I'm planning to buy 16gb of ram for my built and I see a lot of difference pricewise between 2400 and 3200 , this built is purely for gaming and I know that 16gb is more than enough so is it a waste to pay more for 3200 ?? and which company is the best ??

thx in advance from a noob in computer builds

3000 seems be the "sweet spot" between price and performance

you wouldn't see a benefit in either scenario for gaming i believe

As for company, RAM is RAM. Find the cheapest one with the same specs as long as it has a lifetime warranty.

aim for the best price/perf obviously.
higher speed, less cas, cheapest.

example, if 2400 cas 16 is $40, and 3000 cas 15 is $45 u obviously go for the later

I use 3200 G.Skill 16GB Trident Z.

Honestly I have to agree with Secksii. Depends on the price.

Pretty much Corsair Dominator Platinum, or GSkill Trident Z.

Both companies seem to have fewer RAM issues, over the long haul.


http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-memory-cmd16gx4m2b3000c15

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f43000c14d16gtz

This post was edited by Ghot on Feb 29 2016 07:37am

Gskill Ripjaw is perfectly fine and one of the best $/GB of ram to purchase.
RAM usually is faulty out of the box which you would just RMA (Plus you get lifetime warranty)
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f43000c15d16gvrb
Cost is $85 compared to the TirdentZ which is $115.
TidentZ does have a CAS of 14 compared to the Ripjaws 15, but nothing you will ever notice yourself performance wise.