Kingston HyperX 4GB DDR3 kit $20 AR AC FS

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104203
Kingston HyperX KHX1600C9D3B1K2/4GX
DDR3-1600
CAS 9
1.65v
2x2GB

$49.99
FREE shipping
-$5 coupon code EMCKHHH42 (exp.2/28)
-$25 mail-in rebate (exp.2/28, limit 2) rebate link
= $19.99

Just got this in email this morning. Missed out on similar earlier deals but got in on this one. Strangely, all the deals starting today with rebates have missing rebate links, but the rebates can be found in Newegg's Rebate Center.

These are 1.65v, but I'm sure they'll run fine at lower speeds like 1333MHz data rate at lower voltages. Note that 1.65v is Intel's recommended limit on socket 1155/1156/1366.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

$5AR/GB is approaching the cheapest I've ever seen RAM, which was the $2-3AR HP 1GB DDR2 deal from a few years ago. Excellent...

 

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Actually, didn't the HP RAM deal hit FAR at one point?

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Actually, didn't the HP RAM deal hit FAR at one point?

I don't think it was ever available with free shipping. The lowest it got was $1.xx per stick when you ordered multiples. Never hit FAR - nothing does - stamps aren't free.

 

[wirednuts]

very tempting even though its a mir....

 

[exar333]

If this was a year ago, it would be smoking hot. 4GB is getting a little small for RAM these days, but $20 for it is crazy-hot. Great for budget builds, or even 2 of these sets for $40AR to get a total of 8GB. Nice.

 

[Perknose]

Sold out at this time.

 

[blckgrffn]

Needing more than 4GB is still a myth IMHO.

For 99% of home users....

 

[SHAQ]

It's good for a RAM drive for near instant loading. If you think an SSD is fast try a RAM drive.

 

[bryanW1995]

I think I'll look at a ram drive in my next build.

 

[jjmIII]

RAM drive

ram drive

Internet folklore I tell you. Google search and LMK which method/hardware you guys are using or will use.

 

[blckgrffn]

Internet folklore I tell you. Google search and LMK which method/hardware you guys are using or will use.

Exactly. If you want to a do a ram drive, buy a freaking SSD and be done with it. As gross as the per GB price is on SSD, compared to RAM its freaking cheap and requires very little customization to work.

 

[CallMeJoe]

It's good for a RAM drive for near instant loading. If you think an SSD is fast try a RAM drive.

How does a RAM drive help with OS loading?

 

[bradley]

I hope we are witnessing a continuing trend in lower memory prices. Really good deal.

As far as ramdisks, they make SSD's slightly faster; most importantly though - especially if you are a power user - they greatly reduce SSD wear and tear from small random temp files and cache and therefore greatly increase longevity.

Great program to check remaining SSD life.
http://ssd-life.com/

 

[RobsTV]

Needing more than 4GB is still a myth IMHO.

For 99% of home users....

I would lower that number to 3GB, even for gamers.
Tests continously show that anything above 2 gig barely increases performance, and even less gains noted above 3GB.
Of course always will be some exceptions, but those users already know who they are.

 

[mnewsham]

I push 5.6GB being used at once on my laptop somedays :$

 

[Kwint Sommer]

A hot deal indeed.

In for one.

 

[Peremptor]

I already got a set and purchased another one a few days ago at this price. Awesome deal for quality sticks.

 

[her209]

HOT! In for 2... even though I don't have any DDR3 systems right now.

 

[Engineer]

I don't think it was ever available with free shipping. The lowest it got was $1.xx per stick when you ordered multiples. Never hit FAR - nothing does - stamps aren't free.

Actually, it did hit FAR as the price went negative by almost $1 per stick for a short while (few hours). I remember as I posted it, lol!

 

[Ns1]

What am i gonna do with 8gb of ram ahhhhh

 

[cubeless]

we can play sn poker... i'm in for 2 sets for no discernable reason...

 

[exar333]

I would lower that number to 3GB, even for gamers.
Tests continously show that anything above 2 gig barely increases performance, and even less gains noted above 3GB.
Of course always will be some exceptions, but those users already know who they are.

That's a load of cr@p, sorry. For older games, sure. 2GB is low for optimally playing most games these days, and even 4GB gets tight with some games (SC2 for example) that like more. Most tests I have seen recently show that most applications do not use >6GB, so 6-8GB (depending on your configurations) are usually plenty. Keep in mind that some people do heavily multitask, so even if 4GB is plenty for one application, it may not be for other applications running simultaneously.

What is 'fine' for you may not be fine for another.

 

[SHAQ]

How does a RAM drive help with OS loading?

It doesn't. Programs can be put into it though. Anything that loads often from a hard drive would benefit tremendously.

 

[RobsTV]

That's a load of cr@p, sorry. For older games, sure. 2GB is low for optimally playing most games these days, and even 4GB gets tight with some games (SC2 for example) that like more. Most tests I have seen recently show that most applications do not use >6GB, so 6-8GB (depending on your configurations) are usually plenty. .

Sorry, my reply did not come out as I expected after I quoted another post.
I was stating that 2 gig was enough for most users (non-gamers), and 3 gig was enough for "most" gamers.
There will always be exceptions.

The way MS and hardware "sellers" would have you believe, all must have at least 8 gig and 64bit OS. Bull. Pure and simple BULL. Unless you just want to make money selling, then yes, in that case all must have more memory. But most performance gains will be in the sellers stock value, not in end users machines.

Check out these benchmarks of 3GB, 6GB and 12GB run games, and notice almost zero difference in performance. (sure they are not the latest, but still give a sample)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/memory-module-upgrade,2264-3.html

quote from above link in conclusion:
"Not much has changed since 4 GB of RAM became the “sweet spot” for performance and price in the enthusiast market. While 32-bit operating systems previously limited those 4 GB configurations to around 3 GB of useful memory space, today's test shows that 3 GB is still usually enough.

We remember days when having multiple Internet Explorer windows open could cause a system to become sluggish. But even that scenario has become unrealistic, as all the configurations we tested in this review supported over 100 open windows simultaneously."

This was just one link of many with the same conclusion. The first on google that actually shows real game benchmarks. Google for more.
Or, please provide a link to tests that show a "nice" performance gain in "most" games for "most" users when they increase memory above 3GB.

Note that while I mention 3GB, the normal way "most users" will get to 3GB is to buy 4GB of memory.