Best gaming Memory?

ChiBChombo · 05-02-11, 07:59 PM

Hey all,

So I successfully OC'd my 960 to 4 GHz, and it seems to be stable. It's exactly at 4008 in the Bios, but eVga E-Leet utility shows 3990 (it says 25 x 159.6 instead of 160 like on bios).

Anyways, I'm looking into buying the best 12 GB of Gaming Memory available right now? Any advice on what I should get?

Thanks!

shabby · 05-02-11, 08:00 PM

Don't waste your money on fancy low timing memory, not worth it.

**bob saget** · 05-02-11, 08:19 PM

The brands I have used are OCZ and Corsair, and stand by them. Mushkin and GSkill are also pretty well known but i have never personally used those brands.

**Greedo** · 05-02-11, 08:45 PM

my g skill has been going strong for 2 years now. only time i've ever had an issue with memory was a stick of crucial ballistix back near the dawn of time, in 2007.

05-02-11, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greedo

my g skill has been going strong for 2 years now. only time i've ever had an issue with memory was a stick of crucial ballistix back near the dawn of time, in 2007.

I will never buy anything from crucial due to the issues I had with that ram. Crucial Ballistix, I had sooo many faulty sets.

Moshing · 05-02-11, 11:10 PM

I'm quite partial to Corsair and Patriot, but have good luck with pretty much all the major brands. I've had OCZ, Mushkin, Corsair, Patriot, Crucial, Kingston, G.Skill and not had any complaints about any of them. Some have been easier then others to hit advertised speed and/or timings, but overall, my favorite is usually Corsair.

Truth be told, there really isn't a "best gaming ram". If you can find any difference between two different brands running same speed and same timings, it would be so miniscule as to be within margin of error. There's just "trust worthy" ram and "generic crap". Pick a good brand with good reviews and you generally won't go wrong. It's not like picking a CPU brand.

Pennyboy · 05-03-11, 12:55 AM

I have had generic and well, it was ok for a year or two but then it died on me. After that experience I have always rocked Corsair memory. I have never had any issues with it at all, well i have had one instance where I had bluescreens after trying to add 2 extra 1 gb sticks to the 2 1gb sticks I had, which is hit or miss whether they would play nice together anyways, it was not down to the RAM being faulty. I think with RAM you buy a quality brand, after that its down to how much money you are willing to invest into the speeds and timings, you pay a premium for a high mhz low timing products but you would struggle to see a 'real' difference when gaming.

Yaboze · 05-03-11, 09:19 AM

I have had bad luck with Corsair, believe it or not. I run it for 6-12 months and then start getting memory problems out of the blue when nothing changed.

Since then, I have been running GSkill and it's been holding up well.

**jcrox** · 05-03-11, 05:36 PM

Maybe others will disagree but from my experience... the most important factor with gaming in regards to memory is to have enough. Speed seems to make little to no difference.

So far GSkill is the only brand that I've used personally or installed in other's computers that I've never had to RMA.

My wife's computer is my old E6600 and it's still got the same GSkill memory in it from day 1.

Moshing · 05-03-11, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcrox

the most important factor with gaming in regards to memory is to have enough. Speed seems to make little to no difference.

This right here. Well said.

Sean_W · 05-05-11, 01:31 PM

So if most of you guys are saying memory makes no difference, why are you buying expensive ram?

I've never had any issues with Kinston and it's cheap.

Moshing · 05-05-11, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean_W

So if most of you guys are saying memory makes no difference, why are you buying expensive ram?

I've never had any issues with Kinston and it's cheap.

Who bought expensive ram? My whole 8Gb barely exceeded 100 bucks. There's nothing remotely expensive about ram unless you get silly and buy DDR3 1866 or higher.

05-02-11, 07:59 PM	#1
ChiBChombo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 392	Best gaming Memory? Hey all, So I successfully OC'd my 960 to 4 GHz, and it seems to be stable. It's exactly at 4008 in the Bios, but eVga E-Leet utility shows 3990 (it says 25 x 159.6 instead of 160 like on bios). Anyways, I'm looking into buying the best 12 GB of Gaming Memory available right now? Any advice on what I should get? Thanks! __________________ Motherboard: eVGA E758-A1 X58 CPU: Intel core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz Memory: Corsair Dominator-GT 6GB 1600MHz 7-7-7-20 GPU: 2x eVGA GTX 470 Sli PSU: Corsair 1000HX Storage: Intel X25-M SSD 80GB - 2x WD Caviar Black 1TB Optical Drives: Sony Optiarc 24X CD/DVD - Pioneer BDR-205BKS BluRay/DVD/CD Writer Case: Lian-Li Armorsuit PC-P50R Display: Alienware OptX AW2310 Audio: Logitech Z-5500.

