Difference between Trident and Ripjaws ram?

[Lunares]

So I'm building up a new ivy bridge build and my mobo can support up to 2600MHz RAM. It's only $50 extra dollars for these sets vs DDR3 1600 so why not, even if it has very little real world performance boost. Am curious what the actual difference is between these though, or if I would have any issues with a cooler such as Noctua DH-14 or Coolermaster 212+ / Evo

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[gskill support]

The difference is in the chips. The extreme performance Trident X series will perform tremendously over the standard RipJaws DDR3-1600. You're talking 1000MHz (effective) between the two, so that's quite a difference.

No issues with CPU coolers. For the Trident X, you can remove the fins and they will fit like normal memory.

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[Lunares]

The Ripjaws Z comes in a DDR3 2400 model as well, is there any difference besides the removable heatsink for the 2400 Ripjaws Z and the Trident X?

 

[chad_agwing]

Probably better for overclocking to lower CAS?

 

[gskill support]

Since specs are the same, performance will roughly be the same.

Though some times PCB and/or chips can slightly differ.

Thank you
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[nikorr]

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[nikorr]

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