6400 or 8500

Craig321 · 5 Mar 2009 at 15:28

I'm looking to buy 8GB RAM soon.

I noticed you can get 8500 RAM with the same timings as most 2x2GB 6400 kits (5-5-5-15).

Looking at it from a non-overclocking point of view, would I notice a speed increase with 8500 RAM over 6400 RAM?

Craig.

formby · 5 Mar 2009 at 19:39

not very much only in benchmarks

Spooter · 5 Mar 2009 at 20:17

Pointless imo, what are doing? If your running virtual machine or something and assigning memory to machines then it makes sense.

Craig321 · 6 Mar 2009 at 00:20

I do run VMWare quite a bit, but only for a bit of messing around/testing... nothing vital.

SidVicious · 6 Mar 2009 at 00:58

Craig321 said:
I'm looking to buy 8GB RAM soon.

I noticed you can get 8500 RAM with the same timings as most 2x2GB 6400 kits (5-5-5-15).

Looking at it from a non-overclocking point of view, would I notice a speed increase with 8500 RAM over 6400 RAM?

Craig.

nope, I would only go for the 8500 if i was overclocking

Phatjayunoi · 6 Mar 2009 at 01:17

PC2-6400 RAM should be plentiful enough if you are not overclocking, so save your money there. Although with some of the current offers at the moment for PC2-8500 RAM and with not a huge difference in price, you could go for them although it will be a waste if you are not overclocking.