HyperX Savage vs Vulcan RED

strumpusplunket

strumpusplunket

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I'm probably going to grab one of these sets of RAM while they're on offer. I was set on the Savage when I saw it go on offer, but then the Vulcan RED has come down too.

Both 2400MHz RAM, the Savage has slightly tighter timings and a slightly lower registered voltage, but is there any practical difference? (This for a light-gaming Kaveri APU HTPC build)

A £6 price advantage for the Vulcan RED, which is not much but I'm trying to bring the build in as cheaply as I can and it all adds up. Kingston strikes me as a more reputable name for RAM and TeamGroup have always been associated with the budget end for me. But then again I'd never head of Superflower until quite recently so in all likelihood I know naff all...

Any real reason to go for the more expensive HyperX Savage here?
 
The timings would have a minimal difference at best. To run at 2400 they probably both ask 1.65v as well, as formally (JEDEC) it is an overclocked profile. Specwise no convincing reason to go for Kingston...

(But I did anyway as the difference in price is small, known brandname (to me) and the marginally better spec)

Memory scaling on the CPU performance is minimal, even between frequency hops.
For AMD GPU's there is some, but even from 2133 to 2400 it is small, so the timings difference is probably to be ignored:
http://www.eteknix.com/memory-scaling-amd-kaveri-a10-7850k-apu/4/
 
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