Which of these [SDRAM] would be best for an Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0?

Joshua7812

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My overall internal theme is blue / blue LED. But I'm not too worried about what's on the motherboard fitting that—I just want what will do me the best. I'm choosing between the four I'm showing here.

Quick specifics:
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
** As we can see here, it says it supports up to 32GB (I plan on just starting with 16GB, however—I most likely won't need the other half and if I ever do I'll just add more). It's got four (4) memory slots (240-pin each). The memory standard is DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066. Supports dual channel. I'd prefer sticking with 1866, but if some 1600's will do me better, so be it.

I'm putting this together for very quickly performing everyday tasks and being capable of running AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, Dropbox, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Office 2010/2013, etc. and still running without a problem and with great quality. (I'm a Drafter / web Designer so I need speed and quality.) Not sure how much SDRAMs actually affect the speed of the system so I wanted to quickly throw that info out there, just to be safe.

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I don't have any experience with picking SDRAM at all so I'm not sure if higher or lower timing/cas latency numbers are better, so if anybody could help clear this up for me in their answer I'd be most appreciative.

What I'm choosing from (in no particular order):
1. CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10B

2. CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model CMY16GX3M2A1866C9B (Blue)

3. CORSAIR Dominator Platinum 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMD16GX3M2A1600C9

4. CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9

Thank you so much for any help! I really appreciate it!
 


Go for the Vengeance Pro 1866, Dominator is a waste TBH unless you really like the looks.
 


Well, there is always manually setting it.. Two sticks @1866 should work fine with 6300 or above.
 

Joshua7812

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Awesome. Thanks a lot for the help. That's most likely what I'll be going with then.
 

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Q6660 Inside, since you recommended the Vengeance Pro 1866 and were the first to help me out on this, I was just curious as to what your opinion might be. I wanna make sure I get the best for my build/money. Tradesman1 has suggested the G.Skill Sniper Series 1866. Both Vengeance Pro and Sniper Series seem like very good products so I was hoping you might be able to help make the final call on this.

Yes, Vengeance Pro would go GREAT with my color scheme/build design, but if the Sniper Series would be the best that's what I'll go for. I just wanna make sure I'll be getting the one that will do the best for me. If that's Vengeance Pro I'll just get the extra little bonus of it matching my color scheme. :)
 

They are pretty much the same, go for the Vengeance Pro if it fits your scheme a bit better.