Which DDR4

Xellos · 11 Dec 2014 at 23:11

Going to be building a new x99 system in the next few weeks, however I am undecided on what RAM to get...

I will be overclocking so need something that will be stable, so what are your opinions?

Silent_Scone · 12 Dec 2014 at 07:39

How much ram do you need and budget for? 16gb 3000 is a good place to be.

Xellos · 12 Dec 2014 at 08:59

16gb don't need any more than that

VincentHanna · 12 Dec 2014 at 13:58

I went for the Geil 16GB offer yesterday.

CAS latency is high (16-16-16) but 3000Mhz for £199.99 was cheaper than anything else.

Otherwise I probably would have gone for 2666Mhz Kingston 13CL but that's £50 more

ginjaninja · 17 Dec 2014 at 15:05

Silent_Scone said:
How much ram do you need and budget for? 16gb 3000 is a good place to be.

i call bs on 3000mhz

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/adata-xpg-z1-crucial-ddr4-x99,4007.html

stulid · 17 Dec 2014 at 16:06

Gskill seems to be good clockers.

Silent_Scone · 17 Dec 2014 at 17:24

ginjaninja said:
i call bs on 3000mhz

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/adata-xpg-z1-crucial-ddr4-x99,4007.html

Nice ignorance

ginjaninja · 17 Dec 2014 at 22:38

Silent_Scone said:
Nice ignorance

i cant find any real world evidence that 3000 mhz helps.
i have found this evidence to strongly suggest there is no discernible difference..

as i assume you are one of the non ignorant perhaps you can explain what im missing...ideally backed up with corroborating content.

Kaapstad · 18 Dec 2014 at 09:10

ginjaninja said:
i cant find any real world evidence that 3000 mhz helps.
i have found this evidence to strongly suggest there is no discernible difference..

as i assume you are one of the non ignorant perhaps you can explain what im missing...ideally backed up with corroborating content.

The review you linked is for 32gb kits, if the OP is looking for a 16gb kit this will perform differently with better timings.

3000mhz is quite reasonable for a 16gb kit.

ginjaninja · 18 Dec 2014 at 10:27

Kaapstad said:
The review you linked is for 32gb kits, if the OP is looking for a 16gb kit this will perform differently with better timings.

3000mhz is quite reasonable for a 16gb kit.

whether 16 or 32gb i cant find any evidence to suggest 3000 mhz helps...obviously if memory limited performance will suffer..but the review can be applied for generally in relation to the benefit of 3000 mhz...imo.