Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB vs Kingston HyperX Beast 16GB

[Nabon]

Quick question

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148545

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104374

Where i am buying them from, the kingston costs about 40 euro more, the specs are about the same, so i was woundering, are you just paying for the better looks? or is there something about the kingston that i've missed? Better cooling on the kingston perhaps?

 

[ksham]

The Kingston one has higher speed and top heatsink. The speed difference is minimal. The top heatsinks aren't necessary. Maybe if you are an insane overclocker. Not worth the extra 40 euros, especially when 40 euros can buy you another set of 8GB RAM. I'd get the Crucial Ballistix one.

 

[cin19]

If you use the intel system, you don't need the Kingston one, read the review and saving you money.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/memory/2011/01/11/the-best-memory-for-sandy-bridge/10

But if you have AMD Trinity APUs, then you maybe consider the Kingston. Also read the review.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/memory-bandwidth-scaling-trinity,3419.html

Just make sure if you buy the RAM with heatsink, the CPU cooler if you have one don't block the RAM.

 

[Nabon]

Thank you for the answere guys, realy helped me out. Follow up question, would this one be better
Crucial DDR3 BallistiX 1600Mhz DDR3 16GB kit(4GBx4),Tactical, 1.5V, CL8-8-8-24 I see it got higher clock speed and costs about the same as the kingston, again, its fugly (but i dont rly mind) ^^

 

[Nabon]

I will be buying intell Intel® Core i7-3770K, so i guess any 1600 mhz ram will do? Oh, and off topic question if you dont mind answereing, i am only playing games, is i7-770k a waste of money? Some say it is, some say the newer games will need the extra string and what not.

 

[cin19]

The cl8 is better than the cl9 but not much. You can find out online if you google "CL8 vs CL9".

Add: if you only pay the game get the i5-3570k that is more than enough. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-performance-comparison,3370.html