HyperX Fury 1600mhz vs 1866mhz

[Diced]

Hi all

I'm about to buy new memory for my PC and am wondering if there is any noticeable difference in performance between HyperX Fury 1600Mhz and 1866Mhz memory.
The price difference is a measly 2 Swiss Francs but I read that for Gaming and general multitasking you won't notice any major difference. What I am not sure of is if there are any downsites to a higher mhz frequence but I don't think so.

1600mhz link: https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/hyperx-fury-black-2x-8gb-ddr3-1600-dimm-240-memory-2484103?tagIds=76
1866 mhz link: https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/hyperx-fury-black-2x-8gb-ddr3-1866-dimm-240-memory-2580660?tagIds=76

Or would you recommend another kit from this list? : https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/producttype/memory-2?tagIds=76#f=38491-38501-38512-38507

I'm currently using 2x4GB Kingston HyperX (khx1600c9d3).

Thanks for your advice

 

[Tradesman1]

Of those, the 1866 Fury would be a little better performance wise in addition to the additional DRAM, better yet would be the Corsair Vengeance in 1866 with the tighter CL9

https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/corsair-vengeance-pro-2x-8gb-ddr3-1866-dimm-240-memory-439895?tagIds=76

 

[Diced]

Of those, the 1866 Fury would be a little better performance wise in addition to the additional DRAM, better yet would be the Corsair Vengeance in 1866 with the tighter CL9

https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/corsair-vengeance-pro-2x-8gb-ddr3-1866-dimm-240-memory-439895?tagIds=76

Thank you!
Do you think the difference in performance between the Fury and the Vengeance is worth the money(20% difference)?
I don't mind spending more money on something if it really does make a difference.

 

[Tradesman1]

First things first on that, what CPU and mobo, the performance is worth it, if you need performance, but need to ensure that your CPU/mobo can run 2400

For an idea on performance differences, might look at my article here:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/dram-benchmark-fluctuations,review-33154.html

 

[Diced]

Thanks!

I use a i5-3570k and a ASUS P8Z77-V LX. (no OC)
I'll have a look into your article, seems to be very in-depth, so thanks for that!!

 

[Tradesman1]

No OC, then stick with 1866 max....and even if OCing, with the 3570K I'd prob stick with 2133 as a max, there are 3570Ks thant can carry and run 2400 sticks, but it's not all that common

 

[Diced]

Thanks again for your help with this. I'll get the 1866mhz Fury.

 

[Tradesman1]

Let us know how you like them

 

[Diced]

My apologies but I just saw that HyperX Predator Beast memory is available for just a tiny bit more than the Fury RAM.
https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/hyperx-kingston-hyperx-predator-beast-memory-16-gb-2-x-8-gb-dimm-240-pin-ddr3-1866-mhz-pc3-14900-cl1-2456785?tagIds=76

Do you think I should rather go for that one? Shouldn't make much of a difference (if any), should it?

 

[sora]

1866MHz is higher frequency so go for the higher frequency RAM.

 

[Diced]

Given the choice between Vengeance Pro, HyperX Fury and HyperX Beast, which one would you go for? All 1866Mhz.

 

[Tradesman1]

Will be about the same, both run CL10 at spec, the VP has a CL9 set

 

[Diced]

Received the HyperX Fury RAM today but it runs on 1600mhz instead of 1866mhz.
Tried to manually set the frequency to 1866 which resulted in the system not booting up.

Any idea what this could be?

Oddly enough, I only have "auto" and "manual" in the BIOS, no XMP option.

 

[Tradesman1]

The Fury set themselves uop to what they think is the max can manually set the data rate and timings and then try setting the DRAM voltage to say 1.56 or so

 

[Diced]

I tried setting the timings, frequency and voltage manually, resulting in an OC failed error upon startup.
Might have done something wrong (obviously), so please see the screenshots below.

BIOS default settings: http://oi58.tinypic.com/slpaqb.jpg
Changing frequency: http://oi57.tinypic.com/4jtf75.jpg
Changing timings: http://oi61.tinypic.com/v448b4.jpg
Changing voltage: http://oi58.tinypic.com/vg7x8k.jpg

If nothing helps, I'll just leave it...I won't notice much difference anyway.
Still glad if I could get this solved.

 

[Tradesman1]

Look for the VCCSA voltage and try setting to 1.14 then try 1866