I have an Asus Sabertooth Z77 motherboard and I'm upgrading all of the other components to get the max life out of it without having to change the motherboard (already have SSDs, fast quad CPU, great MSI nVidia card, etc). I would like to make the Windows UI feel more "snappy" which I know can be achieved with faster RAM.
My current RAM is 16GB of 2x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8 GB (2X4 GB) PC3-12800 1600mHz DDR3 240-Pin SDRAM Dual Channel Memory Kit CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QBUL1C/ref=pe_175190_21431760_A1_cs_sce_dp_2
I was thinking about bumping it up to 32GB with 2x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1866 MHZ (PC3 15000) Desktop Memory (CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007TG91WQ/ref=psdc_172500_t3_B004CRSM52
But on the Corsair website, I see there are even newer DDR3 memory sticks available, and I am not sure if those would be even better, and if they would even work on my motherboard (their website says they work on all DDR3 motherboards)?
If I stick with what's in the old Asus tested compatibility list and go with the product mentioned above, I am not sure if the 1866mHz RAM would feel faster than the existing 1600mHz, since the timing numbers are a little bit slower on the 1866mHz product.
I would continue to use the XMP profile in BIOS. Otherwise I am not into overclocking (beyond safe settings like XMP) since this PC is also used for video surveillance recording and needs to be reliable. Right now it is rock solid running 24/7.
Motherboard:
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z77/specifications/
RAM Compatibility list (outdated, probably doesn't include newer products):
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1155/SABERTOOTH_Z77/SABERTOOTH-Z77-Memory-QVL.pdf
Corsair DDR3 offerings:
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/memory/vengeance?heatspreader=Vengeance|&memorytype=DDR3|
My current RAM is 16GB of 2x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8 GB (2X4 GB) PC3-12800 1600mHz DDR3 240-Pin SDRAM Dual Channel Memory Kit CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QBUL1C/ref=pe_175190_21431760_A1_cs_sce_dp_2
I was thinking about bumping it up to 32GB with 2x Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1866 MHZ (PC3 15000) Desktop Memory (CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007TG91WQ/ref=psdc_172500_t3_B004CRSM52
But on the Corsair website, I see there are even newer DDR3 memory sticks available, and I am not sure if those would be even better, and if they would even work on my motherboard (their website says they work on all DDR3 motherboards)?
If I stick with what's in the old Asus tested compatibility list and go with the product mentioned above, I am not sure if the 1866mHz RAM would feel faster than the existing 1600mHz, since the timing numbers are a little bit slower on the 1866mHz product.
I would continue to use the XMP profile in BIOS. Otherwise I am not into overclocking (beyond safe settings like XMP) since this PC is also used for video surveillance recording and needs to be reliable. Right now it is rock solid running 24/7.
Motherboard:
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z77/specifications/
RAM Compatibility list (outdated, probably doesn't include newer products):
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1155/SABERTOOTH_Z77/SABERTOOTH-Z77-Memory-QVL.pdf
Corsair DDR3 offerings:
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/memory/vengeance?heatspreader=Vengeance|&memorytype=DDR3|