Best RAM for apu AMD a10-7850k

[Jordan Booth]

Currently looking for the best RAM to give me the best performance with my apu currently on a budget and looking to stay around $300 and looking at a set of 2 4gb sticks of ram that is cas 11 2400mhz let me know what you think and why benchmarks are always helpful! Thanks in advance

Current parts list

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/sL4nsY

 

[theyeti87]

That's the fastest RAM the motherboard you selected can use, so you did fine picking out your RAM. 8GB is the sweet spot for your budget build.

 

[Jordan Booth]

That's the fastest RAM the motherboard you selected can use, so you did fine picking out your RAM. 8GB is the sweet spot for your budget build.

But would cas 9 1600mhz or possibly some other combo of lower cas and different speed be more efficient and provide better fps for gaming on the apu?

 

[Eximo]

1600 CAS 9 = 11.25 ns
2400 CAS 11 = 9.16 ns

So you would have to be up in the CAS 14 range for 2400Mhz memory to be slower.

CAS / Speed x 1000 x 2(for DDR)

CAS 10 2133 is just about as fast.
CAS 9 1866 isn't bad either.

 

[Jordan Booth]

1600 CAS 9 = 11.25 ns
2400 CAS 11 = 9.16 ns

So you would have to be up in the CAS 14 range for 2400Mhz memory to be slower.

CAS / Speed x 1000 x 2(for DDR)

CAS 10 2133 is just about as fast.
CAS 9 1866 isn't bad either.

Thank you very much for the answer! Best answer selected by Jordan booth

 

[DeathRabit]

APU need more mhz for IGPU anyway how about a bit more to your bulid ?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($40.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260 1GB DirectCU II Video Card ($90.62 @ Amazon)
Case: Logisys CS308RD ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply ($39.99 @ Directron)
Total: $319.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-19 17:16 EDT-0400

 

[Jordan Booth]

APU need more mhz for IGPU anyway how about a bit more to your bulid ?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($40.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260 1GB DirectCU II Video Card ($90.62 @ Amazon)
Case: Logisys CS308RD ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply ($39.99 @ Directron)
Total: $319.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-19 17:16 EDT-0400

Apu delivers similar performance to the 260 in most current gen games I have seen its marginal but no reason to add more money for not a significant performance I find that the only worth while dedicated graphics card would be the gtx 750ti or higher other than that apu should perform similarly if not better to the lower entry level gpu's

 

[Jordan Booth]

I could definitely be wrong in that but for what I've seen the 260x has a wide enough fps difference in real-time games for me to want splurge on the extra money but I'd rather have the gtx 750 ti since it performs better and is cheaper (only 104 for zotac)

 

[DeathRabit]

APU need more mhz for IGPU anyway how about a bit more to your bulid ?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($71.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus A68HM-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($40.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($45.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260 1GB DirectCU II Video Card ($90.62 @ Amazon)
Case: Logisys CS308RD ATX Mid Tower Case w/480W Power Supply ($39.99 @ Directron)
Total: $319.36
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-19 17:16 EDT-0400

Apu delivers similar performance to the 260 in most current gen games I have seen its marginal but no reason to add more money for not a significant performance I find that the only worth while dedicated graphics card would be the gtx 750ti or higher other than that apu should perform similarly if not better to the lower entry level gpu's

You are wrong R7 260 2x times stronger compare to APU iGPU
APU performance is on R7 250 DDR3 level
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/amd-a10-7850k_11.html

 

[DeathRabit]

I could definitely be wrong in that but for what I've seen the 260x has a wide enough fps difference in real-time games for me to want splurge on the extra money but I'd rather have the gtx 750 ti since it performs better and is cheaper (only 104 for zotac)

Depends to game 750ti struggles in new games, and is even behind R7 260 /360