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Are all B-Die memory kits created equal?

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Dragnerok_X

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Apart from XMP profiles, are there any actual differences between the various Samsung B-Die memory kits on the market today? In other words, if I'm a competent overclocker, would it be a waste of money to buy anything other than the cheapest B-Die kit I can find?
 
This is a very good question, which I would like to know the answer to as well.
 
Dragnerok_X said:
Apart from XMP profiles, are there any actual differences between the various Samsung B-Die memory kits on the market today? In other words, if I'm a competent overclocker, would it be a waste of money to buy anything other than the cheapest B-Die kit I can find?
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I suspect binning comes into play. I would not expect identical chips sold at very different prices and with very different advertised speeds to have identical top end OCs.

That said, I would expect anything within the top 1/3 of advertised speeds to have similar maximum OCs.
 
G.Skill and i'm assuming most other brands bin their chips, so yes there is a difference. There can also be differences in the PCB of the module that help make it possible to achieve very high clocks, but mostly it's binning.
 
You may get a slightly higher oc if you chose a 3600c15 kit but a 3200c14 kit will hit high speeds no problem with enough vdimm.
 
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