Best RAM for new build
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High ram speeds do not bring much if any performance in most apps. (I assuming we are talking about i5/i7)
I'd go for 2 sets of this personally: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-012-AD&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
But then again you probably only need 8gb and not 16gb, in which case i'd still get the ram above.
It is simply not worth paying for faster ram.
I'd go for 2 sets of this personally: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-012-AD&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
But then again you probably only need 8gb and not 16gb, in which case i'd still get the ram above.
It is simply not worth paying for faster ram.
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very much depends what you'll be using the PC for, at the moment 16GB will only be an advantage on something that wants to use more than 8GB, which at the moment games don't really touch. The only reason 16GB is much use for now, is if you are running several virtual machines.
On the other hand, I'm assuming from your statement of a new build, that you are going for sandy or ivy bridge, in which case the scaling above 1600MHz isn't all that good anyway.
in summary, if you only want something to play games on, just get 8GB of 1600MHz from a decent brand (corsair, samsung etc) and add the other £50 to your graphics budget.
however if you are going for an X79 based (socket 2011) system, you'll want to use the quad channel capabilities, so go for 16GB (4x4GB)
On the other hand, I'm assuming from your statement of a new build, that you are going for sandy or ivy bridge, in which case the scaling above 1600MHz isn't all that good anyway.
in summary, if you only want something to play games on, just get 8GB of 1600MHz from a decent brand (corsair, samsung etc) and add the other £50 to your graphics budget.
however if you are going for an X79 based (socket 2011) system, you'll want to use the quad channel capabilities, so go for 16GB (4x4GB)
I have just gone with the following....
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-002-SA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
Best of all worlds this memory it's cheap, low voltage, and will overclock to 2400mhz if you want it to. Check some reviews
A little over budget but OCUK seem to have it on offer on a regular basis.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-002-SA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
Best of all worlds this memory it's cheap, low voltage, and will overclock to 2400mhz if you want it to. Check some reviews
A little over budget but OCUK seem to have it on offer on a regular basis.
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