Kingston HyperX any good?

[Ben McKinlay]

Hi

I am looking at upgrading the RAM on my gaming rig from 4GB up to 8GB. The RAM that currently seems to be the best option, considering price and speed, is Kingston HyperX Fury (http://www.dabs.com/products/kingston-8gb--2-x-4gb--hyperx-fury-white-series-1866mhz-ddr3-cl10-dim-9DCW.html?refs=468550000-52290000&catid=15006&src=3). However, from what I am aware, Kingston has a rather poor reputation, and the likes of Corsair being considered much superior. On the other hand, in gaming in particular, I've heard good things about HyperX.
Basically, my question is: is the Kingston RAM I'm looking at good for gaming and in general, or is there better RAM I could be looking at for a similar price (up to around £70 if needed)?

For reference, my rig is:
AMD 6300 CPU
XFX 7870XT GPU
MSI 970A-G43 motherboard
4GB DDR3 RAM, at 1999.9MHz NB frequency according to CPU-Z (I'm not sure the brand, and CPU-Z doesn't seem to tell me)

 

[Stefan Bargisen]

I don't believe you will notice any difference on Kingston HyperX Fury ram, compared to any other brand.
I believe you might notice a difference if you do overclock it though.

 

[TopLuca]

RAM from most big companies will be fine , at that price that what I'd get Gskill Ripjawz which are very good ram that I run in my all of my 5 PCs :

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BvJ7YJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/BvJ7YJ/by_merchant/

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£59.66 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £59.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-20 20:52 BST+0100

 

[Stefan Bargisen]

Yeah, pick the fastest ram you can at same price. The Ripjaws X series are 2133, whilst the Kingston are 1866. So go for Ripjaws.

 

[Ben McKinlay]

Awesome, thanks for the help and for the fast replies guys, much appreciated!

 

[Ben McKinlay]

Hmm, the G.Skill RAM specifies "M/B Chipset = Intel Z77, Intel Z68, Intel P67". Will that work on my AMD system?

 

[Entomber]

It will be fine on your AMD system.

 

[TopLuca]

It will run just fine with AMD

 

[Ben McKinlay]

Cool, thanks a lot everyone for their help, looks like that'll be the RAM I get then