G.Skill Ripjaws V vs Corsair Vengeance vs Hyper x Fury RAM

[Vlad_14]

I wanna get 16gb of ram , and have some options to choose from . First , I dont like hyper x prices so i wont probably buy theirs . For a weird reason , the corsair 16 gb 3000mhz cl 15 are cheaper than the 2133mhz cl 13 version (the 3000mhz are 84 euros , while the 2133mhz are 88)
But i also discovered the G skill ones , the 2400mhz cl 15 being very cheap actually , 76 euros . I also like theirs as they are full red (my build is black + red themed) , but im concerned about the high latency , I dont know what more important for gaming or in general , CL or MHZ . So which one should i choose from these , or others if you suggest me some .
Forgot to mention , the mobo will be a z170-series one + i5 6600k

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

What board and CPU?

 

[Vlad_14]

I cant decide on the board either , I've just made a thread on it too , but its definetely gonna be a z170 for my i5 6600k

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You can easily run the 3000mhz , modules with a small overclock on the CPU , I would go there.

 

[Vlad_14]

So whats better ? lower cl or higher mhz (speed) ?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The 3000 over the 2133.
http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/memory-performance-speed-latency
Good read here.

 

[Vlad_14]

Well ill decide if i get the 3000mhz from corsair , but if i cant afford those , the ripjaws are good too right ?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Yes they will be great , not a lot of real world difference.

 

[Vlad_14]

The 16 gb 3000mhz are not available , ill get the ripjaws instead

 

[junkeymonkey]

maybe I'm wrong but it seems like you see 10x more issue threads over Kingston memory the all the rest combined here at toms ?? I prefer g-skill look to them as first choice 99% of the time

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

They are great modules , Gskill is first rate.

Get the Gskill. 😀

 

[Vlad_14]

Ill take the ripjaws then , easy choice . Nice pricing , nice looks , nice speed . What do i need more

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

They will run great.

 

[Dylanlowden_quinns]

The MHZ are better in this case because the RipJaws are pretty good for over clocking, so you can expect it to go over 3000mhz with some tweaking, but if it's =\= Mhz, I think you can just make the decision based on your GPU if you have anything under 1070 - 1070 and under gain very marginal increases in FrameRate from 2133mhz-2666mhz, but once you add 3000-3200mhz with the 1070 and below models the Frame Rates start to finally jump by increments of roughly 1-10% in benchmarks

Basically unless youre running a 1080, somewhere in the 2133-2666 range is fine to hold a high and steady frame rate, but higher MHz won't hurt them, it just won't do much for increasing them UNLESS it's a 1080 GPU.

As for processing, the lower CL is throwing out more processes, so technically it is processing data faster, only, less of it. Having more MHz is just going to be better for Heavy Lifting such as multitasking OBS while playing graphic intensive games and streaming, and well overall memory.

Objectively speaking, unless you're upgrading in future to a 1080, 2400Mhz - 2666Mhz is the sweet spot for a compact smooth running rig, something with a 1070GPU or below. Putting a 3000-3200 into say a 1050 is pointless, you will gain 20 frames at most, as opposed to the 1080Ti which will gain 4738828384736 frames

If I could I would just buy the highest MHz option as a future investment, as it will essentially self modify with the system and run better once your all-round is upgraded. Until the new gen RAM is released and even some time during that there won't be any need for something over 3200Mhz, the games out right now can run really well on a good 2-4 core CPU, we have 6 cores for content creators/hardcore gamers and we have 3000-3200mhz RAM for enthusiasts/creators and 1080ti's which are running on insane frame rates in 4K HD.

3000-3200 brings out the best in the six+ core processors and the 1080's & 16GB of RAM is enough for pretty much anything you can think of right now. I have a 6 core 12thread Ryzen 5 2600X with a 1050Ti, I literally won't need more than 8GB worth of RAM at 2400mhz unless I buy a 1080Ti, anything more would be pointless and potentially just make my system run slower in some small factors and increase the number of chances for Screen Tearing to occur just as much as it would have the adverse effect.