Looking for a good set of 16GB DDR3-2400MHz RAM

mandarpalshikar

Why So Serious ???
Please suggest me a good set of DDR3-2400MHz RAM kit (2600MHz is out of budget for me). Preferebly 2 x 8GB kit compatible with Maximus V Gene mobo.
I'm currently using G.Skill Sniper 1600 MHz (1.5v) 4 x 4GB.

I was thinking of G.Skill Trident-X which would cost me 15.9k @flipkart.com
G.Skill TridentX DDR3 16 GB (2) PC RAM (F3-2400C10D-16GTX) | Ram | Flipkart.com

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I didn't find any competitor for 2400MHz space ? So is my choice restricted to only G.Skill in india ?
 
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mandarpalshikar

mandarpalshikar

Why So Serious ???
None particular... Want to try RAM kits with higher clock speeds beyond 2000MHz. I feel that my Sniper 1600 MHz CL9 are not that much gr8 kits to go with my config of i5-3570k, HD7950 and maximus v gene.
But obviously I agree that the performance difference between 1600MHz and 2400MHz wont be spectacular.
 

Skud

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May be this article will help you:-

Choosing the Best DDR3 SDRAM for Ivy Bridge - X-bit labs


So, the rational approach to choosing system memory is in looking for the optimal frequency/price ratio. Modules up to DDR3-2133 SDRAM may be recommended for Ivy Bridge platforms, but not faster ones. Up to that frequency, the price remains reasonable while the performance in everyday applications grows up. Faster memory modules are considerably more expensive without providing tangible performance benefits, so they can only be recommended for enthusiasts who want maximum speed no matter what.

You shouldn’t bother about memory with low latencies, by the way. There are fewer such products on the market nowadays because low timings do not offer much in terms of performance on the modern LGA1155 platform.
 
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mandarpalshikar

mandarpalshikar

Why So Serious ???
^^
So it suggests that on LGA1155 platforms each step of 266 MHz in clock speed increases performance by 3%. That would mean going from 1600 MHz to 2400Mhz will gain performance of about 10%. They have also quoted "Modules up to DDR3-2133 SDRAM may be recommended for Ivy Bridge platforms, but not faster ones". They also quote that "You shouldn’t bother about memory with low latencies because low timings do not offer much in terms of performance on the modern LGA1155 platform".

Hmm... something to really reflect upon.

I was comparing TridentX 2400MHz with RipjawsX 2133, both 2 x8GB kits and found that the price of RipjawsX is similar to that of TridentX despite its speed being less. The differnec is RipjawsX runs at latency of 9-11-11-31 2N and TridentX runs at 10-12-12-31 2N. Now, as xbitlabs suggests, CAS timinngs have little to none bearing on perfromance of LGA1155 platforms. So it doesn't make sense to get 2133MHz RAM at the price of 2400MHz one ?

What are your thoughts ? In fact 2133 RipjawsX is 500Rs more that 2400MHz TridentX :( Although there is another kit of RipjawsX 2133 @11-11-11-30 2n for 11k. But then the feeling I get is for LGA1155 (which I am on) if timings dont matter much. It would maybe make sense to buy better timing RAMs on maybe LGA2011 or AM3+.

G.Skill TridentX DDR3 16 GB (2) PC RAM (F3-2400C10D-16GTX) | Ram | Flipkart.com
G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 16 GB (2) PC RAM (F3-2133C9D-16GXH) | Ram | Flipkart.com

So is the RipjawsX 2133 running @11-11-11-30 2n better choice than other two above ?
G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 16 GB PC RAM (F3-17000CL11Q-16GBXL) | Ram | Flipkart.com
 
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mandarpalshikar

mandarpalshikar

Why So Serious ???
They are very bad at OCing... I'm unable to push all 4 sticks (4x4GB=16GB) at once to say 1866 as well and unable to tighten timings as well at all. So they cant run apart from rated speed of 1600MHz @ 9-9-9-24 if I populate all of them in my 4 DIMM slots.
Although I could get 2 sticks (2x4GB=8GB) running in dual channel to 1866 MHz on loose timings of 10-10-10-28 but it wansn't stable at all. I could tighten the timings on these 2 sticks on 1600MHz to 8-9-8-25 though, which was stable. But this didn't reflect in any performance being increased sadly.

Bump :(
 
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