Which RAM is Better?

pimper · 21 Feb 2011 at 16:59

Bit of a RAM noob here, so I thought you experts would be able to tell me

My brother is into Video Rendering and Visual Effects so will need a decent system to handle it, My brother is on a i5 that will eventually be OC'd, I just need to know what RAM you would reccomend for the job. Ohh BTW he's on a 1156 Mobo

. Would 4GB of a faster Mhz be better than 8GB of a lower Mhz?. And price is an issue

so dont spec a crazy price lol.

Thanks for any answers and your time.

Scuzzy · 21 Feb 2011 at 17:05

For Video and encoding Go for the 8GB for sure !!

stulid · 21 Feb 2011 at 17:07

The speed the ram runs at is just set by the BIOS, for a i5 1156 system, I think the stock speed is 1333mhz, 1600mhz ram will just allow you to overclock to that speed, it will work at the lower 1333mhz speed.

For video editing etc, 8GB is more beneficial

So you could fill all the ram slots with two of these - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-222-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Or use a 8GB kit - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-060-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

pimper · 21 Feb 2011 at 17:29

Thanks for the feedback, ive been looking at this RAM:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-290-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Is this RAM up for the Job? Has a little crush on Corsair RAM

stulid · 21 Feb 2011 at 17:31

Yes it is, just more £££££

pimper · 21 Feb 2011 at 17:35

Right Ooo

thanks for the help

enigmo · 22 Feb 2011 at 10:02

Is there any obvious perfomance bump from getting lower latency memory? I've built a SB based system using C7 DDR1600 and am about to build a second one. Should I go for higher speed memory at the cost of lower latency, or stick with 1600MHz stuff and drop the cost by getting C9?