1600 8-8-8-24 or 2133 9-11-11-31 (both G.Skill)

[LeWolf]

Hello! As stated on the title, i need your assistance to determine if 8-8-8 is better than 9-11-11-31. I know that less cl is better based on the calculations that 9/2133 is faster than 8/1600 but i don't know if the eleven's make a big difference.
I play games which i prefer in good quality and not laggy. Also i open a lot of tabs simultaneously.

I'm building a pc now and i already have in my possession these.
motherboard: MSI Z87-G45
processor: intel i3 4160
graphics: GeForce GT 740
120gb ssd samsung and 2tb hdd WD

Thanks!

 

[NightAntilli]

Neither will make much of a difference. If they're priced similarly, go for the 2133.

 

[dzsonni]

From what I read in various places, the lower latency is better even if it has lower clock. So I would go for 8-8-8. But then again neither of these will make BIG impact, get the cheaper one )

 

[LucoTF]

Splitting hairs really, but I would go for the one with uniform timing (8-8-8) if they were priced the same

 

[LeWolf]

Neither will make much of a difference. If they're priced similarly, go for the 2133.

Could you please explain why it is better to buy the 2133? The 11-11 do not count at all?
Also the 2133 is @1.65V.

And i'm still thinking it because the motherboard is red and i would better prefer a red ram (2133) rather than blue(1600)... 😀

 

[dzsonni]

Dude, you won't even be able to observe the difference in real world performance.

Only the benchmarks can tell you, if you prefer red, by all means, go for the red.

I have seen a single game that gained fps from faster ram (bf4) and it got like 6 from 1333 vs 2400 😛

 

[LucoTF]

Neither will make much of a difference. If they're priced similarly, go for the 2133.

Could you please explain why it is better to buy the 2133? The 11-11 do not count at all?
Also the 2133 is @1.65V.

And i'm still thinking it because the motherboard is red and i would better prefer a red ram (2133) rather than blue(1600)... 😀

That makes it really easy, you shouldn't use 1.65v ram with a haswell refresh CPU

 

[LeWolf]

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That makes it really easy, you shouldn't use 1.65v ram with a haswell refresh CPU[/quotemsg]

a hash what ? did you just curse me in another language? XD

I assume that you mean my cpu is not compatible with 1,65V therefore i should use a 1.5V?

 

[LucoTF]

thats correct, you should use 1.5v ram with that cpu

 

[LeWolf]

Thanks a lot ! You really made it easier for me to decide... 😀

 

[Aislini]

thats correct, you should use 1.5v ram with that cpu

Why is that,is something going to happen with cpu or will there be any problems running ram at 100%
I'm confused with this because there was many people saying yes you can run ram @ 1.65v with 4790k and there was some people like you saying no you shouldn't do it.

 

[Tradesman1]

1.5 is the suggested voltage for the suggested 1600 DRAM for Haswell. 1.65 is safe (however, if you go with sticks that are 1600 and 1.65 you may be getting sticks with weak memory chips, most all DRAM 2133 and up uses 1.6-1.65 voltage. As far as which is better - the 2133, much wider bandwidth and to compare more directly - if you were to downclock the 2133 set it would run at 1600/7 vs the stock 1600/8 you are currently looking at. Additionally the wider bandwidth will show if you multi-task, use DRAM intensive apps, or work with large data sets. It shows very little in Benchmarks or single app usage