Which of these are better? (need quick reply!)

Juusuhako

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Hello,
quick question!

Im looking for some DDR3 Ram for new motherboard, and these two are up for grabs (sorry for the non-english website):
https://www.komplett.dk/corsair-xms3-2133mhz-8gb-vengeance-cl11/657876
https://www.komplett.dk/crucial-ddr3-ballistix-elite-1600mhz-8gb/744213

The Corsair costs about £10 more. The difference is that they run 2133Mhz to Crucials 1600MHz, however Crucials timings are much lower (8-8-8-24 vs. 11-11-11-27).

So what is better? MHz or Timings? I know I will be overclocking my CPU, but I dont know whats important to look at with ram when doing so.
 
For gaming, 1600MHz is considered the sweetspot as you won't see much of a performance increase after that. The low CL is a nice bonus on that BallistX kit.

2133MHz RAM is usually just for rendering rigs (or epeen). If you're just going to be gaming, the cheaper kit will serve you fine.
 
For gaming, 1600MHz is considered the sweetspot as you won't see much of a performance increase after that. The low CL is a nice bonus on that BallistX kit.

2133MHz RAM is usually just for rendering rigs (or epeen). If you're just going to be gaming, the cheaper kit will serve you fine.

Thank you. :)
 
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