upgrade recomendation

Jaridan · 22 Dec 2013 at 22:42

Hi folks,
Im thinking of changing my memory from the 4gb kingston hyperx i have at the moment.
8gb or 16gb cost depending
Im running an Intel I7 2700K @ 4.1Ghz
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H motherboard

RAM has always be something that ive never been that familiar with.
I'd really appreciate it if anyone can recommend a few options for me with the above parts in mind?

roughavoc · 25 Dec 2013 at 00:25

Well it really comes down to what youre going to be running, lots of editing programs, go for 16, just for gaming and stuff, 8 will do you fine, in fact 4 will probably work for the next half a year

Jaridan · 25 Dec 2013 at 23:56

I'll probably go with 8Gb but i was wondering what the best brand/model of ram i can use with the above components?

Rroff · 26 Dec 2013 at 01:34

Corsair Vengeance seem to be one of the more popular kits at the moment, though the 2400MHz Kingston kits are my favored ones.

Personally I find the best all around performance comes from CL9 @ 2133MHz and try to chose samsung IC based RAM as they usually do 9-10-10-21 timings without any need for extra dram voltage, etc.