Optimal RAM for High End Enthusiast PC

[whitewolf007]

I've been off the benchmarking scene for about 5 years now. I have recently saved up a few G's for my next huge rig. I'm going to be doing a haswell 4770k build with a Asus maximus VI extreme mobo. I'm looking to load out this thing with the best ram for the price. I would prefer 32gb of ram, at a high clock speed. Expecting price ranges up around 500 range if necessary. I would just up and buy 32gb of G.SKILL 2666, but I want some second opinions on if my motherboard could even use them to their potential. So what do you guys think?

Also on a side note I'm totally open to suggestions for getting more performance overall on this build.

 

[Tradesman1]

That's a good choice - they have two sets that fall in the 2666 32GB catagory, there both a CL 11 and a CL 12 set, the CL 11 has the better performance and OCing overhead, that's the set I picked up - they're great and you'll Love 'em

 

[whitewolf007]

That's a good choice - they have two sets that fall in the 2666 32GB catagory, there both a CL 11 and a CL 12 set, the CL 11 has the better performance and OCing overhead, that's the set I picked up - they're great and you'll Love 'em

Ahhh, I was hoping you would chime in on my predicament seeing how I have read many of your high quality posts on memory.

I've been looking at the G.SKILL 2400s also with cas 10's. They seem to theoretically have comparable rates to the ones mentioned in the OP. tcas of 8.252 ns for 2666 vs 8.333 ns for 2400 for $200 or so less. But then again you have to factor bandwidth into play. So now my question is down to is their a much noticeable difference for the price of 200 more?

 

[gskill support]

Yes, if you are overclocking and plan to put the bandwidth to use, but otherwise like most people that generally don't have a need for extreme frequency, it won't be much of a difference.

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

 

[whitewolf007]

Yes, if you are overclocking and plan to put the bandwidth to use, but otherwise like most people that generally don't have a need for extreme frequency, it won't be much of a difference.

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

Indeed I will be slapping this thing in my bench and cranking it up. I'm looking for more of a percentage of increase looking at 2666 vs 2400. I'm not exactly thrilled at the possibility of spend 200 bucks more on ram that might only show a 3% increase in benchmarking. When I could put that money that money towards another ssd or 200 more on my graphic cards.

 

[gskill support]

Let me see if I can find a comparison for you..

If you are not looking for max frequency, the extra $200 may not be worth it to you.

Thank you
GSKILL SUPPORT

 

[Tradesman1]

It will really depend on what you do, I've got 2666 in my Haswell and 2400 in my IB (and have swapped back and forth and when i Get going with things and really using the DRAM (multiple browser windows open, a couple VM's running, maybe running a virus or malware scan, and working with video/rendering it is faster with the 2666, and my thoughts on DRAM have long been more and faster, because more and more you see developers utilizing DRAM more. When laying out specs on a new system the DRAM and GPU are normally the last things I like to get into so there's some room to fudge one way or the other, for gaming rigs, we'll go heavier into the CPU, for rigs doing more large data set type work, then we look into DRAM a little more to get the best mix for overall performance