Suggestions on Ram?

[JayRich]

I am going to buy some new ram, either 8gb or 16gb. Just wondering if anyone has opinions on brands? I usually have a ton of stuff open and while it doesn't seem to affect my CPU very much it is taxing on my memory. I currently have 8gb but only 4gb in as one stick is bad.

My mobo is an ASUS Crosshair IV Formula.

Lastly I am in Canada. So if you see any good deals on newegg.ca, ncix.ca or something similar. Please let me know!

Thanks in advance!

 

[itzdanielp]

I would strongly suggest Kingston, although G-Skill and Corsair are both solid brands as well.

I would suggest 1600MHz CL9 RAM as well.

 

[JayRich]

I would strongly suggest Kingston, although G-Skill and Corsair are both solid brands as well.

I would suggest 1600MHz CL9 RAM as well.

How does this look? http://ncix.com/products/?sku=70136&vpn=KHX1600C9D3B1K2%2F8GX&manufacture=Kingston&promoid=1276

or: http://ncix.com/products/?sku=70944&vpn=KHX1600C10D3B1K2%2F16G&manufacture=Kingston&promoid=1276

Also, whats the main difference between hyper blue and black?

Also there is this which seems to have a great rating on newegg:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231568

 

[JayRich]

I think I am going to go with this:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231568

Since it has so many positive ratings. Any comments?

 

[Shockeray]

Very good choice, awesome timings and speed.

Too bad RAM is going up in price so much...

 

[itzdanielp]

Yep. great choice!

 

[JayRich]

Very good choice, awesome timings and speed.

Too bad RAM is going up in price so much...

Hmm... Do you think that is a bad price? Should I wait?

 

[Shockeray]

You would most likely have to wait till sometime in October/November when the prices are the lowest before the Black Friday and Christmas jumps. And after all that wait you would be saving ~$15. And you never know if the price just isn't going to come back down for that specific piece of hardware. I would get it now, but if a sale starts the day after you buy it, don't blame me.