1866 vs 2133 (Difference?)

Rowan88 · 22 Jul 2014 at 18:33

Hi,

I was going to purchase the Kingston HyperX 8GB 2133MHz for £65.99 but I was told from 1866 to 2133 there is not really a difference.

So I saw the Kingston HyperX Fury for the same price but they are 1866MHz.

Is it worth getting 2133 or will 1866 be enough?

These are the RAM sets I was looking at:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-170-KS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-175-KS

Thanks

wazza300 · 22 Jul 2014 at 18:35

not really,but its always best to get the fastest for the money

you can buy some teamgroup ram 2400mhz for £56

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-052-TG&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

OpenToSuggestions · 22 Jul 2014 at 18:36

I would think there is nothing in it.
The faster set has higher timings, which is to be expected unless spanking £££ on ram.

Just go with whichever you please. Long gone are the AMD 64 days where ram speed and timings made quite an impact on your overall performance.

Rowan88 · 22 Jul 2014 at 18:42

Thanks for the replies. Usually I would go for better speeds but I am building it for my friend and its his first gaming PC so he's looking at the better looking ram (Fury) haha.

Now he just needs to decide 2 x RED or 1x Red 1 x Black

Gripen90 · 24 Jul 2014 at 18:32

I went from 1600MHz CL8-8-8-24 1T 1.5v to 2133MHz CL10-11-11-30 2T 1.65v this monday and I haven't seen the shadow of a performance difference on my X79 platform.

trickynickyuk · 27 Jul 2014 at 05:21

you wont notice much difference unless you are benchmarking performance wise i would say they are very close from what i keep reading you want to get memory where the timings are very tight and then you might see some improvement but then it is likely to be 1-2% increase

groovesection · 29 Jul 2014 at 07:00

Gripen90 said:
I went from 1600MHz CL8-8-8-24 1T 1.5v to 2133MHz CL10-11-11-30 2T 1.65v this monday and I haven't seen the shadow of a performance difference on my X79 platform.

You should see improvements in encoding video and other stuff but generally everyday you would be hard pressed to notice the difference from 1333 & 2000, in my humble opinion