Help Me Choose My Memory.

doerner063093

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I am going to be ordering my last two parts for my new gaming build first thing in the morning..
( Memory )( Optical drive )

so i am wondering which of these two sets would be the better buy...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231275

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-145-260&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=5&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=(keywords)&Page=1#scrollFullInfo


Here is My Build In Case It Helps

ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
XFX HD-685X-ZNFC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit DDR5
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Cooler Master GX650
 

sixthseven

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They are PC3 1333 (G.Skill) and PC3 1600 (Corsair) memories. A PC3 1333 has data rate about 1333 Megatransfers/second (MT/s) and 1600 MT/s for PC3 1600. So the corsair has shorter cycle time than the g.skill. It makes the corsair a little bit faster than g.skill, in normal condition of course...