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Ram for 6700k

ddogg

ddogg

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Hey guys - I finally decided to upgrade from my trusty old 2500k to a 6700k and an Asus Maximus VIII Hero Alpha. I was holding off for the 68/9x series but didn't think they were worth the $$ for the performance they gave.
After seeing some benchmarks (http://www.techspot.com/article/1171-ddr4-4000-mhz-performance/page3.html) which shows how much the 6700k loves fast DDR4 I was wondering if it was worth picking up higher speed ram sticks?
Newegg has some gskill 16gb 3200mhz ram for $75 but that quickly jumps to $104 for 3400 and $125 or so for 3600mhz.
This machine is going to be 85% gaming, 10% photoshop and 5% miscellaneous.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
 
ddogg said:
Hey guys - I finally decided to upgrade from my trusty old 2500k to a 6700k and an Asus Maximus VIII Hero Alpha. I was holding off for the 68/9x series but didn't think they were worth the $$ for the performance they gave.
After seeing some benchmarks (http://www.techspot.com/article/1171-ddr4-4000-mhz-performance/page3.html) which shows how much the 6700k loves fast DDR4 I was wondering if it was worth picking up higher speed ram sticks?
Newegg has some gskill 16gb 3200mhz ram for $75 but that quickly jumps to $104 for 3400 and $125 or so for 3600mhz.
This machine is going to be 85% gaming, 10% photoshop and 5% miscellaneous.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
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3200MHz is a good price/perf option. Go for it!
 
3200mhz is a good option. I chose 3000 because I was buying locally and I originally had bought evga ram at 3200 but it was not on the supported motherboard list.

Pretty sure you won't notice much of a difference past 2666 or 3000 unless you want to use it for integrated graphics.
 
Yep, 3000-3400 seems like the sweet spot ATM for everything except the most adventurous mega-overclocker or super-heavy duty number crunching....

I got 16gb of 3400 when I bought my mobo & cpu (Feb '16) because it was part of a bundle and was reasonable at the time. The prices have dropped some since then, so I may pick up another 16gb soon just for the hell of it 😀
 
Get that sweet 3200 deal right now.

In a year, if we're lucky, you might be able to pick up 32Gb (16x2) DDR 4000 for a decent price.
 
CakeMonster said:
Get that sweet 3200 deal right now.

In a year, if we're lucky, you might be able to pick up 32Gb (16x2) DDR 4000 for a decent price.
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I would think that with these Z170 boards, the sweet-spot for memory speed is around 2,800 Mhz or a little higher. Beyond that -- you're in hyperspace and you only notice that you're at the Tea Party with Alice.

I'll back off a bit to say I don't know enough to be sure, but it's a matter of diminishing returns.

As to what I'd recommend, I'd say try the G.SKILL RipJaws V model-line, and look for a speed between 2,800 and 3,200. Get the model with the lowest latencies if you don't mind paying a few dollars more. Either get a 2x8GB or a 2x16GB kit -- and they should have a Ripjaws V model in a 2x 16. But check and see.

With this much memory -- and I have 20GB on this machine now -- you want to minimize the size of your hiberfil.sys on the boot-volume root directory, to make it 50% of what it might otherwise be. This would help reduce the writes to an SSD boot volume, which may add a little longevity to it as it piles up TBW.
 
I ended up getting the 3200mhz GSkill Tridentz. Seemed like the perfect choice at the time.
 
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