Ram, what speeds should i get?

[kevior]

Hey guys,

I'm planning to be getting an i5 3570k in a MSI G45 Mobo (Its a Z77 mobo). I was wondering what is the highest speed i can get in this motherboard and what speeds people would recommend.

Thanks,

Kev

 

[PetrolHead247]

Any speed over 1600MHz is pointless tbh, you see no performance gains just much higher prices. Stick with 1600MHz @ 1.5v and it will be cheap and fast too

 

[kevior]

Okay

 

[p1ngman1969]

yep 1600 mhz is good enough and a decent price at the moment. just got 8gb (2x4gb) corsair vengence 1600 mhz for £37 inc delivery

 

[kevior]

Just thought i might add my uses for my computer to see if you guys change your mind or not. I do video editing and encoding, recording of games, and obviously playing games. Do you guys reckon i should still go for the 1600mhz or go for faster?

 

[jamesriley94]

Just thought i might add my uses for my computer to see if you guys change your mind or not. I do video editing and encoding, recording of games, and obviously playing games. Do you guys reckon i should still go for the 1600mhz or go for faster?

Dont forget when the mhz increases, the RAM timings decrease a lot. You can get most 1600mhz sticks to run at 2133mhz if you sacrifice timings. When I tried that, it gave me no performance gains in anything I actually used - only difference was in benchmarks, where RAM went up from 7.8 to 7.9 in WEI :L

 

[PetrolHead247]

Just thought i might add my uses for my computer to see if you guys change your mind or not. I do video editing and encoding, recording of games, and obviously playing games. Do you guys reckon i should still go for the 1600mhz or go for faster?

1600MHz is completely fine. For that sort of usage a set of 16GB ram at 1600MHz is MUCH more ideal than, say, 8GB's at 2133MHz for example.

16GB's, 1600MHz @ 1.5V will be perfect

 

[OcSurfer]

1600MHz is completely fine. For that sort of usage a set of 16GB ram at 1600MHz is MUCH more ideal than, say, 8GB's at 2133MHz for example.

16GB's, 1600MHz @ 1.5V will be perfect

Agree with this,
i currently use 16gb of Corsair Vengence and 1600mhz (but i have tightened the timings) and i also video games but render as well and it performs well.

 

[kevior]

okay, thanks guys!

 

[yassarikhan786]

Yup, 1600Mhz is the sweet spot