Wandering RAM Question

[mikeny]

What are the ripjaws, vengeance, dominator, elite concerning their respective brands (Corsair, Crucial, G.Skill) besides higher price; I'm, guessing custom heat spreaders? Geared for gaming? Overclockers?

 

[MeteorsRaining]

Fancy heat spreaders. Some series are directed towards high performance and OCing rigs specifically, like Tridents or Dominators, but that doesn't mean other series like Vengeance or Ripjaws aren't good enough.

 

[ExtreamChaozZ]

Well to start each piece of ram stick is different, such as the way it overclocks, the different looks of the ram, their compatibilities ect... Each brand will have their own prices obviously due to how big the business is, so corsair will be higher than ripjaw. The dominator sticks are mainly for overclocking and getting the best out of them, as well as looks. The vengeance is more of a very good stick for its price such as the gtx 970 for performance to price. Ripjaw ram is good when you need ram for a cheap price and the company is very well trusted.
So if you want a decent build that wont burn all your money I would go with the ripjaw ram, if you want best for your money then I would go with the vengeance and if you love overclocking and sexy ram and you have a decent amount of cash then get the dominators. Hope this helped mate

 

[mikeny]

Thanks; I never really paid attention to them. I currently have Crucial Ballistix Tracers- 1600-ddr3 16GB. I'm not a overclocker. Im a gamer but I realized, if the motherboard doesn't recognize the timings and such, aren't you overclocking to get the correct timings? Are they worth the extra money for gaming or no real benefit except them looking sexy.

 

[MeteorsRaining]

1. Fixing timings is not overclocking, increasing RAM frequency is.

2. Given same specs (Frequency, voltage and timings), you'd get identical performance from a RAM with amazing head spreaders and one without fancy stuff.

 

[-Fran-]

Also, just my 2 cents: RAM heat spreaders are dumb. The ramsitcks don't heat up that much to need one of them. In fact, most of the "heat spreaders" RAM sticks use, make the modules heat up more, lol.

That's from someone with Dominator 1600 CL8 sticks and huge red heat spreaders that are basically fashion items. I just removed them.

Cheers!

 

[ExtreamChaozZ]

Overclocking ram is getting more speed out of it.
Plus the first thing to do with ram is to put it into XMP mode so that you get the most out of your ram without overclocking it.

 

[mikeny]

Hmm, a few years ago, I was told fixing the timings to match their correct timings (the motherboard was underclocking) was overclocking; I knew it didn't make sense lol.

Yes, my present sticks are in XMP mode