says? Or, put the "Sniper" 8GB in MY computer, SELL the 1.7v "Viper" RAM (at a loss, obviously, because RAM is so damn cheap now) and get another set of 1.5v memory for daughter's build?