Should I get this ram?

[noahhull]

I'm going to be building a new gaming PC sometime in the next 6 months. I've already got the parts list together, but recently I found this ram with specs that blew me away.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233661&clickid=TswXFuyGjxFg3-DSjgWvAyotUkTQbURv80jq3U0&iradid=97618&ircid=2106&irpid=79301&nm_mc=AFC-IR&cm_mmc=AFC-IR-_-na-_-na-_-na

So I know Corsair is a good company to buy ram from, but $142 for 16 gigs of 2133 ram with a CAS latency of 8???? Is something wrong with it (Because it's so cheap) or is it just really good ram?

EDIT: Sorry I misread, it's actually 8 gigs of ram, not 16. Because of this, should I get this ram instead? All I'm going to be doing on it is gaming and occasionally designing games on Unity with my friends.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104406&clickid=TswXFuyGjxFg3-DSjgWvAyotUkTQbTzX80jq3U0&iradid=97618&ircid=2106&irpid=79301&nm_mc=AFC-IR&cm_mmc=AFC-IR-_-na-_-na-_-na

 

[chris987]

what is your mobo-cpu?

 

[cdrkf]

I'm going to be building a new gaming PC sometime in the next 6 months. I've already got the parts list together, but recently I found this ram with specs that blew me away.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233661&clickid=TswXFuyGjxFg3-DSjgWvAyotUkTQbURv80jq3U0&iradid=97618&ircid=2106&irpid=79301&nm_mc=AFC-IR&cm_mmc=AFC-IR-_-na-_-na-_-na

So I know Corsair is a good company to buy ram from, but $142 for 16 gigs of 2133 ram with a CAS latency of 8???? Is something wrong with it (Because it's so cheap) or is it just really good ram?

EDIT: Sorry I misread, it's actually 8 gigs of ram, not 16. Because of this, should I get this ram instead? All I'm going to be doing on it is gaming and occasionally designing games on Unity with my friends.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104406&clickid=TswXFuyGjxFg3-DSjgWvAyotUkTQbTzX80jq3U0&iradid=97618&ircid=2106&irpid=79301&nm_mc=AFC-IR&cm_mmc=AFC-IR-_-na-_-na-_-na

To be honest, faster ram makes virtually *no* difference to performance unless you're using an integrated gpu like in one of the AMD A Series chips.

So it depends on the rest of you system- however if you're using a dedicated graphics card then get the slower 16gb kit- Toms did some tests a while back and the performance difference with a dedicated gpu is a matter of 1 or 2% at the very most (and that's going from 1333 mhz up to 2400 mhz).

 

[noahhull]

what is your mobo-cpu?

i7 4770k and the Asus IV Hero.

Also I'm planning on a 290 or 290x as the graphics card.

 

[cdrkf]

what is your mobo-cpu?

i7 4770k and the Asus IV Hero.

Also I'm planning on a 290 or 290x as the graphics card.

Get the 16gb kit. The extra memory will be more useful than the minor speed increase from the faster memory kit.
Memory bandwidth is much more important for graphics performance than it is for cpu- and those graphics cards include a massive 512bit GDDR5 memory interface running at 5ghz effective speed.

 

[chris987]

what is your mobo-cpu?

i7 4770k and the Asus IV Hero.

Also I'm planning on a 290 or 290x as the graphics card.

since you have top notch hardware this would provide best performance for gaming or any other demanding activity!
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f32133c9d16gxh
vengence is great but to much for 8gb.!