G.Skill Sniper vs Hyper Fury X

[Kenroy Walters]

I am currently working on a gaming rig and I have narrowed down the choice of memory to one of the following below:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231609

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104461

Should I go with the G. Skill Sniper with is for gaming ( or at least advertised), or should I save a few bucks and go with the HyperX Fury which is at the same time rate to work at a slower speed? I play to use my for a combination of web/design and gaming with some overclocking later on down the road. Any suggestions?

 

[A_Goat]

You do not need 16GB for gaming.
Get whichever is cheaper, as 1600 vs 1866 will not offer a worthwhile difference.

Edit; I thought they were the same speed at first sorry for the confusion if you read what I first typed, hah!

 

[Kenroy Walters]

You do not need 16GB for gaming.
Get whichever is cheaper, as 1600 vs 1866 will not offer a worthwhile difference.

Edit; I thought they were the same speed at first sorry for the confusion if you read what I first typed, hah!

I know I dont need the 16gb for gaming, but I plan to do a lot of rendering, so the additional memory is something I'm planning for long term. Thanks for the input!

 

[Ahmed-Adel]

G.Skill Sniper is better cuz it has lower CL (9) while the Hyper Fury X has (10)
1600Mhz with CL 9 is faster than 1866Mhz with CL 10

 

[Tradesman1]

What CPU and mobo (and no 1600/9 isn't better than 1866/10 - the wider bandwidth of 1866 outperforms the tighter CL of the 1600 sticks by a slight margin). If you have a good CPU, the Snipers can easily run 1866/10 and will be a bit stronger still than the Fury sticks. Also to even run the Furys you'll want a mobo that supports PnP since the Fury sticks operate off that rather than XMP

 

[Kenroy Walters]

What CPU and mobo (and no 1600/9 isn't better than 1866/10 - the wider bandwidth of 1866 outperforms the tighter CL of the 1600 sticks by a slight margin). If you have a good CPU, the Snipers can easily run 1866/10 and will be a bit stronger still than the Fury sticks. Also to even run the Furys you'll want a mobo that supports PnP since the Fury sticks operate off that rather than XMP

I currently have a MSI MPower Max AC and I play to get an intel i7 quad core 4790k. for the sake of being able to utilize XMP, I am leaning towards the g skill.

 

[Tradesman1]

Yep, best way to go 😉 With the 4790 and the Snipers will OC easily to higher data rates, possibly even 2133 or better

 

[A_Goat]

I've got the 1866 version of the sniper series. No issues thus far, all I had to do was change BIOS settings to XMP.

The heat spreaders on them are quite tall... Be sure to keep that into consideration.

 

[Kenroy Walters]

Yep, best way to go 😉 With the 4790 and the Snipers will OC easily to higher data rates, possibly even 2133 or better

Thanks! BTW, I'm thinking about getting the hyper x fan cooler for my build. Do you thing there will be any clearance issues? I've tried looking at the specs, but I'm still uncertain.