Need help choosing the right RAM speed for this setup...

[vonbleak101]

Hi guys, i have a question about RAM and which kind of ram would be supported in a particular setup...more specifically RAM speeds.

I am looking to upgrade to an socket 1150 cpu/mobo and i am curious as to which kind of ram i can use. The components i am looking at are the Core i7 4790K, and the MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Motherboard

CPU - http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=187_1490&products_id=27940

Motherboard - http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=138_1491&products_id=27521

The motherboard says that it supports DDR3 3300MHz, while on the CPU page it only mentions DDR3 - 1333/1600. So does that mean that even though the mobo supports DDR3 3300MHz, the CPU does not? So basically would it be a waste to get ram faster than 1600 for this setup?

Thanks for any help/info - cheers

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[iron8orn]

1600mhz is the recommended ram by Intel but the Intel memory controllers are strong and can support fast ram with a z motherboard.

Fast ram comes into play with running a lot of programs and memory intensive games. Very well suiting the 4790k for its abilities. Just keep in mind that cas latency also comes into play when picking ram.

 

[vonbleak101]

Ok cool, thanks for the reply,

While i cant seem to find any 3300mhz ram i have been looking at this "Corsair Dominator Platinum CMD16GX3M2A2400C10 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3" Its 2400 mhz - do you think this would be a good fit with the cpu/mobo?

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=186_218&products_id=22059&zenid=5beabc16597e5a281424e5aa61281f6d

Again - thanks for any help/info

N

 

[iron8orn]

It is possible to get up 3300mhz with ram overclocking but the higher latency would most likely out way the benefit.

Those are some nice sticks and I think that gskill makes a tridentx 2400mhz at cas 10 also and I believe they are red so they would match your motherboard.

 

[vonbleak101]

Awesome, thanks for the info - i will also check out the Gskill ram - cheers

N

 

[iron8orn]

no problem