insan3 Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 Hey guys is been a while since i posted anything occ. I need you guys help and expertise. i am building a new rig(first intel system) in the new year but i cant decide on the ram. i dont know much about timming on ram. i want to be able to get the most performace for my money. I am looking to spend between $80 to $150. i would love 16gb but i be fine with 8gb. motherboard: ga-z87x-ud3h cpu: 4770k ( ofcourse i will oc ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 Buy the highest speed bin your budget will allow. A good solid 2133Mhz to 2400Mhz kit from a reputable manufacturer would do well for you. Mushkin, Patriot, G.Skill, Corsair and Kingston are all good brands. Tighter timings at higher speed bins will cost more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennethk Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 Buy the highest speed bin your budget will allow. A good solid 2133Mhz to 2400Mhz kit from a reputable manufacturer would do well for you. Mushkin, Patriot, G.Skill, Corsair and Kingston are all good brands. Tighter timings at higher speed bins will cost more. I kinda disagree, 1600mhz is just fine unless you're rendering a lot of video you don't need high dollar ram. Crucial ballastix has been fine for me even when I game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tervalentfrog Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 Buy the highest speed bin your budget will allow. A good solid 2133Mhz to 2400Mhz kit from a reputable manufacturer would do well for you. Mushkin, Patriot, G.Skill, Corsair and Kingston are all good brands. Tighter timings at higher speed bins will cost more. I kinda disagree, 1600mhz is just fine unless you're rendering a lot of video you don't need high dollar ram. Crucial ballastix has been fine for me even when I game. True. Im using a low voltage 1600 Kingston kit, great value. BF4 scales quite well with faster RAM. I'm not sure, but maybe in the future more games will too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohldboy Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 Reputable brand on sale 1600/1866 is fine, lower timings are better. Team goes on sale at newegg regularly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillaCam Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 Agreed on the 1600/1866 RAM. I assume the rig will be for gaming. If you look at RAM benchmarks, you don't see much of an FPS increase going from 1600 to above 2000. I have had the kit below in my system for about 3 years now and have also used it for friends builds that I've done. Hasn't failed me yet. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
insan3 Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 (edited) thanks for the info guys. ill just go with some 1600 mhz 8-8-8-24 ram for now then. Edited December 24, 2013 by insan3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braegnok Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 For Haswell running discrete graphics,.. DDR3-2133MHz C9 is the sweet spot latency,.. the article below explains memory scaling vary well from DDR3-1333 to DDR3-3000 on Haswell i7-4770K,.. the Conclusions: Haswell Recommendations is interesting. Congrats on your new rig and enjoy,.. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted December 24, 2013 Posted December 24, 2013 For Haswell running discrete graphics,.. DDR3-2133MHz C9 is the sweet spot latency,.. the article below explains memory scaling vary well from DDR3-1333 to DDR3-3000 on Haswell i7-4770K,.. the Conclusions: Haswell Recommendations is interesting. Congrats on your new rig and enjoy,.. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell good find! Since 2400 memory is just about the same price most of the time, I would just get the faster kit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVIYTH0S Posted December 25, 2013 Posted December 25, 2013 You have an FX8120, why "upgrade"?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennethk Posted December 25, 2013 Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) You have an FX8120, why "upgrade"?? Why always ask why? Maybe he just wants to switch to intel so he can have both systems. Edited December 25, 2013 by kennethk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braegnok Posted December 25, 2013 Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) The i7-4770K is a nice upgrade from the FX8120,.. http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/446/AMD_FX-Series_FX-8120_vs_Intel_Core_i7_i7-4770K.html Edited December 25, 2013 by Braegnok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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