C8 & C9 1600 DDR3

JaffAWood · 5 Dec 2011 at 10:54

Will i notice much (if any) differance CAS8 and CAS9 memory?

Surveyor · 5 Dec 2011 at 11:39

You might see a tiny difference with a memory bandwidth benchmark but in real world usage you wouldn't notice the difference.

JaffAWood · 5 Dec 2011 at 11:44

Cheers

JaffAWood · 6 Dec 2011 at 13:01

Another quick one, on the same subject -

Again - Reckon i would notice much/any differance between 1600 and 1866?

Trying to decide between 8 more GB of 1600C8 to = 12gb or for the same price 8GB of 1866 -

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-292-CS

Plec · 6 Dec 2011 at 14:19

JaffAWood said:
Another quick one, on the same subject -

Again - Reckon i would notice much/any differance between 1600 and 1866?

Again nothing much in it - surveyors original answer also applies to the above instance.

JaffAWood said:
Trying to decide between 8 more GB of 1600C8 to = 12gb or for the same price 8GB of 1866 -]CS[/url]

I don't fully uderstand the above:

If you mean you can get 1600C8 for the same price of 1866C9 to match your existing 4GB of 1600C8 making 12Gb - then i would go for the 1600C8.

The 1600C8 has tighter timings and it's always advisible to get matching sets of memory where possible to help rule out possible compatibilty issues.

However, you could possibly run the 1866MHz at 1600MHz with tighter timings - but this may not be possible (the timings that is). The reality is you may have to slacken the timings of your existing memory - which wouldn't be a problem if that was your want. Swings and round-abouts...

JaffAWood · 6 Dec 2011 at 14:31

Plec said:
Again nothing much in it - surveyors original answer also applies to the above instance.

I don't fully uderstand the above:

If you mean you can get 1600C8 for the same price of 1866C9 to match your existing 4GB of 1600C8 making 12Gb - then i would go for the 1600C8.

The 1600C8 has tighter timings and it's always advisible to get matching sets of memory where possible to help rule out possible compatibilty issues.

However, you could possibly run the 1866MHz at 1600MHz with tighter timings - but this may not be possible (the timings that is). The reality is you may have to slacken the timings of your existing memory - which wouldn't be a problem if that was your want. Swings and round-abouts...

Awesome, cheers for your reply. I can see 8GB of 1600C8 on the horizon. Dont see the point of buying the faster ram and down clocking it and potentally suffering compatablity issues.