Worth it to upgrade from 11-11-11-30 to 10-10-10-27 RAM for $20?

[dsc106]

I got this RAM locally for $99:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145357

I bought two because I need/want 32gb RAM (Video Editing/Adobe After Effects), so $200 total. Is it worth it to upgrade to better timings for $20 more:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233280

OR w/heatsinks (same price)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233246

OR, one more step up to 9-9-9-24:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820233299


What exactly would this difference in timings give me? Any help with overclocking a sandy bridge 3930k from 3.2ghz to 4.2ghz?

Will all of these sticks work well for quad-channel memory on the x79 platform?

Thanks!

 

[cmdrdredd]

you wouldn't even notice the change

 

[dsc106]

More detail/info? Other questions in post?

Why did you opt for 10-10-10-28 (in your sig?)

 

[cmdrdredd]

My memory is 11-11-11-28 1.35v DDR3-1600

I overclocked to 2133 and the timings you see listed. I did not pay more for the stock DDR3-2133 rating.

The difference is not noticeable at all(it's milliseconds). I only did it cause I could but I would not pay more to have it.

Overclocking your CPU is completely separate from your memory clock. You could run the slowest memory available and still get 5Ghz on the CPU if you wanted.

BTW: The heatsinks and heatspreaders are unnecessary. They make it hard to fit under some CPU cooling systems.

 

[dsc106]

So better timings and heatsinks are basically marketing gimmicks and have no real benefit on performance or cooling in any tangible way?

 

[cmdrdredd]

yep. So that's why the advice you usually see is buy decent DDR3-1600 memory that isn't too expensive.

You can benchmark to see the difference but actual usage doesn't feel any different.

 

[Zap]

One thing to consider is overclocking. If your CPU overclocks using a multiplier then you don't need fast RAM. If your CPU overclocks using a system bus, then faster RAM might be beneficial depending on what clocks your CPU can hit.