Hi,
I have a GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SOC Force mainboard with an i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 CPU. Presently I have a G.Skill 16 GB kit that is spec 1600, running well at 1866. I am thinking of upgrading and today I finally see a sale on a kit I had my eye on.
Today a retailer that has something to do with egg has this kit on sale for $169:
G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C10D-16GTX.
I have been waiting for this kit to go on sale but so far no dice:
G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2666 (PC3 21300) Desktop Memory Model F3-2666C12D-16GTXD.
Thus my question is which of these kits is better in the performance department? Or are they about a wash due to the CL being so much higher on the DDR3 2666 sticks?
Which one would OC better to the next speed jump over stock frequency?
Anything else I should be aware of when trying to make a decision on what kit to get?
Thanks,
LBro
I have a GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SOC Force mainboard with an i7-4790K Haswell Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 CPU. Presently I have a G.Skill 16 GB kit that is spec 1600, running well at 1866. I am thinking of upgrading and today I finally see a sale on a kit I had my eye on.
Today a retailer that has something to do with egg has this kit on sale for $169:
G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model F3-2400C10D-16GTX.
I have been waiting for this kit to go on sale but so far no dice:
G.SKILL Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2666 (PC3 21300) Desktop Memory Model F3-2666C12D-16GTXD.
Thus my question is which of these kits is better in the performance department? Or are they about a wash due to the CL being so much higher on the DDR3 2666 sticks?
Which one would OC better to the next speed jump over stock frequency?
Anything else I should be aware of when trying to make a decision on what kit to get?
Thanks,
LBro
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