Performance And Value Conclusion
Best Overclocking: Crucial CT2KIT51264BA1339
Crucial continues to stick its finger in the eye of the “bling” crowd by disproving heat-spreader myths. At 1.65V, its bare DDR3-1333 modules have continuously outpaced similarly-priced competition, and that trend continues with its latest high-density parts.
Best Timings: G.Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
Most users don’t overclock, but many who do still select a standard data rate for RAM. Optimizing memory timings without stressing the memory controller is easy with G.Skill’s F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL, which reached DDR3-1600 CAS 7 and DDR3-1333 CAS 6 in today’s evaluation.
Best Value for Non-Overclockers: Super Talent Chrome-series WP160UX8G9
With the exception of Patriot’s Sector 5 that defaulted to DDR3-1066, the other four module sets all defaulted to the same DDR3-1333 CAS 9 speed and timings. Among those four module sets, non-overclockers will find that price is the biggest value determiner.
Our choice: G.Skill Ripjaws F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
If we were building the ultimate LGA 1156-based system today, we’d select G.Skill’s 8GB DDR3-1600 dual-channel kit for its support of tight DDR3-1600 timings. As seen in our System Builder Marathon, our overclocked performance systems rarely use excessively high data rates because they do not noticeably boost the performances of the applications and games we use in our tests.
Yet our needs are not always your needs. While none of the modules in today’s comparison won enough comparison categories to earn an award, your purchase is the highest honor any product can receive. End-users looking for the ultimate memory upgrade should consider their own overclocking, latency, and value desires before placing that award in the hands of their favorite vendor.
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Lets not forget 64 bit too eh Rab1d-BDGR ?
what are the timings they refer to... Can someone please explain what the are and how to interpret them?
I've got 2gb 4-4-4-12 DDR2 800 (PC2 6400).
Say I've got a mother board that holds ddr2/3 - Would I see much of a change in frame rate if all the other parts stayed the same?
There is no real difference in speed with memory. This just increases performance for larger applications. You will see maybe a change of 1 or 2 fps in games. Is it really worth it? You must remember that the speed of the memory means that it accesses faster. But if the memory isn't always accessed, then it will make little real difference.
From: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] ad-postingFor more details try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM#Operation_principle
Thank you so much....really appreciated
A little footnote to anyone with triple-channel DDR mobos - if you are thinking of putting three of these kits into your machine for a whopping 24GB of RAM then make sure you are using Windows 7 pro/ent/ult - "Home premium" is limited to 16GB of RAM....If you're rich and/or crazy enough to spend that much on RAM then I'm sure the more expensive OS is small change. :-/
Or Linux.
Look at this loser company Patriot trying to attain credibility and status by charging more for their crappy produce.
reported. for all the good it seems to be doing!