I understand that, but you're only setting your platform up for short term gain, in 2 years, 3 yeara where will you be with ddr3 RAM? stuck well behind with a DDR3 capable mboard, perhaps a LG1150 type old CPU and THEN you'll have to build an entire new build.
Kaizen is a japanese concept, small continuous improvements are always better and cheaper than a massive overhaul in a few years time
dezontk
29 May 16#20
CL14 DDR4 2400mhz is slower than CL11 DDR3 2400mhz. Anyway choosing a newer platform on the basis of RAM is quite amusing in itself.
hcc27
29 May 16#19
Yes true, but for the majority of us that would entail looking for a hot deal for a newer DDR4-compatible motherboard as well.
dezontk
29 May 16#18
DatAlbino
29 May 16#17
Are you guys nuts? You can get 16GB DDR4 Corsair RAM for less!
DDR3 RAM is literally last gen now paying nearly 60 quid for it is crazy
Ego-X
29 May 16#16
Seems quite cheap. Will these be better than those two 8MB sticks I bought for nearly £200 a few years ago?
dezontk
29 May 16#15
Hot. Got this for free! Ordered from Amazon and the lazy area driver didn't want to deliver late sunday night so set the parcel as "missing" on his little pda. Contacted Amazon got refund, next day he delivered it too.
whorlow
28 May 16#14
Even cheaper now at £55.98
Dragon32
10 May 161#7
Looks good memory and I would have been tempted with this if I had not just bought some, but also it looks too tall to fit under my processor heat sink.
WORTH CHECKING MEMORY WILL PHYSICALLY FIT INTO YOUR PC BEFORE BUYING AS THIS IS NOT THE MORE COMPACT VARIETY (A LOT HIGGER THAN MOST).
Hot as a very good deal for memory with great reviews.
hitman007 to Dragon32
10 May 16#9
Did you see how tall this memory is? Can't seem to find the information online.
lomax to Dragon32
18 May 16#13
Great advice. I had to remove the heatsinks on some corsair vengeance to get it to fit under my cpu cooler. It works fine without as it's basically just for decoration but obviously this voids the warranty. Corsair are probably the worst on honoring warranties at the best of times so no chance.
The 2400 at CL11 should be faster. The actual performance difference you'll see is marginal depending on how the application uses ram: http://techbuyersguru.com/does-ram-speed-matter-ddr3-1600-vs-1866-2133-and-2400-games?page=2. Probably better off spending the price difference elsewhere.
I believe corsair actually has a UK rma address now also in Scotland. Crucial have way better customer service though.
thekanester
11 May 16#12
Okay, that is good. I had looked at some benches of ram speeds and performance, which did include iGPU but was Intel only. Intel iGPU doesn't benefit as much; think it's due to i5+ having larger caches.[/quote]
You're correct. For most Intel CPUs with the exception of some of the lower Skylake DDR4 i3 models like 6100, 6320 etc. There is very little difference.
Gkains
10 May 16#11
[quote=thekanester
With an AMD APU this will give about 25% noticeable improvement in rendering speed, so it's a bit niche, but worth it if you can't upgrade your GPU.[/quote]Okay, that is good. I had looked at some benches of ram speeds and performance, which did include iGPU but was Intel only. Intel iGPU doesn't benefit as much; think it's due to i5+ having larger caches.
thekanester
10 May 16#10
With an AMD APU this will give about 25% noticeable improvement in rendering speed, so it's a bit niche, but worth it if you can't upgrade your GPU.
Gkains
10 May 161#8
Think the Crucial posted earlier is a better deal: http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/crucial-ballistix-elite-ble2cp8g3d1869de1tx0ceu-16gb-kit-8gb-x-2-ddr3-pc3-14900-2444900
As lucifon said, any new PC build wouldn't be DDR3 so it seems poor value to pay 25% extra (£57.99 / £46.18) for the extra speed. The Crucial is CL9 vs CL11 so not sure if the speed difference is that big anyway. Also, if something goes wrong in a few years, Crucial's RMA address is in Glasgow, while AFAIK Corsair is in the Netherlands. EDIT: still voted hot though
lucifon
10 May 16#6
Tempting, but feels like I'd barely notice the difference over 8gb. Especially when if I was to build a new PC in the next few years it wouldn't use DDR3 anymore.
AlfieW123
10 May 16#4
well aparently what i typed was rude, not as rude as it makes out! :stuck_out_tongue:
hcc27 to AlfieW123
10 May 16#5
I didn't take offence at all mate :-)
AlfieW123
10 May 16#3
Was just about to post it you **** :wink: had my eye on this for ages haha, heat from me!
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Kaizen is a japanese concept, small continuous improvements are always better and cheaper than a massive overhaul in a few years time
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMK16GX4M2A2400C14R-Vengeance-2400Mhz-Performance/dp/B00S51XHUQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464537524&sr=8-1&keywords=corsair+ddr4+ram
DDR3 RAM is literally last gen now paying nearly 60 quid for it is crazy
WORTH CHECKING MEMORY WILL PHYSICALLY FIT INTO YOUR PC BEFORE BUYING AS THIS IS NOT THE MORE COMPACT VARIETY (A LOT HIGGER THAN MOST).
Hot as a very good deal for memory with great reviews.
The 2400 at CL11 should be faster. The actual performance difference you'll see is marginal depending on how the application uses ram:
http://techbuyersguru.com/does-ram-speed-matter-ddr3-1600-vs-1866-2133-and-2400-games?page=2. Probably better off spending the price difference elsewhere.
I believe corsair actually has a UK rma address now also in Scotland. Crucial have way better customer service though.
You're correct. For most Intel CPUs with the exception of some of the lower Skylake DDR4 i3 models like 6100, 6320 etc. There is very little difference.
With an AMD APU this will give about 25% noticeable improvement in rendering speed, so it's a bit niche, but worth it if you can't upgrade your GPU.[/quote]Okay, that is good. I had looked at some benches of ram speeds and performance, which did include iGPU but was Intel only. Intel iGPU doesn't benefit as much; think it's due to i5+ having larger caches.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/crucial-ballistix-elite-ble2cp8g3d1869de1tx0ceu-16gb-kit-8gb-x-2-ddr3-pc3-14900-2444900
As lucifon said, any new PC build wouldn't be DDR3 so it seems poor value to pay 25% extra (£57.99 / £46.18) for the extra speed. The Crucial is CL9 vs CL11 so not sure if the speed difference is that big anyway. Also, if something goes wrong in a few years, Crucial's RMA address is in Glasgow, while AFAIK Corsair is in the Netherlands.
EDIT: still voted hot though