Ram buying help - Best DDR4 2400mhz 2x16gb Sticks

[OlyOlyOly]

Hi,
I am looking to buy some ram for a new build and considering between the following:
Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-19200 2400MHz - CMK32GX4M2A2400C14

Kingston HyperX Fury Black 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-19200 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit HX424C15FBK2/32

Crucial Ballistix Sport LT RAM Module - 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) - DDR4 SDRAM - 2400 MHz DDR4-2400/PC4-19200 - 1.20 V - Non-ECC - Unbuffered - CL17 - 288-pin - DIMM BLS2C16G4D240FSC

I was wondering what everyone recommended and why or is there not much difference between them?

Thanks

 

[Dunlop0078]

The corsair vegenance has the best timings of the 3 at CL14, with the crucial being the slowest at CL17. CL17@2400mhz is not very good considering what many other sticks are capable of at that speed. Do you need 32gb? I would only recommend that for content creation or other workstation tasks, if you are just building a gaming pc 16gb is more than enough, 32gb would be a waste.

 

[OlyOlyOly]

Thanks for that! I will be using it for a little bit of gaming but I primarily want it for music production and software development. I have been running into out of memory exception's for a long time when producing so want something that is future proof for awhile!

 

[OlyOlyOly]

So would you recommend the corsair sticks if looking for 2x16gb 2400 mhz memory? Or would you possibly recommend anything else?

 

[Dunlop0078]

How much would you be paying for the corsair sticks? Any color preference? The cheapest I could find is $220 US on newegg. Which is kind of expensive for 2400mhz sticks.

Also you will need a Z270 or Z170 chipset mobo to run DDR4 beyond 2133mhz, if you didn't already know.

For $220 you can get some very good g skill trident z 3000mhz CL14: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/D2mxFT/gskill-memory-f43000c14d32gtz

G-SKILL 2400mhz for $180: http://pcpartpicker.com/product/bj2rxr/gskill-memory-f42400c15d32gvr

 

[OlyOlyOly]

it will be a z270 mobo and no colour preference as the case will not have a window. Unfortunately i'm in the UK and the site i'm looking at doing my build off(novatech) is doing the Corsair for about £189 (roughly 235 usd). This is also the cheapest of 2x16gb stick on that site and unfortunately Novatech dont have the g.skill one you mentioned. I think other sites like overclockers were more expensive again. Is the G.Skill alot better than the Corsair? Also does the G.Skill have quite a high heat sink on it? Just wondering if it will cause issues with my planned cpu cooler (noctua nh-u14s)

Thanks

 

[Dunlop0078]

That corsair memory will do fine then. The corsair memory is great, the g skill was just a bit faster for around the same money here. But that looks like a good deal for the corsair memory in the UK. Here is the UK PCpartpicker it compares the prices of memory on online stores in the UK, I linked the memory page if you want to shop around a bit.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/memory/#xcx=0&Z=32768002

 

[OlyOlyOly]

legend! Thanks for your help, its much appreciated!

 

[Dunlop0078]

legend! Thanks for your help, its much appreciated!

No problem.