DDR3 16gb kit

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FedericoUY

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Hello all!
I'm still on a really good 2600k with RIVE, and wanna upgrade my beloved 8gb kit Crucial Ballistix elite, that there are one of the few rams that can go flat timings (1866 8-8-8, or 2133 9-9-9). Want to upgrade to a 16gb kit, but don't know what to buy. I preffer 4x4gb because of oc. Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance.
 
No, 2nd series sb intel cpu's are rated and toped out at 2133 as a max speed. I care more for getting a nice 16gb kit, as mine is a 8gb kit and I cannot seem to get another one like it new. I use my kit at 1866 cas 8, or 2133 cas 9.
 
some of the best value kits still available are gskill 2133 9-11-11 1.6v or 2133 9-11-10 1.65v

blehhhZz 1066/1333 may be the max supported speed but overclocking typically allows up to 2133 which when combined with tight timings like 9-9-9 can bring up to 20% increase in cpu performance in some programs like a number of games that overflow the cpu cache
 
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Agreed, I have these are they clock to 2133 but only managed 10-10-9, either way though.
 
Sandy Bridge does not really benefit from RAM speeds higher than 1600 Mhz CAS 9. Even Haswell doesn't really benefit from more than 2133 Mhz CAS 9.
 
Tsumi said:
Sandy Bridge does not really benefit from RAM speeds higher than 1600 Mhz CAS 9. Even Haswell doesn't really benefit from more than 2133 Mhz CAS 9.
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misinformation spread by reviews with gpu bottlenecked tests and cpu benchmarks that dont overflow the cache
you can see a increase in cpu performance equivalent to about 500mhz higher cpu oc
 
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dasa said:
misinformation spread by reviews with gpu bottlenecked tests and cpu benchmarks that dont overflow the cache
you can see a increase in cpu performance equivalent to about 500mhz higher cpu oc
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In what? Synthetic benchmarks? Those are useless for the gamer anyways.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7364/memory-scaling-on-haswell No speed above 2133 Mhz has appreciable performance benefits for Haswell, which has a far better IMC than Sandy Bridge.
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/blog/2014/march/haswellrealworld Again, 2400 Mhz is barely better than 2133 Mhz in gaming, even with a heavily CPU bottlenecked game like Starcraft 2.

http://techreport.com/review/20377/...of-memory-speed-on-sandy-bridge-performance/3 Graphical settings turned all the way down to remove GPU bottleneck, nothing above 1600 Mhz makes an appreciable difference for Sandy Bridge. A few select games can show better minimums, but it's not worth the premium faster kits are often going for nowadays. And as with the case with Haswell, performance basically tops out at 2133 in those limited scenarios.

Besides, Sandy Bridge does not reliably overclock above 1866 mhz RAM speed, especially with 4 sticks. You are lucky if you have one that can.
 
those are some fairly gpu heavy games and unless they change gpu or cpu clocks you cant know just how cpu\gpu bound those are without trying them yourself
sandy seems to be capable of 2133 with two sticks fairly reliably provided the mb is decent but no its not guaranteed

some tests i ran years back on arma
https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/1...mance-comparison-1600-2133-up-to-15-fps-gain/
thief
http://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/index.php/topic/55771-cpuram-performance-in-thief/
tests another has done on 3930K 4.5GHz HT
http://www.overclock.net/t/1487162/...affect-fps-during-high-cpu-overhead-scenarios
more recent tests i have done with 3770k and 6700k
http://www.overclock.net/t/1611359/...3-1600c11-2133c9-ddr4-2133c15-3000c12-4000c17
 
http://www.overclock.net/t/1366657/ddr3-1600-vs-2133-is-there-a-difference-in-game shows much more minimal gains. Same with the 3930k.

3770k is Ivy-Bridge based and can take advantage of faster RAM more effectively than Sandy Bridge. It is between Sandy Bridge and Haswell in efficiency.

Basically, spending more for faster RAM speed is only worth it if you play those specific games that benefit from it, and if you're lucky enough to have a CPU/motherboard that can support those speeds.
 
Tsumi said:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1366657/ddr3-1600-vs-2133-is-there-a-difference-in-game shows much more minimal gains. Same with the 3930k.

3770k is Ivy-Bridge based and can take advantage of faster RAM more effectively than Sandy Bridge. It is between Sandy Bridge and Haswell in efficiency.

Basically, spending more for faster RAM speed is only worth it if you play those specific games that benefit from it, and if you're lucky enough to have a CPU/motherboard that can support those speeds.
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not surprising there seeing minimal gains 3dmark cpu test is very small and fits neatly into the cache
heaven is gpu bottlnecked
dont know about avp but considering the gpu is a 5870 fair bet his gpu bottlnecked
stalker is gpu bottlnecked <love that game
go down a bit to the quote by nleksan in that op and he is seeing around 19% performance gain in hl2 15% in farcry3 with a gtx670 on a 3930k

3770k can handle speeds well over 2133 but it scales similarly to 2600k with performance up to 2133 as final latency is the primary factor in performance
the 6 year old 2600k is still more than enough for most games but there is a few in which its starting to show its age when paired with a modern gpu like gtx1070

most games that are cpu bound will see gains from faster ram although many of these games are only cpu bound in some places while gpu bound in others

weather or not its worth the cost is up the the individual but i agree just replacing decent ram for the sake of higher speed sticks alone isnt good value
replacing a old kit as you need more ram with a faster kit may be worth while if a ddr4 system isnt in the budget
 
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I have a DDR3 Corsair Vengeance 12GB 1.5v 1600 if you're interested in a 12gb (3x 4gb) setup.

Looking for a 16gb setup myself. :D
 
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