Which RAM?

[Frakk]

I'm looking to replace my Memory in a week or so.

I currently have these running Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel

I have adjusted them to get more out of them (Timings are 8-8-8-20 T1, 1450Mhz, 1.55v) M.O WEI is 7.7,
And MAXMem results are,-
Copy: 13000 MBs
Read: 10000 MBs
Write: 8500 MBs
9.2 GBs
Latency 55 ns

I have to say for such a cheap set they are doing a good job.

But there only 4GB and BF3 is maxing them out, i'm running at 90+ % full, especially in 64 Player maps, infact anything more than an hour gaming and my drive starts accessing the Pagefile.

I was thinking,-

G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel

Or

Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel

 

[Shadow300]

Personally, I love corsair vengeance

 

[Woomack]

I really like Crucial Elite/Tactics series 1.50V like these in my thread.
This memory is even better idea for AMD as you can run 1600 7-7-7 under 1.60V.
It's just one of options as most RAM will be the same for gaming.

 

[Cigarsmoker]

That GSkill is good RAM. Running 2x4 sticks of it myself. The other RAM that is good is Kinston HyperX 1600. When it comes to RAM, I find brand doesn't matter that much. It's all about speed, timing and price. Fortunately it's hard to get "bad" ram.

I prefer RAMS with smaller heatsink, such as those on GSkill and Kingstons, as there's less chance of the heatsink interfering with my CPU HSF.

 

[bluezero5]

Dual channel ?

G.skill and Corsair both gets good word of mouth.

If you use so much, you might want to get a 1866 set of Corsair Vengenace.

 

[Frakk]

Those Crucial's also look good, i did now know about them thanks guys.

Just a note on frequency, i find that to run RAM at the higher speed i need to Overclock my CPU NB to bench faster.

As far as i'm aware the higher speed only takes effect by running a higher NB, generally this is (NB speed = 2x the RAM speed)

I'm running a CPU NB @ 2800Mhz, RAM is 1400Mhz, i have run it @ 1600Mhz and MAXMem benches the same, it only benches higher if i increase the NB speed, and my CPU cooler can't handle 4Ghz and 3200Mhz NB... it just boils the CPU. its really is a crap cooler and AMD don't like the heat like Intel's