What is the best 8GB RAM for the money?

[twneal]

The 8GB DDR3-1600 RAM I had in my build just went up in price from $60 to $74. I doubt its considered the best value anymore. What is the best value on 8GB RAM now?

 

[John Bauer]

http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=ShellShocker-_-20-313-426-_-12172013_4

It doesn't get more "now" than a Newegg Shell Shocker deal.

8gb of ram for $50 for only a few more hours.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

What is your build? DDR3 1600 may not be your best bet. If you are building a Haswell based computer you will probably want to go faster.

 

[twneal]

http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=ShellShocker-_-20-313-426-_-12172013_4

It doesn't get more "now" than a Newegg Shell Shocker deal.

8gb of ram for $50 for only a few more hours.

Awesome, thanks! Will 1333 be enough?

What is your build? DDR3 1600 may not be your best bet. If you are building a Haswell based computer you will probably want to go faster.

My planned CPU is FX-8320. Should I go 1600, higher, or is 1333 enough?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Yeah 1600-1866 is your best bet with an AMD FX.

 

[giantbucket]

$50 for 8G is as cheap as i've seen it recently and i jumped on 16G when it was avail. if you're not in a rush, wait for another week or two for the whole boxing day stuff.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Prices have really jumped. $75 seems to be what all the name brand stuff that I would trust is going for. GSkill, Corsair, Crucial etc.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231546&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

[Deleted member 217926]

$50 for 8G is as cheap as i've seen it recently and i jumped on 16G when it was avail. if you're not in a rush, wait for another week or two for the whole boxing day stuff.

Boxing day is pretty much exclusive to the UK and Commonwealth countries. I believe the OP is in the US. 😉

 

[twneal]

Does the speed of the RAM have an influence on performance or just how fast loading times are?

$50 for 8G is as cheap as i've seen it recently and i jumped on 16G when it was avail. if you're not in a rush, wait for another week or two for the whole boxing day stuff.

Boxing day is pretty much exclusive to the UK and Commonwealth countries. I believe the OP is in the US. 😉

Yeah I'm from the States. Can't say I've ever heard of boxing day!

 

[giantbucket]

sucks to be a yank! 😛

DDR speeds apparently make very little difference. LinusTechTips on youtube did a comparo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWgzA2C61z4

 

[Deleted member 217926]

RAM speeds depend on the CPU. The memory controller is on the CPU now with both Intel and AMD processors. Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPUs roughly need DDR3 1600-1866 as do AMD FX chips. Haswell likes faster RAM up to DDR3 2400 if you can afford it as do AMD APUs.

 

[twneal]

sucks to be a yank! 😛

DDR speeds apparently make very little difference. LinusTechTips on youtube did a comparo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWgzA2C61z4

Awesome! So 1333 should be just fine?

RAM speeds depend on the CPU. The memory controller is on the CPU now with both Intel and AMD processors. Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPUs roughly need DDR3 1600-1866 as do AMD FX chips. Haswell likes faster RAM up to DDR3 2400 if you can afford it as do AMD APUs.

What do you mean by "need"? Is 1333 incompatible or noticeably detrimental with FX chips in any way?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Going below DDR3 1600 causes a small performance hit. I would pay $15-$20 not to take that hit with an AMD system especially.