Ddr3 ram

[cheeseshredder]

How much difference in performance would there be between these two? (on a corei5)

OCZ Obsidian 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16820227495

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16820231277

Thanks!

[Oversized Rooster]

The G.Skill kit needs only 1.5V to run stock settings while the OCZ kit needs 1.65V. Therefore, in theory, the G.Skill should give you more OCing headroom.

However, both kits are pretty $hitty because they have slow CL9 latencies. Do yourself a favor and pick up a proper CL7 DDR3-1600 kit instead.

If you absolutely have to buy from Newegg (it's a $hitty company which never has true sales), then look at these kits:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...-279-_-Product

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...-268-_-Product

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...-364-_-Product

You should shop through NCIX instead. You can price match items.

[CheapScotsman]

I don't see anything that would indicate any performance difference. Both are DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800), have a CAS latency of 9 and have 9-9-9-24 timings.

[CheapScotsman]

The G.Skill kit needs only 1.5V to run stock settings while the OCZ kit needs 1.65V. Therefore, in theory, the G.Skill should give you more OCing headroom.

However, both kits are pretty $hitty because they have slow CL9 latencies. Do yourself a favor and pick up a proper CL7 DDR3-1600 kit instead.

If you absolutely have to buy from Newegg (it's a $hitty company which never has true sales), then look at these kits:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...-279-_-Product

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...-268-_-Product

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...-364-_-Product

You should shop through NCIX instead. You can price match items.

Have to agree that the G.SKILL Cas7 kit is probably the one to get

wrt to pricing ... it never hurts to do a full pricing layout before making a decision

Right now I am looking to revamp 3 systems for Windows 7 (including building a new i5 system). Of the products I am looking at, newegg.ca has the lowest prices via pricecanada.com on 3 of them (including $50 cheaper than NCIX on a DDR2 memory kit). NCIX (as of late last night) is out of stock on Ripjaw Cas 7 memory.

Since I live in BC (as does the OP) so I/we have to pay PST. Right now with the 10% off newegg promotion, my total cost ($15 in shipping) come out cheaper than ncix's price before tax.

[apvm]

I was told there is not much difference in between 1066 and 1600 except when you benchmark them. Let alone between CL 7-7-7 and CL 9-9-9

[terrybear]

With the Intel Core ix & the AMD Phenom II based technoligy the thing as a few sites have sugested is DDR3 1333 low latency ram is the way to go.

Hell I'll go out on a limb here & say that if you can get cheap DDR3 1600 ram kits you could always declock them to 1333 & lower there cas rating also if one was willing to take the time to do so.