DDR4 2133 or 2400MHz

Swiftz · 28 Feb 2017 at 14:11

The 8GB stick in my laptop is failing and now looking for 16GB (2x8GB) to replace it, the motherboard supports 2133 and 2400MHz RAM and the price difference between them is £15, which one should I go for?

Psycho Sonny · 28 Feb 2017 at 14:20

There isn't much of a difference between them in terms of performance. It's likely that the faster RAM won't be £15 better.

However it is only £15, it depends on how much you value £15.

for example. i recently opted for 2400 mhz DDR4 when I could have went for 3200 mhz because the extra speed isn't worth it. Ended up with 24GB of RAM which is overkill but least I know I will never need to upgrade until it dies.

P4Clock · 1 Mar 2017 at 08:58

what the laptop used for and what its specs.

Swiftz · 1 Mar 2017 at 14:52

P4Clock said:
what the laptop used for and what its specs.

The laptop spec is i7 7700HQ, 4GB 1050Ti and 500GB Samsung 850 Evo and is used for Virtualbox, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, coding and gaming.

P4Clock · 1 Mar 2017 at 18:38

buy the faster ram.

right now 2666Mhz is the sweet spot for price/performance for DDR4, 2133Mhz is noticeably slower is bench testing