Corsair Vengeance 8GB and 16GB CAS Latency and Timings?

[Solid_Snake3]

Ok so I did a bit of research and I found that lower CAS Latency is better, as well as memory timings. I looked at the Corsair Vengeance 8GB, it has a CAS latency of 9 and 9-9-9-24 timings. The 16GB Vengeance RAM had a CAS latency of 10 and 10-10-10-27 timings. So which one should I get? It doesn't really matter what size RAM I get, which one would I be able to squeeze more performance out of? Since the 16 GB has higher CAS latency and timings, will it still be better or worse than the 8GB kit?

 

[bigshootr8]

Since the likelihood of you using up the 16GB's is small I would go with the faster kit. The reason I really like the vegeance kit though the 16 gigabyte one which I think I know the one you are looking at it has 2x 8GB sticks low profile is because its low profile. If you do anything beyond gaming I would suggest the 16 kit otherwise stick to the faster CAS 8 kit.

 

[chugot9218]

The performance difference is going to be extremely minor, depending on what you do, you would likely never notice a difference. That being said, the 8gb had better timings, I am sure they also offer it in a 16gb set.

 

[cin19]

Depend on what do you use the PC, for games or regular you don't need the 16GB. If you use the PC for video/photo editing you do need.

And the RAM CAS/timing like the 9-9-9-24 or 10-10-10-27 you only can see the difference in the benchmark because they are only 5-8% difference.

 

[bigshootr8]

With the vengeance series they go down to 9 at the 2 sticks of 8GB.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007611%20600006072&IsNodeId=1&Description=corsair%20ram&name=16GB%20%282%20x%208GB%29&Order=BESTMATCH

 

[Solid_Snake3]

Well I am planning on running a Minecraft server and yes I will be doing a lot of video editing, rendering and converting. So in that case which should I get?

 

[cin19]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220686&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=10&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo

 

[Solid_Snake3]

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