G.Skill: TridentX VS RipjawsZ What is the best?

[karl_azytzeen]

I had taken a look between those kits, founding just 2 differences (SPD speed, wich is just an auto default for bios that should be overrided by XMP). Heat spreaders (Trident can remove a part of it to imporve compatibility when needed).

Apart of this, what are the differences between them?

Which are the best* ram modules??

*They will be in a Asus MVIF (Z87 chipset)

Txs fo your time!

 

[wdmfiber]

You pay a premium for tight timings. 10ns or less is dam fast. The Trident sticks are arguably the best and deliver those quick times(although you'll have to do the math "long hand", if you want the numbers to compare).

But memory also has a rated speed in MHz, with the controller actually on your CPU. Take the 4770K for example:
http://ark.intel.com/products/75123
It's rated for 1333/1600 MHz dims. So if you go way beyond 1600 MHz, you start taking a chance that your ram may not even function at it's advertised speed (overclock); in the real world with "your" CPU. It's just luck, some Haswell/Ivy/Sandy CPU's are better than others... common practice really, everything is "binned".

And Ram latency vs. speed in MHz is a common debate, just Google it.

 

[Tradesman1]

What CPU? The K CPUs can carry higher freqs and Haswell likes fast DRAM, of the two models, the Tridents are better with the Z87

 

[karl_azytzeen]

Yes, 4770k

As i see in your signature you have 2666 and 2400 Trident

 

[Tradesman1]

Yep, they are the best I've found for Haswell, the Snipers are good also. With the 4770K you can pretty much use any DRAM you want, would suggest a minimum of 1866

 

[karl_azytzeen]

I think the same, the question is... what about Ripjaws Z? What is the reason of its existence having TridentsX?

 

[gskill support]

Trident X is for dual channel Z77 and Z87 motherboards, whereas RipJaws Z is for quad channel X79 motherboards. For the most part, either memory series can be used in either motherboard chipset.

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