Savage 1866 or Vengeance 2400 for 4790k?

[Rairun]

Hi all,

I'm buying MSI Z97 Gaming 5 and Intel 4790k with Cryorig H7 cooler. I urgently need to decide to which memory to buy. I have two options (don't ask why)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EUPV2RQ/ref=psdc_172500_t1_B00FMRV8I4

or

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-1866MHz-Non-ECC-HX318C9SRK2-16/dp/B00N9PVXJK/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1455964958&sr=1-2&keywords=Savage+1866

They have a almost the same price in my country, so the price isn't a factor.

I just want to know which one would be a better buy. I want to overclock my CPU within the safe limits.

I thought buying Corsair, which is faster, in any case might be better because I can down clock and tighten the latency times if I need to. But I'm not sure...

I'll be using my pc mainly as a workstation for audio and video editing. Also for gaming of course

I need your advices urgently because I need to decide until tomorrow.

Thanks!

 

[SPgamer007]

I'd go with vengance , Gaming 5 board can support memory upto 3300mhz slight high CAS timing,but it has more speed than savage.

 

[CTurbo]

I would go with the 1.5v Kingstons. There won't be any REAL difference in performance between the two anyway.

 

[Rairun]

But why go with the slower one even if they have the same price?

 

[CTurbo]

The 2400mhz Vengeance would be defaulted to 1.5v @ 1866 or possibly 2133 anyway. What difference does it make? The honest truth is there would be no performance difference between the two no matter what.

 

[Rairun]

Latency maybe? Is it not possible to make it work with lower latency when ram is underclocked?

 

[Tradesman1]

The Corsair will be the better set (and is a very good set), the Savage are good sticks but you are giving up a fair amount of bandwidth, which depending on what you do does show a performance difference and by the way, initially either set will go to the mobos default of 1333 or 1600 (not 1866 or 2133)

 

[Rairun]

So actually it makes more sense to get Corsair since it may give me more options to overclock? I just don't understand why they have the same price and why anyone would get the slower one...

 

[Tradesman1]

Different brands, different models, pricing often depends on stock on hand, so can go up or down, it really varies and jumps

 

[CTurbo]

Yeah price is not any indication of quality or performance. That's for sure. Personally, I would get the cheapest 2x4GB 1600/1866 CAS 9 kit and call it a day.