G.SKILL Ripjaw Difference Q&A

[Chaney579]

Hello on my quest to build my ultimate dream pc i have come acrossed a bit of a problem... My Budget is getting close to the end and for everything to work penny and nickel wise i need to know if i can do something i never quit could understand...

Well I see all over newegg and verious other sites that memory is being sold at different Mhz.. SAME STICK... SAME NAME... SAME SIZE... Just a higher clock... Now i want to know if i could just save a few dollars (400) And go with the 1600 MHZ G.SKILL Ripjaws over the 2133 that i would like...

2133MHZ

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231435

1600MHZ

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

HELL there is even a 1333MHZ kit for 85 each...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231426

The only difference i see is the Volts are all up to 1.65 to reach the 2133 frequency... I just want to know if they are making people pay more for not understanding overclocking or if the higher dollar modules have a little extra build qaulity and a spit and shine to them so they can reach this.. Or can i sve litterly 250 dollars and get the 1333mhz and OC them to 2133... Has this even been done? If so forums posts of it or a log would be dandy...

Of course i will be using a 2600k, asus ME 3... etc etc... Any help would be appreciated...

 

[marsey99]

they sort them in house so the cheap ones won hit the same speeds as the more expensive ones.

yes all the parts are made the same way but but not all ic is equal.

 

[Jamsand]

when silicon is made not all batches come out as good as the others the almost perfect ones get sold for larger price and get given more volts ect as they can handle it, the ones that aren't quite as good a grade don't get as many volts thus lower speeds and sold for less. cause they are a lower grade they'll not be able to clock upto their lil more perfect counter-parts, the 2133mhz are basically hitlers superrace of RAM lol

 

[ruthless_villain]

you aint going to see the difference between 1600-2133 in real world so unless you is benching or something i would leave it

 

[Chaney579]

you aint going to see the difference between 1600-2133 in real world so unless you is benching or something i would leave it

Yea that i understand.. I know this to be a fact i would not see any difference between 8 and 16... BUT i play wow perfessionaly US side with my guild... and his computer will be made to play wow running smoothly on one screen and then gta 4 or NFS Shift 2 or crysis etc etc on the other... With no lag... Because as a progression guild sitting infront of a screen for 14 hours listening to who ***** who... Gets old and waiting for 15-25 heck even 45 min i would like to be doing something other then listening to my german GL ranting on about how our ranged DPS cant press 1 22 1 2222 4 1 22 1 22222222 4 5 1 1 1 22222...

So the extra ram would be nice but i think the 16gb of 1600mhz will do just fine and heck if they OC then woo if not reg benches dont show anything but even a downfall of FPS will more and higher Frequency... BUT of course for my kind of use it might be just a bit... Who knows i was mostly curious because i always wondered that... BUT i guess its the same way with CPUs... NOT all OC as good as the next

Thanks for the help

Jesse