Cheap RAM

jamieboo · 4 Aug 2015 at 13:55

Thinking of getting this for my new X99 build...

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-179-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=2552

I'll be using the machine for music production.
I'm just wondering if going for pretty much the cheapest/slowest DDR4 is a false economy?
Also it's not XMP ready so will that make any overclocking I might plan to do a bit trickier? (I've never overclocked before.)

Thoughts welcome!

Thanks.

jamieboo · 4 Aug 2015 at 14:41

Thanks kaku!
If there'll be little actual difference, what makes those Kingstons a 'bit nicer'? Is it just that they're slightly faster with slightly better timings? Or is it that you reckon Kingston to be more reliable?

jamieboo · 4 Aug 2015 at 15:41

Ah I see! Thanks Mustang.
I utterly don't care what my RAM looks like so I'll probably go with the Crucial!
Thanks.

jamieboo · 4 Aug 2015 at 20:50

One other thing, because I am generally ignorant in this area.
Is the generally lower spec of this memory likely to have any negative impact on the extent to which I'll be able to overclock my i7 5820K?
Thanks.

jamieboo · 5 Aug 2015 at 11:51

Eek! As I said I'm pretty ignorant in this area and generally have quite a bit of reading to do before I'm familiar with overclockers vernacular, so a lot of what you said I didn't completely grasp! But thanks Mustang!

But, in a nutshell, and putting aside the variables of Luck, if I choose lower speed RAM will this diminish my maximum potential CPU overclock?
I'd like to hit at least 4.4Mhz with my 5820K. Is that less likely unless I use a faster out of the box memory?

Thanks

jamieboo · 5 Aug 2015 at 15:44

Perfect!
Thanks Mustang.

jamieboo · 5 Aug 2015 at 18:55

Someone on another thread just mentioned this and I was wondering if it's true: With the release of Skylake, is the price of DDR4 about to skyrocket?
Should I hurry up and make this purchase?