G. Skill Ripjaws X Blue Vs Red (1600), Which to choose?

[Johnny Bravo]

In Shops, people buy more red than blue, but blue has CL7 and Red is better for OC

Blue: 7-8-8-24 - DDR3-1600 (PC3 12800) -> Model: F3-12800CL7D-8GBXM

Red: 9-9-9-24 - DDR3-1600 (PC3 12800) -> Model: F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-12800cl9d-8gbxl RED

http://www.gskill.com/en/product/f3-12800cl7d-8gbxm BLUE

If Red is better for OC, why has it L (Low OC) and blue M (Medium OC)?

I don't understand nothing with these memories

 

[gskill support]

A lower latency is always better. When comparing RAM, if frequency and voltage is the same, a lower latency means the chips is better.

e.g.
DDR3-1600 CL7 1.50V is better than DDR3-1600 CL9 1.50V.

DDR3-1600 CL11 1.50V (standard) is not better than DDR3-1600 CL9 1.50V.

The DDR3-1600 CL7 are generally better, but this is not to say the CL9 kits are not good, because they are still much better than standard. Many people have great success overclocking DDR3-1600 CL9. Keep in mind, overclocking results may vary as each kit can vary.

XL is most popular because they are priced great, many people like red color or it matches their system, and not everyone cares about latency/timings. Performance builders think about which is quickest or fastest, but average system builders just need good, cheap RAM that's better than the boring standard modules available at any local store.

Hopefully that clears things up for you guys.

Feel free to ask more questions.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Thank you for answering.

But.. Why last letter on Ripjaws X Blue is (M) if you don't have possibility of OC Memory and Red with (L=Low) can. Wouldn't be backwards?

 

[SiNxPride]

I don't think it's that the Blue Ripjaws X doesn't have the possibility of overclocking. I think G.Skill is trying to say that even though the Red Ripjaws have lower overclocking capabilities, people are still able to overclock them to be better than a standard DDR3-1600 CL11 and I'm fairly certain that the Blue Ripjaws X can overclock even further.

 

[Tradesman1]

I've run those sets at 2400/10 (the Blue CL7 Set), I've gotten the RED CL9 set up to 2133 at CL11 (which is on the loose side for 2133, 2133/9 is preferred for high performance)