05-02-11, 08:00 PM	#2
shabby Forcefed GXP Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,138	Re: Best gaming Memory? Don't waste your money on fancy low timing memory, not worth it. __________________ 2500k/Asus P67-Pro/8gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3/X25-M/p190

05-02-11, 08:19 PM	#3
bob saget Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Vancouver, originally Russia Posts: 23,133	Re: Best gaming Memory? The brands I have used are OCZ and Corsair, and stand by them. Mushkin and GSkill are also pretty well known but i have never personally used those brands.

05-02-11, 08:45 PM	#4
Greedo Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: mos eisley cantina Posts: 1,258	Re: Best gaming Memory? my g skill has been going strong for 2 years now. only time i've ever had an issue with memory was a stick of crucial ballistix back near the dawn of time, in 2007.

05-02-11, 11:10 PM	#6
Moshing Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 161	Re: Best gaming Memory? I'm quite partial to Corsair and Patriot, but have good luck with pretty much all the major brands. I've had OCZ, Mushkin, Corsair, Patriot, Crucial, Kingston, G.Skill and not had any complaints about any of them. Some have been easier then others to hit advertised speed and/or timings, but overall, my favorite is usually Corsair. Truth be told, there really isn't a "best gaming ram". If you can find any difference between two different brands running same speed and same timings, it would be so miniscule as to be within margin of error. There's just "trust worthy" ram and "generic crap". Pick a good brand with good reviews and you generally won't go wrong. It's not like picking a CPU brand. __________________ Ci7 2600K @5Ghz/8Gb Patriot Viper II/Asus Sabertooth P67/EVGA GTX580 Black Ops/2x Patriot Torqx 128G(OS)/1Tb WD Black Ci7 920/6Gb Corsair DDR3 1600/GA-EX58-UD3R/Radeon HD5870/750Gb Seagate ES.2(OS)/2x 2Tb WD Green Ci7 860/4Gb Patriot Viper II/EVGA P55 SLI/Radeon HD5870/750Gb Seagate ES.2 (wife's rig)

05-03-11, 12:55 AM	#7
Pennyboy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 642	Re: Best gaming Memory? I have had generic and well, it was ok for a year or two but then it died on me. After that experience I have always rocked Corsair memory. I have never had any issues with it at all, well i have had one instance where I had bluescreens after trying to add 2 extra 1 gb sticks to the 2 1gb sticks I had, which is hit or miss whether they would play nice together anyways, it was not down to the RAM being faulty. I think with RAM you buy a quality brand, after that its down to how much money you are willing to invest into the speeds and timings, you pay a premium for a high mhz low timing products but you would struggle to see a 'real' difference when gaming. __________________ RIG Intel Core i7 2600k ASUS P8P67 Deluxe (B3 Revision) EVGA GeForce GTX 680 x2 SLI Corsair Vengeance 16GB CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B Corsair HX1000 PSU Intel 520 480GB SATA3 SSD Western Digital 2TB Caviar Black Edition Corsair Obsidian 650D Case Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD PCIe Logitech Z-680 5.1 Speakers Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard Razer Imperator BF3 Edition Mouse ASUS VG236H 23.6" 120hz LCD with nVidia 3D Vision Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

05-03-11, 09:19 AM	#8
Yaboze Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: United States Posts: 2,057	Re: Best gaming Memory? I have had bad luck with Corsair, believe it or not. I run it for 6-12 months and then start getting memory problems out of the blue when nothing changed. Since then, I have been running GSkill and it's been holding up well.

05-03-11, 05:36 PM	#9
jcrox Mahna Mahna Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madison, Wi Posts: 6,123	Re: Best gaming Memory? Maybe others will disagree but from my experience... the most important factor with gaming in regards to memory is to have enough. Speed seems to make little to no difference. So far GSkill is the only brand that I've used personally or installed in other's computers that I've never had to RMA. My wife's computer is my old E6600 and it's still got the same GSkill memory in it from day 1. __________________ Gaming MSI Z68 G3 \| 2500k \| CNPS9900MAX-B \| 8GB G.Skill \| EVGA GTX570 2560MB \|ThermalTake 850w \| X-Fi Titanium \| Antec 900 \| Asus PA248Q \| Lycosa \| Death Adder \| Win7 Pro 64 Dev/Backup Asus P5QL Pro \| Q9400 \| H50 \| 8GB G.skill \| GTX260 216 \| Ubuntu 11.10 Laptop 17" Inspiron \| i5 \| 4GB DDR3 \| 500GB HDD \| Win7 Pro 64

05-05-11, 01:31 PM	#11
Sean_W Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,438	Re: Best gaming Memory? So if most of you guys are saying memory makes no difference, why are you buying expensive ram? I've never had any issues with Kinston and it's cheap.