Whats some good ram?

[Saturnity]

Okay so ive been wanting to build a new pc, I want 16gb of ram without paying a crap ton of money, whats some good ram on ebay thats cheap?(50-80 dollars) (Obviously for gaming)

 

[Flyfisherman]

When it comes to memory's there are a few things to keep in mind:

1. Always install memory sticks from one memory kit. They are matched together.

2. Always make sure that the chosen memory's is indeed supported by the motherboard and its processor.
Different types of memory's, different frequencies, timings etc. the memory stick with the lowest speed will always set the speed for the rest of them.

3. Very important that the voltage of the memory are supported by the processor; meaning that a memory stick with to much voltage let say 1.7V when the processor spec. clearly says 1.5V - will damage and shorten the processors life span.

4. Make sure that the height of the memory modules can fit under the CPU-cooler (if it is not original).

Use a memory configurator such as
Corsair http://www.corsair.com/en-us/memory-finder
Kingston http://www.kingston.com/us/memory/search/options
G-Skill http://www.gskill.com/en/configurator
Etc.

But even then, som memory manufacturers recommend memory's with a little bit to high voltage, so make sure that the CPU manufacturer specs for that particular model of CPU is followed regarding the memory voltage.
Otherwise it will shortened the CPUs lifespan. Over Clocking is always a risk.

For ex. a processor of 2:a generation Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 of Sandy Bridge alt 3: generation "Ivy Bridge" etc. these should have 1,5V +/- 5%- memory's.

For DDR3 memory: 1.5 volts, plus or minus 5%
For DDR3L memory: 1.35 volts, plus or minus 5%
For DDR4 memory: 1.2 volts, plus or minus 5%

Best regards from Sweden

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

What are your specs? What RAM you choose depends on CPU and motherboard.

 

[Saturnity]

What are your specs? What RAM you choose depends on CPU and motherboard.

Yeah shouldve mentioned that.. I will have an AMD FX-8300 processor, 8 core obviously, and my motherboard will be a
Asus uATX DDR3 AM3+ AMD 760G + SB710 USB 3.0 HDMI uATX AMD Motherboard

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

You said will be? So you don'y yet have it?
Buying AMD chips right now is a very poor idea. They all, well... Suck. If you will share you budget for the whole system we can make a better list for you.
If you already have the parts or don't want to change anything, Here is the best 16 GB kit in that price range. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xQzZxr/a-data-memory-ax3u2133w8g10dr

 

[Flyfisherman]

You don´t need 16GB for gaming.
I my self has a lot of the most demanding games there is and I can tell You 8GB ram will do.

Now, I have 16GB myself and running two monitors and something less stressful things going on the second monitor while I´m playing in full screen mode on my first monitor.

I can tell You right now: never have I experienced that my memory usage exceeded 6GB - and that was for the crappy optimized Battlefield Hardline - which still in my opinion is a very fun and one of the better games - and it has been optimized since then.

Personal experience:
Memory Usage
Battlefield One about 4-5 GB
GTA V 5GB
Far Cry 4 and Far Cray Primal 5GB
Crysis 3 4GB

And remember - this is the total ram memory usage from my system!
Best regards from Sweden


Best regards from Sweden

 

[Flyfisherman]

Wait a liitlte bit into Mars for AMD Ryzen... perhaps prices for all of it will come down and You will get a good computer for less money?