Question Budget Memory / Z107A

[Falcon6]

Looking for some inexpensive memory for the mobo listed, I currently have an 8GB stick of the Kingston HyperX FURY Black, (HX421C14FB/8) which I believe is single channel?

At any rate I do a lot of gaming but zero OC.

 

[RememberThe5th]

What would be your current specifications?

 

[compprob237]

Looking for some inexpensive memory for the mobo listed, I currently have an 8GB stick of the Kingston HyperX FURY Black, (HX421C14FB/8) which I believe is single channel?

At any rate I do a lot of gaming but zero OC.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233787
While the timings are a little worse you can learn how to OC the stick to get it to match the timings of your HyperX FURY. OCing RAM is pretty simple, too. Just follow the guide in the sticky here:

How To - Troubleshooting problems with PC memory (RAM) and XMP profile configurations

In the beginning, there was......BIOS Before you go ANY further, go to the manufacturer product page for your specific motherboard model AND revision. Revision is an important aspect because for any given motherboard there may be more than one version of that model which will be identified...

forums.tomshardware.com

In this case what you do is change the secondary timings from 14-16-16-31 to 14-14-14-28 and then follow the above guide's "Testing your memory configuration to verify stability". If it isn't stable then Increase voltage to the RAM kit. Since it isn't a whole lot of change it shouldn't take much voltage to get stable (maybe a step or two). If you reach 1.35v for the RAM and it still refuses to use the lower timings then return the timings to 14-16-16-31 and the voltage back to default. There's no point risking damage to the RAM by going above 1.35v just to lower the secondary timings. Besides, you wont notice the difference in any meaningful way.

If you want to go extremely budget:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231959
Just leave everything set to auto.

By the way, there's an Asus Z170-A (I have one of these) and a lot (Almost their entire Z170 lineup) of MSI "Z170A" motherboards. The DDR4-2133 sticks are extremely compatible with everything so the motherboard model doesn't really matter.

 

[Falcon6]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233787
While the timings are a little worse you can learn how to OC the stick to get it to match the timings of your HyperX FURY. OCing RAM is pretty simple, too. Just follow the guide in the sticky here:

How To - Troubleshooting problems with PC memory (RAM) and XMP profile configurations

In the beginning, there was......BIOS Before you go ANY further, go to the manufacturer product page for your specific motherboard model AND revision. Revision is an important aspect because for any given motherboard there may be more than one version of that model which will be identified...

forums.tomshardware.com

In this case what you do is change the secondary timings from 14-16-16-31 to 14-14-14-28 and then follow the above guide's "Testing your memory configuration to verify stability". If it isn't stable then Increase voltage to the RAM kit. Since it isn't a whole lot of change it shouldn't take much voltage to get stable (maybe a step or two). If you reach 1.35v for the RAM and it still refuses to use the lower timings then return the timings to 14-16-16-31 and the voltage back to default. There's no point risking damage to the RAM by going above 1.35v just to lower the secondary timings. Besides, you wont notice the difference in any meaningful way.

If you want to go extremely budget:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231959
Just leave everything set to auto.

By the way, there's an Asus Z170-A (I have one of these) and a lot (Almost their entire Z170 lineup) of MSI "Z170A" motherboards. The DDR4-2133 sticks are extremely compatible with everything so the motherboard model doesn't really matter.

So this set of 2x8GB will work? Dual channel I assume? I'm guessing I will benefit from the jump to 16GB regardless of the timings correct? Or what about this?