• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

4x4 or 2x8

Z

zantaff

n00b
Joined
Jan 5, 2013
Messages
24
I know this answer has been asked, before, but I'm just comparing 2 kinds.
Running on an ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
Price vs Speed vs Compatibility vs Real World difference.

Kingston HyperX (4x4GB) ~ $60
DDR3 1600MHz
9-9-9-27

-or-

Komputerbay (2x8GB) ~ $65
DDR3 1600MHz
10-10-10-27
 
Stability is the main thing, that I'm aware of. My board hates when all 4 slots are filled. Personally, I'd go with 2x8. I would bet that they would also run at the same timings if you were worried about that. Any speed difference? Nothing that matters.
 
Last edited:
2x8. You can always add more sticks later if you want, and higher density RAM has better resale value
 
2x8 - ability to add more and stability of your system and OC.

Plus ram is pretty cheap these days, even the 8 gig sticks.
 
2x8, of course! you know you gonna add another 2x8 soon! :)

plus i would change it to cas 9 and then test, it might work.
 
Last edited:
Agreed on the higher density, but whatever you do, DON'T GET KOMPUTERBAY.
I made the mistake of buying cheap off brand ram before and totally regretted it. And looks like others made the same mistake.
Be VERY leery of Komputerbay crap.

I recently purchased some Komputerbay SODIMMs, and am now trying to get my money back out of them.


A few quick observations.

1. It seems that Komputerbay does NOT manufacture their own product. it is knockoff crap... [or perhaps it IS their product and IS just knockoff crap??] either way from what I've seen, Komputerbay is total junk.

2. it is not as advertised.. photos show Komputerbay branded RAM on Samsung or Hynix chipsets.. guess what.. it's NOT! I bought 2 - 2x4gb Komputerbay SODIMM sets.. what was marketed in Komputerbay's own marketing photos was Samsung PC8500 SOIC or TSOPs.... What I received as generic 256x8 BGA chips (16 per board).

3. the Komputerbay build quality is polished crap. It should be obvious to anyone that you would want to build using matching chips on your PCBs, to get consistent performance.. Not so with these guys. Note that each SODIMM has 16 256mb chips on it.. Of my 4 cards, NONE were matching.. One card had 7 DIFFERENT mismatched chips. Another had 6, another 5... I gave up at that point....

Oh yeah - - I forgot to mention that they locked up my MacBook Pro. repeatedly. after 20 minutes, two cards went down.. a third was DOA. I didn't bother with the fourth - - I don't run non-matching RAM, as I expect to use my Mac long and hard every day, and don't need it crashing.

4. Customer service is...........well it isn't. No listed phone # for customer service.. Their receipt points you to their website, with no follow up options other than an email. Emails get responded to within a few days. in broken Engrish...

My only consolation - - AMEX is going to bat for me....


Let me recommend you learn the lessons I took from this:
buying cheap isn't always the best method.
You get what you pay for.
Look for a company who actually has REAL Americans who can answer the phone or at least answer email..
Click to expand...
We purchased RAM from KomputerBay a few months ago for Dell Optiplex 990's. We have had nothing but trouble with the RAM. The chips are labeled as 4GB DDR-III 1333MHz, A10772C 021100. The description was 16GB(4x4GB...10666(8-8-8-24) 16 GB Kit.
The chips seemed to work OK for a few weeks, but then we started having problems with blue-screens, rebooting, and frequent program lock-ups. When replaced with 1GB chips as originally received from Dell, the computers performed without issues and performed faster.
I would strongly recommend NOT using RAM purchased from KomputerBay. We tried to get a response from them about the problem with the chips, and never received a reply from them. We purchased 5 sets of these 16 GB kits, so we are out a lot of money.
Click to expand...
 
4x4gb only because Samsung doesnt have there low profile, low voltage stuff in 8gb dimms..
 
get the 2x8. with the chances sometimes of 4x4's you can get a dead stick and have to do lovely RMA things. the sizes of the stixs don't really change performance as long as the timings are good.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top