Crucial Ballistix Sport, 8GB, DDR4-2400, CL16, Silver vs Kingston HyperX Fury, 8GB, DDR4-2133, CL13, Black

[Anastasia Bintcliffe]

Hi I am building a new system and want to know which is better. The crucial is slightly more expensive, but it so small a difference in price that it is negligible.

I have no plans of overclocking but will be getting an i7 6700k because it is currently on sale for the same price as an i7 6700 where I live (go figure).

The motherboard will be either some h170 or Z170 chipset depending on whether I can find a h170 with more than 6 sata ports or not.

graphics card is a gtx 980ti

This system is mainly for gaming and work, plus some amateur coding on the side.

I will be getting two sticks of whatever is the better option so that makes a total of 16gb ram.

I will not be overclocking, and I noticed that the non k versions says " DDR4-2133, 34.1GB/s Memory Bandwidth". does that mean that getting anything with speeds higher than 2133 will be pointless, and does that still hold true with a k version of the chip while not overclocking?
Thanks in advance

 

[Archaic59]

For H170, B150, H110 boards, these are the best value and lowest latency for DDR4 2133-
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2a2133c13,corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2a2133c13r/

For a Z170 board get high speed low latency memory in your budget. Hyper X Fury do not support XMP so I would not use them.

 

[tical2399]

For H170, B150, H110 boards, these are the best value and lowest latency for DDR4 2133-
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2a2133c13,corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2a2133c13r/

For a Z170 board get high speed low latency memory in your budget. Hyper X Fury do not support XMP so I would not use them.

I have 8 sticks of these (the 8 gig ones) and they cant be beat for the price. Stable and reviews they they go to 2666 with no issues. I use them at stock 2400 and never had a problem.

http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Ballistix-PC4-19200-BLS2K4G4D240FSA-BLS2C4G4D240FSA/dp/B00MTSWEQE/ref=sr_1_sc_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1459346978&sr=1-3-spell&keywords=ballastix+sport+8+gb

 

[Anastasia Bintcliffe]

For H170, B150, H110 boards, these are the best value and lowest latency for DDR4 2133-
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2a2133c13,corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2a2133c13r/

For a Z170 board get high speed low latency memory in your budget. Hyper X Fury do not support XMP so I would not use them.

okay so crucial would be better in this case for the Z!70 board. thanks for your help but may i ask, what does XMP mean?

 

[Anastasia Bintcliffe]

For H170, B150, H110 boards, these are the best value and lowest latency for DDR4 2133-
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2a2133c13,corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2a2133c13r/

For a Z170 board get high speed low latency memory in your budget. Hyper X Fury do not support XMP so I would not use them.

I have 8 sticks of these (the 8 gig ones) and they cant be beat for the price. Stable and reviews they they go to 2666 with no issues. I use them at stock 2400 and never had a problem.

http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Ballistix-PC4-19200-BLS2K4G4D240FSA-BLS2C4G4D240FSA/dp/B00MTSWEQE/ref=sr_1_sc_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1459346978&sr=1-3-spell&keywords=ballastix+sport+8+gb

cool thanks, i think i will probably go with these then is i get a Z170 board

 

[Archaic59]

XMP (Extreme Memory Profile) by Intel is a preprogrammed profile that you can enable in BIOS to set the correct memory settings in one easy step. XMP is exclusive to Intel platforms only.

 

[tical2399]

For H170, B150, H110 boards, these are the best value and lowest latency for DDR4 2133-
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2a2133c13,corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2a2133c13r/

For a Z170 board get high speed low latency memory in your budget. Hyper X Fury do not support XMP so I would not use them.

okay so crucial would be better in this case for the Z!70 board. thanks for your help but may i ask, what does XMP mean?

XMP is software (firmware?) built into the ram that lets it be set at pre programmed speeds. So that crucial ram I linked would be able to not only run at its advertised speeds (2400mhz) but also at 2666 mhz or higher. You can change the speed by going into to bios and changing the xmp profile (speed setting) under the memory area of your motherboard. Not all ram supports XMP thats we said stay away from the other ram, because it doesnt support xmp.

 

[tical2399]

For H170, B150, H110 boards, these are the best value and lowest latency for DDR4 2133-
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2a2133c13,corsair-memory-cmk8gx4m2a2133c13r/

For a Z170 board get high speed low latency memory in your budget. Hyper X Fury do not support XMP so I would not use them.

I have 8 sticks of these (the 8 gig ones) and they cant be beat for the price. Stable and reviews they they go to 2666 with no issues. I use them at stock 2400 and never had a problem.

http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Ballistix-PC4-19200-BLS2K4G4D240FSA-BLS2C4G4D240FSA/dp/B00MTSWEQE/ref=sr_1_sc_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1459346978&sr=1-3-spell&keywords=ballastix+sport+8+gb

cool thanks, i think i will probably go with these then is i get a Z170 board

You cant go wrong with the crucial. Cheap, sock solid stable and xmp support. Cant ask for much more.

 

[Anastasia Bintcliffe]

thanks both of you for your help!! i wish i could have chosen 2 solutions