G.skill ripjaws vs G.Skill Sniper

[Meepz]

Hi i am in the progress of picking parts for my pc and i was wondering what is the best and cheapest ram i have been looking at the G.skill rip jaws and the sniper series, which one is better? or is there something else that is better like i have seen many people use the corsair vengeance for some reason.

 

[someguynamedmatt]

I'm running one kit of both in my desktop, and they both work equally well. In all honesty, take your pick of which heatspreader you prefer if two kits of the same specs are also at the same price - there will be zero noticeable difference between the two, even if they do have different specs. There's no reason to even look at their value/budget offerings when the price is only $1 or $2 less.

I have an interesting stance Corsair. With G.Skill, all of their memory is top quality - NewEgg's ratings will show you that. They just make good memory... nobody else even comes close to their number of five-star ratings. With Corsair, they make very good "extreme overclocking" memory... the problem is that this high-class memory seems to trickle down through the binning process; what you end up with at the bottom is what started as high-performance memory (raising the price), yet isn't quite stable/reliable enough to pass in their lineup. Now, I know a lot of Corsair fans are going to come yelling at me for that statement, but it's just my opinion... take it for what it's worth. All I know is that two pairs of Corsair ValueRAM have failed on me in HTPC/Budget builds, and not a single kit of G.Skill has even had a hiccup yet. It's just all-around good memory that deserves more attention than it gets.

 

[ToiletMaestro]

I've had a pair of 4 GB Snipers for almost a year now, I love them and would recommend them to anyone. I also agree 100% with what someguynamedmatt said. When it comes down to the Ripjaws or the Snipers, look at the performance differences and compare to them to what you think you'll need and how much the cash difference matters to you and go from there. G.Skill in general is the best purchase for memory I've ever made and I'll continue to support them throughout the rest of my builds.

 

[Tradesman1]

What is it going in (mobo and CPU) and what particular sets are you looking at - Ripjaws X are particularly good w/ 1155 mobos, Ripjaws Z was aimed more towards the 2011 socket - Snipers are good all round sticks that tend to have a bit more OC headroom and room to play with timings from what I've found - Been pretty much using GSkill exclusively for about 6 years now

 

[Meepz]

Would i be better of going with the corsair vengeance as they are better all around?

 

[Tradesman1]

Corsair doesn't match up to GSkill DRAM and in fact has been basically copying GSkill for the last year or so, Corsair just sttarted bringing out high freq/high quantity sets in the last few months (and the prices reflect it - high) i.e 32GB of 2400/10 where GSkill has has a few 2400/10 sets out for about a year and a half...

 

[someguynamedmatt]

^Agreed; G.Skill offers everything that Corsair does, probably at a lower price, and with a more reliable reputation.

 

[Meepz]

Alright i will go with the G.skill just which one sniper or Ripjaws? i know you have already answered it but i do want the best, so would these be any other G.skill thats better? or just go with the ripjaws or sniper?

 

[Tradesman1]

😉 that goes back to my earlier question, what mobo and CPU, otherwise can suggest a number of set that may not do anything for what you are building on - i.e. if buiilding AMD sort of a waste to get 2133 or above, also many AMD mobos aren't good with tight timings, Intel you be going with a mobo that can't run over 1600 or have a CPU that cant run 2400 - need a little info to give best suggestions 😉

 

[Meepz]

im will be building intel based (lga 1150) (i7 4770k)

 

[Tradesman1]

Sky's the limit 😉 I've got my 4770K in a Asus Hero and am running 32GB of 2666, have tested DRAM extensively on the Haswell builds I've done (just over 40 now) and have found the GSkill Tridents X to be the best DRAM, closely followed by the GSkill Snipers

 

[Meepz]

how are you running that speed on the asus maximus vi hero? i thought i only ran speeds at 1600? and the tridents X have high cas latency

 

[Tradesman1]

The Hero is rated for up through 3000 sticks,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131989

and no the the Trident Xs have tight CLs, they have 1600/7, 1866/8, 2133/9, 2400/10, 2666/11, 2800/12 sets they also have some with slightly looser like the 2666/12 sticks but for the given freqs, these are considered tight, performance level CLs

 

[Meepz]

Yea but thats overclocked right? and what does your 1600/7 mean is the speed/las?

 

[Tradesman1]

Running freqs 1866 and up 'may' require the CPU be OCed to achieve and run the DRAM at full freq - 1600/7 stands fro freq/CL (CAS) or freq is 1600, CL is 7

 

[Meepz]

Oh you overclock the cpu, i thought you overclock the motherboard for the those freqs. Alright well anyway i might go with the Tridents X as they will be better i think but should i worry about how high the Cas is or can that be brought down?

 

[Tradesman1]

As mentioned, at higher freqs you aren't going to find much with a tighter CL, when you have them you can try tightening, but it's the nature of DRAM it self, running as ffast as it does, it simply takes a higher CL

 

[Meepz]

Oh ok but do you fell the difference in your pc being slower due to CL

 

[Tradesman1]

Trust me, my rig isn't slow...when it comes to DRAM, most opinions are based on what people have read others say and there's two primary groups Group 1 says the you want the lowest CL you can get....period. Group 2 will say you want the highest freq you can get....period....sad part is neither really understand DRAM, the best DRAM you can get is the best combination of high freq and low CL.....the combos I listed above on the Tridents are considered performance sets - the 1600/7 1866/8 2133/9 etc - more staid or entry level sticks are like 1600/9 1866/9-10 2133/10-11 etc.....if you look at say 1600/9 vs 2400/10 then if you follow group 1's theory then the 1600/9 is clearly the better of the two since it has the lower CL....but....if you take that 2400/10 set and run it at 1600 you would find you should be able to run those sticks at 1600/7 - so on a strictly performance level the 2400/10 is more powerful, plus you are gaining all the additional bandwidth that the higher freq 2400 sticks provide per action

 

[Meepz]

Oh thanks so you have the tridents X and with the tridents i will be about to do 2133/9 with the tridents or tridents X?

 

[Tradesman1]

the Trident X 2133/9 is a good set, can generally easily run 2400/10 if you OC them, or you had mentioned the lower CAS could even drop them to 1600/7

 

[Meepz]

But why is linustechtips using the Corsair vengeance and other pro you tubers like jayztwocentz? Are they better becuase at 1600mhz they have a CL of 9-9-9-24

 

[Tradesman1]

Who knows, whoever runs the site may just favor Corsair, Corsair may be paying for 'advertising', the site is owned by Linus Media Group out of Canada, so they may not be all that familiar with all the other brands. Only stopped by there a couple of times and haven't seen much

 

[Meepz]

alright well i have made my choose i am going to go with the ripjaws x, they have a better CL. So thanks for your help over these 3 days

 

[migit128]

the problem is that this high-class memory seems to trickle down through the binning process; what you end up with at the bottom is what started as high-performance memory (raising the price), yet isn't quite stable/reliable enough to pass in their lineup.

This is the same with all IC manufacturers. Processors are binned the same way. A haswell i3 is really just a damaged haswell i7. That i3 probably has a spec of dust in it.

The difference between companies is how they bin their products. Some have stricter standards than others.