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I got the hyper X kingston 8 GB ddr3 1600mhz. Price wise it was very good 80 dollars CDN (our shit is always inflated). U.S worth probably around 60-70.

Anyone tried these out? Let me know before I open the box.
 
Question is what CPU you using this with? Ram outside of "quality" really just comes down to compatibility with the memory controller in use. Main thing I worry about anyways since you can get a bad set from anyone but compatibility is something that is easier to know ahead of time.

As far as quality goes non of the memory companies actually make the ram. They... "assemble" it from chips they bought which were binned for how they performed. Some companies save money to make money by using lower binned chips in higher performance products and thats how you end up with ream failing to run the stock clocks etc.
 
Sigh AMD was nice enough to test shit from companies that actually make the chips which is great if you know what the hell is on it... stupid stupid stupid.

Anyways googling it seems compatible. I ran HyperX in my last gaming laptop but that was ddr2, I know some people don't like the brand. What the hell is your plan if you don't open the box?
 
RainMotorsports said:
Anyways googling it seems compatible. I ran HyperX in my last gaming laptop but that was ddr2, I know some people don't like the brand. What the hell is your plan if you don't open the box?
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return it lol. I got from tigerdirect's store (there is a tigerdirect outlet here close to where i live)

I am not planning to upgrade anything at the moment. I will wait next month. I am leaning more for the AMD 7950 at the moment but I like the price for Nvidia 660TI. Looks pretty similar in performance
 
Have to wait for one of the AMD guys to chime in (especially one on a Phenom II era motherboard). DDR3 anything over 1333 is considered an overclock, even though the sticks are designed for it there is a question about how your system will allow for it.

On modern Intel systems when you pop 1600Mhz+ ram in there it will be clocked at 1333. On compatible ram you just select the Extreme Memory Profile (Say 1600Mhz) and your done. On non XMP ram we have to dial in the figures in the manual. I am assuming AMD in that era has no mechanisms to detect that the ram supports 1600mhz and that means a trip to the BIOS but... I am only guessing.

If you need the money for the GPU do it but I don't think DDR4 systems are close enough to matter either.
 
Kingston Rams sets are always great and compatible. Had two sets working on my last two PC's. My last one was in an AMD system(Phenom X4 980,ASUS Crosshair 4 Extreme).

I have an Intel System now with 8GB of Corsair vengeance , but I've got two sets Of 16gb Kingston Hyper X 10th Anniversary low profile ram. One 1600 and the other 2400. I will Upgrade when I get a new copy of Win 7 and and ssd i have laying around.

Kingston is always more expensive than other companies and the timings are not the best, but they do work Excellently !!
 
I have the same chip Fast, but what really matters for you is the mobo and BIOS. Rain is correct it will be considered an overclock, but most Asus or Gigabyte boards that I know will support the higher frequency RAM, but you usually have to tell it or unlock it in BIOS.
 
FYI i have MSI motherboard, AMD compatible for a couple years now. Can't remember the model on top of my head.
 
Corsair platinum ftw

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Always Mushkin or Corsair for me, even if it's 5% more expensive... but if you're not pushing timings or frequency, anything goes.
 
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