Gah, just received my Ripjaws DD3 1866 PC3 14900 from Newegg today. Paid $59.99. Could have saved $10 and probably not noticed much of a performance hit. Dang it.
That's depressing...Newegg had these on BF for the same price ($50 shipped) and I bit for my ultrabook...wish I had waited to grab the 1600 instead...
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"You can observe a lot just by watchin'" - Yogi Berra Member, Official AnandTech Bar Association 2500k@4.5GHz | Hyper212+ | 16GB Samsung 30nm | Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z | Asus GTX 570 DCII
Intel320 | 2xSpinpoint F3 | Corsair HX850 | HAF X | CyberPower 1350AVRLCD | 2x Soyo24"TopazS
"1920x1080 is the Devil's resolution." - RaistlinZ
same boat. i bit on the 16gb gskill ddr3 1333 for $45 for my new x230.
i honestly thought that the ddr3 1600 spec didn't even exist as a stock clock speed.
The 1600 is more common than 1333 for desktops. Not sure for so-dimms. The only saving grace is that the stock latency on the Patriot's is better (9) than the G.Skills (11), so the clock speed difference won't make THAT much of a difference.
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"You can observe a lot just by watchin'" - Yogi Berra Member, Official AnandTech Bar Association 2500k@4.5GHz | Hyper212+ | 16GB Samsung 30nm | Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z | Asus GTX 570 DCII
Intel320 | 2xSpinpoint F3 | Corsair HX850 | HAF X | CyberPower 1350AVRLCD | 2x Soyo24"TopazS
"1920x1080 is the Devil's resolution." - RaistlinZ
G.SKILL Ripjaws X 16GB (2 x 8GB) 1600 Kit....$49.99 w/free shipping!
