1600 is better than 2133

[danial9]

which one is faster 2133 or 1600
if 2133 is faster why peoples buying 1600 instead of 2133 which is almost the same price ,
and does company of memory matters

 

[reedo_43]

2133 is faster but is only use when overclocking or I believe an APU likes fast ram. 1600 is fine for most people as well as more compatible.

 

[TheIcedCanadian]

2133 is faster, but anything over 1866 is unstable. Also, 1600 RAM is usually around CAS 11, which 2133 is usually only CAS 8-9 (for the cheap models

 

[reedo_43]

You do realize the lower the cas the better right?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Both of the above statements are untrue except for APUs liking fast RAM.

2133 is faster. There is noting unstable about it and the lower the cas latency the faster the RAM to the order that DDR3 1600 cas 9 is roughly equivalent to DDR3 1866 cas 10 although it's not quite comparable that way due to bandwidth.

Any quality DDR3 1600 will be 1.5v and cas 9. Kingston is the only company for over a year now still selling DDR3 1600 that requires 1.65v or is cas 10 or 11 by default. This is either old stock or low quality or both. I avoid them.

With a traditional AMD CPU of the FX series DDR3 1866 is about as good as you can do because the memory controllers are on the CPU now and have been since the Phenom II for AMD and the first gen i5/i7 for Intel. With Intel's Sandy Bridge ( 2xxx series ) DDR3 1600 is perfect. move to Ivy Bridge ( 3xxx series ) and DDR3 1866 is the best choice. With Haswell ( 4xxx) comes a new integrated memory controller ( IMC ) that likes fast RAM where it didn't really matter with sandy and Ivy Bridge. I start Haswell recommendations at 1.5v DDR3 2133 cas 9 and if you can afford faster then go for it.

APUs share system memory for graphics and do best with the fastest RAM you can afford.

 

[TheIcedCanadian]

You do realize the lower the cas the better right?

sry - I meant other way around

 

[danial9]

Both of the above statements are untrue except for APUs liking fast RAM.

2133 is faster. There is noting unstable about it and the lower the cas latency the faster the RAM to the order that DDR3 1600 cas 11 is roughly equivalent to DDR3 1866 cas 10 although it's not quite comparable that way due to bandwidth.

Any quality DDR3 1600 will be 1.5v and cas 9. Kingston is the only company for over a year now still selling DDr3 1600 that requires 1.65v or is cas 10 or 11 by default. This is either old stock or low quality or both. I avoid them.

With a traditional AMD CPU of the FX series DDR3 1866 is about as good as you can do because the memory controllers are on the CPU now and have been since the Phenom II for AMD and the first gen i5/i7 for Intel. With Intel's Sandy Bridge ( 2xxx series ) DDR3 1600 is perfect. move to Ivy Bridge ( 3xxx series ) and DDR3 1866 is the best choice. With Haswell ( 4xxx) comes a new integrated memory controller ( IMC ) that likes fast RAM where it didn't really matter with sandy and Ivy Bridge. I start Haswell recommendations at 1.5v DDR3 2133 cas 9 and if you can afford faster then go for it.

APUs share system memory for graphics and do best with the fastest RAM you can afford.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f32133c9d8gxl
what do u think of this one , i am building my pc around black friday , it will go eith i7 4790k and asus z97a

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Is that site in the US because that's crazy expensive! Here is 16GB for $40 less.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231571&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

[Tradesman1]

Both of the above statements are untrue except for APUs liking fast RAM.

2133 is faster. There is noting unstable about it and the lower the cas latency the faster the RAM to the order that DDR3 1600 cas 9 is roughly equivalent to DDR3 1866 cas 10 although it's not quite comparable that way due to bandwidth.

Any quality DDR3 1600 will be 1.5v and cas 9. Kingston is the only company for over a year now still selling DDR3 1600 that requires 1.65v or is cas 10 or 11 by default. This is either old stock or low quality or both. I avoid them.

With a traditional AMD CPU of the FX series DDR3 1866 is about as good as you can do because the memory controllers are on the CPU now and have been since the Phenom II for AMD and the first gen i5/i7 for Intel. With Intel's Sandy Bridge ( 2xxx series ) DDR3 1600 is perfect. move to Ivy Bridge ( 3xxx series ) and DDR3 1866 is the best choice. With Haswell ( 4xxx) comes a new integrated memory controller ( IMC ) that likes fast RAM where it didn't really matter with sandy and Ivy Bridge. I start Haswell recommendations at 1.5v DDR3 2133 cas 9 and if you can afford faster then go for it.

APUs share system memory for graphics and do best with the fastest RAM you can afford.

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+1 Well put !