Hello, i come to you guys and gals because i'm basically a begginer on the pc building world and while looking for an upgrade from 8 GB in ram to 16 GB for my old asus sabertooth p67 + i7 2600k combo i came across these two options in newegg.
G.Skill Sniper 2x8 GB 1866Mhz
and
G.Skill Sniper 2x8 GB 2400Mhz
As you can see they are both the same price with the only difference being CAS Latency of 11 on the 2400Mhz set and a CAS Latency of 10 on the 1866 one, so going for the 2400Mhz would be the obvious choice, but problems arise for me when i noticed that in my mobo manual and cpu manual it's stated the safest voltage would be around 1.5V while the 2400Mhz ram set needs 1.65V and that the fastest the mobo can run is 1866 of ram. Does downclocking them to the max my mobo can run (1866) is advisable so i could get more bang for my buck in the future if i would like a mobo upgrade that still uses DDR3 (since money's kinda tight, specially on my country so i don't think i would be upgrading to DDR4 in 3 years minimum) or is it too prone to stability problems and i should just go for the 1866 set?
I have been researching on the subject but i don't really know if downclocking the 2400Mhz down to 1866Mhz would be as fast or slower than the native 1866Mhz set when taking into account the CAS Latency.
So TL;DR: Mobo and CPU specify 1866 Mhz max ram speed and 1.5V as recommended but a 2400 Mhz set is the same price, should i go for the one with the more speed and downclock it or is it not worth the risk in case i can get a better mobo for cheap down the road.
Any help is appreciated.
PD: Should i bite the bullet and get 32 GB instead of 16 GB or is buying 32GB of DDR3 ram when we are so close to DDR5 just stupid?
EDIT: Forgot to ask, G.Skill Sniper or Ripjaws, they are also the same price. I have heard somewhere that snipers are better overall but that ripjaws are designed for cpus like mine but i don't really know if that translates to them being better. Thanks in advance!
G.Skill Sniper 2x8 GB 1866Mhz
and
G.Skill Sniper 2x8 GB 2400Mhz
As you can see they are both the same price with the only difference being CAS Latency of 11 on the 2400Mhz set and a CAS Latency of 10 on the 1866 one, so going for the 2400Mhz would be the obvious choice, but problems arise for me when i noticed that in my mobo manual and cpu manual it's stated the safest voltage would be around 1.5V while the 2400Mhz ram set needs 1.65V and that the fastest the mobo can run is 1866 of ram. Does downclocking them to the max my mobo can run (1866) is advisable so i could get more bang for my buck in the future if i would like a mobo upgrade that still uses DDR3 (since money's kinda tight, specially on my country so i don't think i would be upgrading to DDR4 in 3 years minimum) or is it too prone to stability problems and i should just go for the 1866 set?
I have been researching on the subject but i don't really know if downclocking the 2400Mhz down to 1866Mhz would be as fast or slower than the native 1866Mhz set when taking into account the CAS Latency.
So TL;DR: Mobo and CPU specify 1866 Mhz max ram speed and 1.5V as recommended but a 2400 Mhz set is the same price, should i go for the one with the more speed and downclock it or is it not worth the risk in case i can get a better mobo for cheap down the road.
Any help is appreciated.
PD: Should i bite the bullet and get 32 GB instead of 16 GB or is buying 32GB of DDR3 ram when we are so close to DDR5 just stupid?
EDIT: Forgot to ask, G.Skill Sniper or Ripjaws, they are also the same price. I have heard somewhere that snipers are better overall but that ripjaws are designed for cpus like mine but i don't really know if that translates to them being better. Thanks in advance!
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