1600 vs 1866

[furhaanar]

Would I be better off getting 1866 MHz Ram or would 1600 MHz be enough. I won't be overclocking for a bit if at all if that helps. Also I will be mainly gaming with a possibility of CAD in the near future. Both the sticks I am looking at are cl9. They are corsair vengeance lp and corsair vengeance pro

 

[Shneiky]

The difference will be invisible for you. Better buy low latency 1600 RAM. Something with ratings of 7 or so. Lower latency RAM brings more performance in RAM heavy applications than just brute MHz.

 

[furhaanar]

That advise had promoted another question. The second ram I posted is advertised as haswell ram, whatever that means. Is their a difference between 'haswell ram' and 'not haswell ram', sorry im really not a technical person thats the best way I can explain it.

 

[Swordkd]

Stick with 1600mhz unless 1866 is a comparable price, say less than 3 dollars difference. Cas latency 9 is fairly standard, I wouldn't pay much more for anything lower, and stay away from anything higher. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-memory-bls2kit4g3d1609ds1s00 Pretty good price.

 

[Shneiky]

That Haswell RAM thing is an advertisement trick. Never heard of Haswell having problems with older "non Haswell" RAM.

 

[furhaanar]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00569K7LM/ref=gno_cart_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1V6Z2X9I7KSQG

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMY8GX3M2A1600C9R-Vengeance-1600Mhz-Performance/dp/B00D2LGT72/ref=sr_1_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1374016807&sr=1-7&keywords=corsair+vengeance+8gb+pro+red

Exact same price, same latancy, same frequency just different colour and one is the 'haswell ram'. Funny enough the one I want , for the colour, is the 'haswell ram'. Surely I would go with the 'haswell ram'.

 

[Legohouse]

Would I be better off getting 1866 MHz Ram or would 1600 MHz be enough. I won't be overclocking for a bit if at all if that helps. Also I will be mainly gaming with a possibility of CAD in the near future. Both the sticks I am looking at are cl9. They are corsair vengeance lp and corsair vengeance pro

It depends on your motherboard and CPU. If you have a 'K' (unlocked CPU) model CPU and if your motherboard supports above 2133MHz then going with higher speed is better. Though, sometimes the difference cannot be noticed by the user it is worth it as the computer reacts to it better. Between the two memory, i'd go with the lowest price as their is no difference between 'em or go with one which suits your motherboard color.

The amount of memory anything between 8GB - 16GB will do the job.

Good luck with the upgrade!!

 

[getochkn]

What kind of CPU? AMD A6/A8 series use 1866, so that would be advisable. Intel system that use a standard 1600 interface, then 1600. I love how people jump in and say 1600, 1866 is a waste, except it's not if you're building a A8 system that has a standard 1866 memory controller, then it's better suited for it.

Just saying.

 

[furhaanar]

Motherboard is msi z87 g45 and cpu is i7 4770k, got the k incase i want to overclock in future. And |If i am talking in terms of 'haswell ram' it implies in a way I have a intel cpu

 

[Legohouse]

Motherboard is msi z87 g45 and cpu is i7 4770k, got the k incase i want to overclock in future. And |If i am talking in terms of 'haswell ram' it implies in a way I have a intel cpu

Your mobo and CPU supports upto 3000MHz. I've seen some guys use 2400MHz without any issues but to be on the safer you may go with 2133MHz.

Good luck!!

 

[JackNaylorPE]

There is no universal answer ..... for many things you do it won't matter..... but blanket statements that this is no faster than that are nonsense.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6372/memory-performance-16gb-ddr31333-to-ddr32400-on-ivy-bridge-igp-with-gskill/14

Look at BatmanAC

Batman: AA represents some of the best increases of any application in our testing. Jumps from 1333 C9 to 1600 C9 and 1866 C9 gives an 8% then another 7% boost, ending with a 21% increase in frame rates moving from 1333 C9 to 2400 C10.

 

[furhaanar]

So just to clarify will I have 0 issues with using the 2133MHz ram stick?

 

[Legohouse]

So just to clarify will I have 0 issues with using the 2133MHz ram stick?

No issues, IMO.

 

[furhaanar]

Surely it should work unless im missing something. Mobo supports up to 3000MHz so it shouldnt have a prob with 2133Mhz am i right?

 

[Legohouse]

Surely it should work unless im missing something. Mobo supports up to 3000MHz so it shouldnt have a prob with 2133Mhz am i right?

That's right. It will work with no issues. Keep us posted on how things go.