gaming pc ram

[meteora881]

he is my build if that will help in determing which ram to get http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4J3KK8
which ram should i choose?

2400

cas 11 1.65 v
cas 10 1.65 v

2133

cas 11 1.5v
cas 9 1.65v
cas 10 1.6v
cas 11 1.6v

2000

cas 9 1.5v

1866

cas 9 1.5v
cas10 1.5v
cas 8 1.5v



or should i choose from something from the 1600?

 

[Memhorder]

Your processor only supports up to 1600 mhz. That's what you should go for. G Skill is good

 

[InvalidError]

The fastest you can get better than 1600-9 for nearly the same price as 1600-9 since there generally is very little benefit to having memory significantly better than that unless you plan to use the IGP.

Right now, you can get 2133-9 @ 1.5V for $85-90, which is only $5-10 more than 1600-9 memory.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f32133c9d8gxl

 

[Agera One]

For gaming, 8 GB of 1600 Mhz RAM. You'll only need 8GB for gaming..
See this benchmarks http://www.anandtech.com/show/6372/memory-performance-16gb-ddr31333-to-ddr32400-on-ivy-bridge-igp-with-gskill/8, there's merely a very small difference between the speeds..

 

[InvalidError]

Your processor only supports up to 1600 mhz. That's what you should go for. G Skill is good

It is an i5-4690K... the unlocked multipliers and uncore frequency straps allow 2133+ memory.

 

[Memhorder]

Your processor only supports up to 1600 mhz. That's what you should go for. G Skill is good

It is an i5-4690K... the unlocked multipliers and uncore frequency straps allow 2133+ memory.

OK buddy argue with this then http://ark.intel.com/products/80811/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

 

[meteora881]

Your processor only supports up to 1600 mhz. That's what you should go for. G Skill is good

where does it say my cpu only supports 1600 i dont see it?

 

[Memhorder]

Check memory specification on the page I posted from Intel

 

[meteora881]

ok so if i can only get up to 1600 which ram do you recommend since there is different timings and such?

 

[Memhorder]

ok so if i can only get up to 1600 which ram do you recommend since there is different timings and such?

as low as you can go probably CAS 9

 

[meteora881]

ok so if i can only get up to 1600 which ram do you recommend since there is different timings and such?

as low as you can go probably CAS 9

so i pick lowest cas but then what about timing...which is better 9-9-9-24 or 9-10-9-28?

 

[Memhorder]

99924

 

[Memhorder]

you could probably go either not much difference

 

[InvalidError]

It is an i5-4690K... the unlocked multipliers and uncore frequency straps allow 2133+ memory.

OK buddy argue with this then http://ark.intel.com/products/80811/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

The OFFICIAL spec only goes to 1600. The memory OVERCLOCK speed can go to 3000.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell

Overclocking is usually what people buy K-chips for.

 

[Memhorder]

It is an i5-4690K... the unlocked multipliers and uncore frequency straps allow 2133+ memory.

OK buddy argue with this then http://ark.intel.com/products/80811/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz

The OFFICIAL spec only goes to 1600. The memory OVERCLOCK speed can go to 3000.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell

Overclocking is usually what people buy K-chips for.

Before I say your right. Show me something with an i5

 

[InvalidError]

Before I say your right. Show me something with an i5

Here is the "overclock database"
http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-guide-with-statistics

Plenty of i5k in there on 1866+ RAM.

Reviews only use the i7 in their memory scaling benchmarks because they happen to have spares on-hands and it also gives them the best shot at showing some memory scaling with the four extra hardware threads giving the IMC a more thorough workout.

 

[Memhorder]

Before I say your right. Show me something with an i5

Here is the "overclock database"
http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-guide-with-statistics

Plenty of i5k in there on 1866+ RAM.

Reviews only use the i7 in their memory scaling benchmarks because they happen to have spares on-hands and it also gives them the best shot at showing some memory scaling with the four extra hardware threads giving the IMC a more thorough workout.

ahhh yes. You are right InvalidError. I suppose it wouldn't matter what speed of ram because you can just downclock it too. Their is not much performance difference either way and it boils down to how much meteora881 wants to shell out for RAM. That Anand page InvalidError posted does suggest going for 1866 for best bang/buck. There are plenty of overclockers with 1600 too on last page. None the less small gains

 

[InvalidError]

There are plenty of overclockers with 1600 too on last page. None the less small gains

Yes, most of the changes are small to insignificant.

The "Minimum FPS" charts on the other hand do show some pretty significant improvements (20-30%) but that does not say much about how much of an actual gameplay experience improvement that really translates to. A more thorough metric like 95% frame-time variance would have been more representative of overall experience improvement and would likely have yielded far less impressive relative improvement numbers.

 

[meteora881]

guys this was the ram i bought http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f32400c10d8gtx it had a 10% promo even without promo i think that was the best ram for the price

can anyone recommend me a gpu and motherboard in 100-160 dollar range here is my build so far http://pcpartpicker.com/p/F9p9wP

 

[Memhorder]

Look like you found the Motherboard. What was your budget for GPU? 160?

 

[meteora881]

Look like you found the Motherboard. What was your budget for GPU? 160?

around 500...was looking at r9 290 r9 290x and gtx 780..so which would you go with and model?

which motherboard would you go with?

 

[Memhorder]

The motherboard you picked would suite your needs just fine. From personal experience the 780 does a very nice job of games. I have no regrets. Just FYI the 290x does run very hot but on the other hand you would have Mantle support. Mantle won't do too much for you as you have a very good CPU.