RAM purchase

[F022Y]

Just about to purchase some new ram but would like some advice, what do you advise?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mushkin-Redl...947716&sr=1-13

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mushkin-Redl...947716&sr=1-12

http://www.amazon.co.uk/G-Skill-Ripj...947857&sr=1-57

[smargh]

Crucial.

[Sputnik]

Those prices are very high, You can buy the G Skill Ripjaws 8gb dual channel kit from Ebuyer for about £40.

[F022Y]

I was under the impression that lower cas latency was better? Thats the reason i looked at the CL7 stuff instead of CL9

[boxerusman]

Go for g skill, its a quality ram.

[F022Y]

I like G.Skill.

I want to get 8GB (might do 16 if the price is right) that will be nice and quick with BD when it turns up.

[F022Y]

Sorry to re kindle an old thread.

I was just about to put in my order for these:-

G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

But someone has suggested these:-

Patriot PVV38G1600LLK 'Sector 5' Viper II Series DDR3 8GB

ARGH!!!!!!! Has any one had any experience of these? I've only ever used Corsair (overpriced) and Geil (Can't find a decent 8GB kit)

[scaryjim]

The Patriots are CL97*. The Ripjaw's you're looking at there are CL8. One tick difference in latency on DDR3-1600 is 1nanosecond. Can you measure the difference? - yes. Will you notice the difference? - probably not. There are far more important things to worry about than a single tick of latency in memory that's screaming along at 800 million clock cycles - and 1600 million transfers - per second.

So get yourself 8GB G-Skill RipJawsX CL9 from ebuyer, and put the £25 you'll save into something more worthwhile

*edit: I foolishly looked at the item title, not the tech details. The Patriots are 7-9-7. But the point remains - the difference between CL 7 and CL8 is 1 nanosecond. Between CL7 and CL9 it's 2.5 nanoseconds. It still isn't going to make the blindest bit of difference to the speed of your computer, except in memory latency benchmarks. So unless you're buying new ram specifically to run latency benchmarks on it, still go for the CL9 RipJawsX

[F022Y]

Lol cheers for the prompt reply, as I had allowed a fair bit of cash I might buy two sets, still saves me some cash for the 990FX board i'm looking at getting for BD.

[kalniel]

Sorry to re kindle an old thread.

I was just about to put in my order for these:-

G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

But someone has suggested these:-

Patriot PVV38G1600LLK 'Sector 5' Viper II Series DDR3 8GB

ARGH!!!!!!! Has any one had any experience of these? I've only ever used Corsair (overpriced)

Corsair are the same price, looking at the today only page.

[F022Y]

Sorry I meant in general for what you get.