Witch ram sticks to buy and what's the difference between them?

[sonyzz]

so as the topic goes witch one to buy? i have DDR-3 corsair value select 2gb per stick 1333mhz cl9. I made mistake - i didn't read the guides and buyed cl9 instead of cl7, but now i only see cl9 on 1600mhz ram sticks.So whitch is better ram sticks? that one witch has 1600mhz speed, but only cl9, or sticks - witch has 1333mhz speed, but cl7 instead of cl9.Also what maximum speed of ram's my motherboard supports? motherboard is ASUS M597A R2.0. Another question, witch manufacturer makes best ram sticks or witch ram stick model would be "bang for the buck" - good in performance but not too much on wallet? Last qestion - why ram slots on my motherboard are - 2 blue, and 2 black, even dual channel works in one black and one blue slots called "A1" and "B1",shouldn't ram sticks go to the same colour slots to get dual channel working?

 

[Tradesman1]

Your mobo is Dual channel and is rated to be able to run up to 2133 DRAM - however the frequency of the DRAM that will run is determined by your CPU's MC (memory controller) so would need the CPU model to determine what it can actually run. On DRAM itself you want the best combination of frequency and CL (high on freq/low on CL...using the DRAM you mentioned the 1333/9 and 1600/9 - the 1600 is the better choice as if you were to lower it and run at 1333 (drop a step in the frequency) you can also drop a step in the CL so it would run 1333 with CL8 (lower CL is better), vs the CL9 the actual 1333 DRAM is rated at. If you had gotten 1333/7, it might be a hair better than 1600/9 as if you could run it at 1600 it would run at 1600/8. On your mobo believe the black slots are the primary for each channel so they would be A1 and B1 and the Blue slots A2 and B2

 

[sonyzz]

my cpu is AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE so will ram sticks of 1600mhz speed will work with this cpu?

 

[Tradesman1]

SHould yes, the 965 was the first AMD to pretty reliably be able to run 1600 sticks

 

[sonyzz]

SHould yes, the 965 was the first AMD to pretty reliably be able to run 1600 sticks

but i found some information on network, that 965 memory controller is up to ddr3 1333mhz memory, and some saying that 1600mhz memory downclocks to 1333mhz, but it can be set back to 1600mhz.Other information says that 965 with the 1600mhz ddr3 ram sticks does a lot of glitches or even starts to lagg the whole system so is it still worth buying them? and never seen cl7 of 1600mhz ddr3 ram is it even on the market?

 

[Tradesman1]

Most all 965 rev C3 CPUs can run 1600 (2 sticks anyway) with no problem, might take a slight voltage adjustment or 2, but that's it (it's painless) best bet on the 1600 sticks is a CL9 set

 

[sonyzz]

so if i buy 1600mhz ram stick's and increase they speed in bios to 1600 they would work?

 

[Tradesman1]

Should yes. If the CPU is on the weaker side, might take a slight voltage adjustment or two which is no big deal...Any problems give me a shout