Mhz in memory ? noticeable difference ?

Irishtrekkie · 25 Nov 2011 at 18:49

looking at memory

my question is are 1866MHz 2000MHz 2133MHz memory sticks worth it ?

was also told there is much point in going over 1600mhz as anything higher
would not be that noticeable(plus i am guessing i could over clock the 1600mhz sticks a bit higher)

so what do you think is worth while spending that bit more on extra Mhz ?

update: Cheers for all the replies , i guess i kinda messed up by making the topic very vague, and not detailing my full system.
was really just looking for peoples general opinions which i seem to get, but yea to me i guess 1600MHZ or maybe 1866MHz really seems
the way to go right now as there cheap enough i can really stock up on them, and OC them that bit higher if needs be.

Davefran · 25 Nov 2011 at 19:18

Short answer is NO, just get the cheapest 1600mhz 1.5v kit

RJC · 25 Nov 2011 at 20:04

Indeed, stick with 1600mhz usually anything higher has very minimal gains.

Irishtrekkie · 25 Nov 2011 at 20:26

Cheers guys, was thinking that myself but never hurts to ask.

Looks like i will go for a nice 16gb quad channel kit most likely corsair or kingston.

Surveyor · 25 Nov 2011 at 20:51

1) Luckily the OP has a Sandy Bridge system (Asrock Extreme 4 Gen3 motherboard), not that anyone asked. Some systems will benefit from faster RAM. Llano, for example, is one platform where memory speed scales well and increases system performance and also the IGP performance scales well with increased RAM frequency.

2) Irishtrekkie, a quad channel kit is just 4 matched sticks sold together. In a Sandy Bridge system you'll have 4 sticks operating in dual channel mode.

RJC · 25 Nov 2011 at 21:06

Surveyor said:
1) Luckily the OP has a Sandy Bridge system (Asrock Extreme 4 Gen3 motherboard), not that anyone asked. Some systems will benefit from faster RAM. Llano, for example, is one platform where memory speed scales well and increases system performance and also the IGP performance scales well with increased RAM frequency.

Searched the op user name and come up with the thread below:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18334447&highlight=Irishtrekkie

Surveyor · 25 Nov 2011 at 21:07

RJC said:
Searched the op user name and come up with the thread below:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18334447&highlight=Irishtrekkie

I know I did

Irishtrekkie · 26 Nov 2011 at 16:33

actually yea my bad should have posted more of my system, at the moment SB (2500k) , with a Asrock Extreme 4 Gen3.
but i might be doing an upgrade to a x79 board and processor after Christmas

so planing on getting 16bg of memory then wait 6 months and get another 16gb
yea kinda overkill, but memory is cheap enough , and use a lot of heavy programs for college , so hoping i will see a benefit.

Davefran · 27 Nov 2011 at 02:29

RJC said:
Searched the op user name and come up with the thread below:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18334447&highlight=Irishtrekkie

Originally Posted by Surveyor
I know I did

And mine was the 2nd post in that thread also, so knew which board he had

Davefran · 27 Nov 2011 at 03:04

Surveyor said:
1) Luckily the OP has a Sandy Bridge system (Asrock Extreme 4 Gen3 motherboard), not that anyone asked. Some systems will benefit from faster RAM. Llano, for example, is one platform where memory speed scales well and increases system performance and also the IGP performance scales well with increased RAM frequency.

2) Irishtrekkie, a quad channel kit is just 4 matched sticks sold together. In a Sandy Bridge system you'll have 4 sticks operating in dual channel mode.

It's not luck if you already know what motherboard he has, stop trolling.

Surveyor · 27 Nov 2011 at 09:35

Davefran said:
And mine was the 2nd post in that thread also, so knew which board he had

Davefran said:
It's not luck if you already know what motherboard he has, stop trolling.

It's a good job you've got a good memory then

Other people will read this thread (175 views so far) so it's helpful to them to know that your answer doesn't apply in all circumstances.

I'm not sure how clarifying the advice you gave is trolling?

95thrifles · 27 Nov 2011 at 10:38

Agree, its not trolling at all, I just clicked thread and saw first few answers and thought NO, as Surveyor says it does make quite a large difference at times (Llano being good example) and as most including me didnt know what the OP had til it was pointed out later, the advice could have been construed as misleading. If you knew what he had then fair enough, but Surveyor certainly aint trolling

Davefran · 27 Nov 2011 at 12:41

95thrifles said:
Agree, its not trolling at all, I just clicked thread and saw first few answers and thought NO, as Surveyor says it does make quite a large difference at times (Llano being good example) and as most including me didnt know what the OP had til it was pointed out later, the advice could have been construed as misleading. If you knew what he had then fair enough, but Surveyor certainly aint trolling

Did you read the first 3 words of my reply?
I already knew which Motherboard he had,(all you have to do is check his previous posts, there's not exactly a lot of them) so why confuse the issue by bringing the up the benefits of a platform he hasn't got :mad:

So I find Surveyors post pointless and unhelpful.

95thrifles · 27 Nov 2011 at 12:48

Did you read all the words of mine and Surveyors?
Yes you may of known what he had, but a random person reading this thread would not, as such your "short answer" could potentially be misleading to other people who read the thread, even if the advice to the OP was/is sound

Edit: Other people who do not know what OP had and may have different system themselves would read the short answer and could assume that memory speed never makes a difference, thats all, not saying youre wrong mate, just saying it was worth Surveyor clarifying, for the benefit of other people, thats all

Davefran · 27 Nov 2011 at 13:31

95thrifles said:
Did you read all the words of mine and Surveyors?
Yes you may of known what he had, but a random person reading this thread would not, as such your "short answer" could potentially be misleading to other people who read the thread, even if the advice to the OP was/is sound

Edit: Other people who do not know what OP had and may have different system themselves would read the short answer and could assume that memory speed never makes a difference, thats all, not saying youre wrong mate, just saying it was worth Surveyor clarifying, for the benefit of other people, thats all

Can you imagine if every post had to give all the information to cover every scenario, it would take a week to read through a single thread

Surveyor · 27 Nov 2011 at 13:35

Davefran said:
Can you imagine if every post had to give all the information to cover every scenario, it would take a week to read through a single thread

Don't be so dramatic.

If you knew what the OP's motherboard was then all you needed to say in your post was:

Davefran said:
Short answer is NO with Sandy Bridge, just get the cheapest 1600mhz 1.5v kit

That would have covered it and everyone would have had all the information required.

Davefran · 27 Nov 2011 at 13:39

Surveyor said:
Don't be so dramatic.

If you knew what the OP's motherboard was then all you needed to say in your post was:

That would have covered it and everyone would have had all the information required.

The OP was happy after the first post

Surveyor · 27 Nov 2011 at 13:44

Davefran said:
The OP was happy after the first post

But the OP isn't the only one who'll read the thread.

258 views so far, possibly by people looking for an answer to the question posed but have a different system.

Davefran · 27 Nov 2011 at 13:48

You can't give advice on every thread to satisfy every different scenario, it would become way too confusing. End of story.

Surveyor · 27 Nov 2011 at 13:54

Davefran said:
You can't give advice on every thread to satisfy every different scenario, it would become way too confusing. End of story.

Entirely true.

But to anyone reading the thread, not knowing what system the OP had, the answer you gave was as if it did cover every scenario.

All you needed to add was 3 words.