G.Skill Eco DDR3-1600 (2 x 2GB) CL7 1.35v

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G.SKILL ECO Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL7D-4GBECO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231321

What do you guys think of this RAM? It is CAS7 DDR3-1600 that runs at 1.35v. Plus 4GB dual channel kit is only $66 which is about the same price as a lot of regular C9 1.5v kits.


In fact, the Corsair Dominator 1600 2x2GB for the same price only gets you C9 at 1.65v.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145296

The ECO seems like almost too good of a deal.
 
Why is that RAM better than the 2gb ECO sticks? The ECO's are only $30 more for 8GB and are CAS7.

I thought the lower latency will help for real world usage on the new sandy bridge boards because you can't overclock the RAM speed very much. I am planning to run this RAM on a P8P67 board.

Why would you prefer the Mushkin C9 over the ECO C7 except because they are cheaper?
 
The Mushkin's are 2x4GB. The Eco 2x4GB C7 are $150.

I would get 2x4GB sticks at this point, it will have better resale too.

Really I wouldn't worry about v1.35 and just get cheap v1.5v sticks like the GSkill 2x4GB ripjaw kit that was for sale for $75. Extra ram speed and timings are nice for memory benchmarks, but the real world difference is minimal. I think 8GB is a useful amount these days.

If you want low volts though those Mushkins Daemas posted are are nicely priced.

Oh and the P67/Sandy Bridge does have a pretty good memory controller. You can run ram much faster than DDR3-1333.
 
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JohnleMVP said:
The Mushkin's are 2x4GB. The Eco 2x4GB C7 are $150.

I would get 2x4GB sticks at this point, it will have better resale too.

Really I wouldn't worry about v1.35 and just get cheap v1.5v sticks like the GSkill 2x4GB ripjaw kit that was for sale for $75. Extra ram speed and timings are nice for memory benchmarks, but the real world difference is minimal. I think 8GB is a useful amount these days.
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So RAM latency really doesn't have any noticeable effect? Would you be able to notice any difference in system performance with CL7 vs CL9? I'm not talking about benchmarks but actual real world usage.

Where was Ripjaws 2x4GB on sale for $75? All I see on newegg is $99.
Also, for $99 I can get the Mushkin 2x4GB 1.35v when they are back in stock as the previous poster pointed out. That might be the way to go unless I can find the Ripjaws on sale again.
 
I heard that the 1.35V do not work well when overvolted, all you have to do is search for 1.35V DDR3 on the web and there are some articles back in 2009 that talked about Gskill DDR3 1.35V not being any good.
 
dkslim said:
I heard that the 1.35V do not work well when overvolted, all you have to do is search for 1.35V DDR3 on the web and there are some articles back in 2009 that talked about Gskill DDR3 1.35V not being any good.
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Thats interesting because the reviews I have read said that the 1.35v ram actual performed really good when more voltage was added, and overall performed better than 1.5v ram.
 
havokator said:
So RAM latency really doesn't have any noticeable effect? Would you be able to notice any difference in system performance with CL7 vs CL9? I'm not talking about benchmarks but actual real world usage.

Where was Ripjaws 2x4GB on sale for $75? All I see on newegg is $99.
Also, for $99 I can get the Mushkin 2x4GB 1.35v when they are back in stock as the previous poster pointed out. That might be the way to go unless I can find the Ripjaws on sale again.
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http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1584575

Waste of money.
 
1.25x7=8.75ns<-that's its real latency time if it runs as 1600

With cl9 just swop the 7 with the 9 to calculate it.
 
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