DDR4: 2400mhz cl12 VS 3000mhz 16cl

[karenche]

Hello all,

building my new pc. i7 6700k on z170 chipset and looking for ram. Have two options for the same price at the moment. One is Kingston XMP HyperX Savage 2400mhz cl12 and second is Crucial Ballistix Elite 3000mhz 16cl.

I have heard that skylake takes more advantage of frequency rate rather than latensy. Is it true? What would you suggest between these two?

 

[weberdarren97]

It is true to a point. That difference in latency might be noticeable if you literally use all of your RAM, but otherwise the speed would cover for the latency being high.

Also, you can often OC Crucial RAM to eliminate 1-2 off of the latency.

 

[rgd1101]

There are reviews out there with different ram speed.

 

[Sakkura]

CL16 at 3000 is only barely higher than CL12 at 2400. 10.67ns vs. 10ns.

The bandwidth difference is much bigger.

 

[Tradesman1]

Go for the Bandwidth and the 3000 sticks, it will easily overcome the tighter timings og the 2400 sticks, can often find 3000/3200 near same price with tighter CLs of 14 and 15 also