DDR3-1333/1600/2000-does it matter?

[ratsa]

Does it matter whether you use DDR3-1333 or 1600 or 2000 with a z77 mobo and i7-3770?

 

[ratsa]

I am specifically looking at Crucial.com.

The DDR3-1333 memory has CL=9.
The DDR3-1600 is 9-9-9-24.
The DDR3-2000 is 9-11-9-27.

 

[Traciatim]

This pretty much depends on the data set of data you are working on. To put it in to perspective, I ran my machine at DDR3-1600 and ran a certain loop around the world in Rift, and then switched up to DDR3-2133, and I went from about 70FPS -> 72FPS average. The problem is, because it's an MMO, that could be because two people weren't standing in a specific spot so my overall average went up.

There was no noticeable difference in game play in any game I play. Though, I didn't do many tests on other things, because anything else I run on my machine is so quick there isn't much point in tweaking for it.

 

[ratsa]

Ok, I will get the DDR3-1333.

 

[constepatdyak]

1600 is kind of the mainstream now, and not much more expensive than 1333

 

[ratsa]

1600 is kind of the mainstream now, and not much more expensive than 1333

Ok, but does it make it difference? If I find 1333 on special, I'd like to know whether I should stay away from it.