What difference between these

[tmcthree]

Hi, apologies because I imagine a variant on this question has been asked many times before but...

Would I notice a difference in performance between these memory kits

http://www.ebuyer.com/190385-kingston-16gb-4x4gb-ddr3-1600mhz-xmp-hyperx-memory-kit-cl9-9-9-9-27-1-65v-non-ecc-khx1600c9d3k4-16gx

or

http://www.ebuyer.com/274037-corsair-16gb-4x4gb-ddr3-1600mhz-vengeance-low-profile-memory-kit-cl9-1-5v-cml16gx3m4a1600c9

or

http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/product.aspx?code=MEM-D3-8GBF16

I'm leaning towards the mushkin, (although I hate eclipse) but they are only 8gb so I'd have to buy two.

Now, I know that matched pairs are good, but is there such a thing as matched quads? In other words

would buying 4x4gb be better than buying 2x(2x4gb) or is in actual fact 4x4gb just 2x(2x4gb) anyway?

Also I notice that the timings on the kingston are "looser" will that be noticeable?

Sorry I ended up with more questions than I had originally intended.

 

[Pr3d4t0r]

id go either with mushkin or corsair, kingston if your on budget.

as long as the chips are the same i.e revision etc. then there is no diffrence if you buy a 4x4 or 2, 2x4, they must be same though otherwise it wont work in a channel mode

no you probably wont

 

[Murphyslaw]

Also I notice that the timings on the kingston are "looser" will that be noticeable?

Sorry I ended up with more questions than I had originally intended.

the timing shouldn't matter all that much. and not really going to make a great deal of difference.

id go either with mushkin or corsair, kingston if your on budget.

as long as the chips are the same i.e revision etc. then there is no diffrence if you buy a 4x4 or 2, 2x4, they must be same though otherwise it wont work in a channel mode

no you probably wont

you can run 2 different dual channel memories in, 2 dual channels.

some 4*4 memories will work in dual channel along with quad channel

For what I know you can also put 2 different timed ram chips together in dual channel and the slower timing is picked.

 

[seumasbeathan]

What about these - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00687MA...de=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B00687MAUC

You can also get just one16gb dimm - http://www.systo.co.uk/components/memory/16gb-pc3-10666-f3-10666cl9q-16gbxl.html

 

[tmcthree]

thanks guys,

I went for the corsair in the end.

Cheers Seamus those ones on amazon look pretty good. I was trying to avoid much in the way of heatsinks though because I've got a d14 cooler so it's a bit of a squeeze.

Regarding the single 16gb one. Can any motherboard take that?

 

[cerbrus2]

the corsair also runs at 1.5v rather than 1.65 like the kingston.

 

[seumasbeathan]

Well I cant fault your choice, you have chosen some great ram

 

[dukeReinhardt]

what the f?! 31 quid for the 1.35v mushkin kit? what is this site *.*

edit: apparently all of the mushkin kits are stupidly cheap on this site. damn...

 

[tmcthree]

the corsair also runs at 1.5v rather than 1.65 like the kingston.

Cerberus, forgive my ignorance but what's the benefit of it running at a lower voltage? Heat or something?

 

[dukeReinhardt]

supposedly you shouldn't use 1.65v memory with sandybridge. might not matter if you don't have a sandybridge though ^^. heat/power consumption as well, though it's not as if it's going to make a massive difference.

 

[tmcthree]

Thanks