kleptic Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 it's build a new system time again and I find myself trying to relearn everything after some years of not paying attention at all. I'm going to get Intel Core i7-3770K and Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 and the memory finder gave me way too many choices to make a decision. what is my best bet for corsair memory? I've always had great performance from this brand and would like to stick with it. my system is going to run windows 7 and be used primarily for gaming and streaming with some multimedia usage such as 1080p movie watching. I'm not sure if I should go with 8gig or 16gig or what speed/model I should go with. any help and explanation of choices would be greatly appreciated and directly apply to the computer I will use for some years to come! thanks Kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 http://www.corsair.com/us/learn_n_explore/ You can look up your MB in this page and it will give you a list of modules tyhat are compatible. Just keep in mind the actual speed that you can run the memory at will be highly dependent on the CPU. If this is going to be a 24/7 use machine then I would suggest going no higher than 2133mhz and possible less if you plan on overclocking the CPU The Vengeance series is about the best choie though. That series was designed and tested on the Sandy/Ivybridge CPU and will run at the overclocked settings at just 1.5v. So for your machine I would suggest an 1866mhz kit of the capacity of your choice. It would be a nice little overclock and performance boost over stock set memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram man Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I am not replying because I am having the same issue and would like feedback on a new bild Intel DZ68BC i5 2550 CPU 2nd generation I need to find out what memory is compatible would like to install 16GB Corsair Mem,my board is not listed in the memory configurator. It stated that 1600Mhz will not be compatible with 2nd Gen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Any of the Vengeance kit would be perfect for that system. And yes, you could run 1600mhz memory in that system The configurator just shows a list of kit's that HAVE been tested with that MB. Not that there are no ther kits that you could use. The Vengeance or Dominator kits that run at 1600mhz @1.5v would be the ticket! Here is a couple of examples http://www.corsair.com/us/memory-by-product-family/dominator/dominator-with-dhx-pro-connector-1-5v-16gb-dual-channel-ddr3-memory-kit-cmp16gx3m2a1600c10.html http://www.corsair.com/us/memory-by-product-family/vengeance/vengeance-16gb-dual-channel-ddr3-memory-kit-cmz16gx3m2a1600c10.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram man Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Thanks for the info will look into Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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