So many amazon deals today, don't think you'll ever find 16GB of ram cheaper than this. All items at the lowest camel x3 price.
Memory (Limited to 2 of each item per account)
Micro SD
Lexar 633x 64GB High-Performance microSDXC Flash Memory Card w/USB 3.0 Reader USD $30.04 (AUD ~$43)
SD Cards
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Only worth the extra if you have a device that supports UHS-II & can take advantage of the extra speed.
Personally the 128GB 633x version for US$49.04 is much better value than the 64GB 1000x version for US$45.04.
Correct me if I'm wrong - Problem with the 633x is it's still U1 standard meaning it can't record in 4k 50Mbps with the Sony 4k action cam.
Only option is the 1000x U3…
True would a good choice for something that can record at 50MB/s +
I'm looking more at future proofing, if you're gonna drop money on a "preemo" MicroSD, go all the way and get these proper high end ones, those things will last ages.
I'm personally over having a draw full of crappy USB sticks for example, 2,4,8,16 - ugh, I'd rather just have 3x32gb high end ones and be done with it.
Same with MicroSD
Futureproof? pretty soon you will look at the 32GB cards/USBs the same way as you now look at the smaller cards… remember 128MB cards when they were the ducks guts & over $100…
We are talking about getting a very good card for very little $$$, and you are suggesting spending ~50% more for top of the line card.
My suggestion is get the very good card in double the capacity for ~10% than the smaller top of the line card…
Neither is wrong, it's just an opinion/personal use thing.
Awesome prices on the Crucial sticks! Any deals on DDR4?
Are the crucials any good for gaming purposes? Or are gaming RAM's just a gimmick?
My Personal Opinion… if you have enough ram, Gaming (or any other high performance) Ram is only for benchmarking… ie you won't perceive a difference.
Well it's a fact to be honest. I've never seen a reliable source that has shown RAM to be a factor in gaming performance (in terms of pure FPS anyway).
Even if it did affect performance, it would be so small it would be seen as irrelevant or just some random testing variance. Any RAM that claims to increase gaming performance is just a marketing gimmick.
The only advantage of premium ram is warranty.
Someone I know got an RMA on some corsair ram 10 years after he bought it.. worth paying more for.
3-5% at best. It's been tested. Generally the price difference is far excessive of the 3-5% performance gain.
@gringo: You know someone that had a machine operational that used the same format Ram purchased 10 years earlier??? Wow! … & Corsair had ram that old on hand to replace with… Double Wow!
That's great customer support!
Yep - he is still running it actually. Does exactly what he wants it to do - so why upgrade?
And posting ram is cheap.. like a couple of bucks. Cheaper than sourcing some from ebay.
Think it was some high capacity (for the day) DDR1 from memory.
PS: no need for sarcasm, it makes sense if you think about it…
LinusTechTips tested DDR3 RAM at various speeds, from 800MHz to 2400MHz. The variation between the fastest and the slowest was about 1.6%.
So people spending more on RAM for improving their gaming experience is a waste, buy for reliability or aesthetics.
Technically, RAM's speed benefits some computing tasks, but games don't rely on these to the extent you would perceive a significant change compare to your graphic card or CPU.
What about games that lean towards more CPU use than gpu. Like total war and arma?
Or it still wouldn't matter? I'm keen on getting this ram if there's bugger all performance difference between a fancy "gaming" ram and this crucial one
I've never seen much difference myself, games that lean towards CPU tend to favour that higher clock-rate, you're better off getting a better CPU. Back in the days difference between 1333Mhz and 1600Mhz are perceivable mostly through normal computer usage, however nowaday there aren't enough different for most people, 1600Mhz+ is rather the standard.
A bit of a note, however, the significance of the changes depend on the person using the computer. I read that you're using 1333Mhz RAMs, most likely you will see a difference in your computer's speed if you pay close enough attention. But I believe there isn't a significant increase in game's FPS switching. I'd suggest keep going with what you have for now and get a DDR4 rig in the future because the price is already decrease every now and then, especially with next-gen CPUs already announced for later this year or early next year. That would provide a more noticeable increase in performance.
In short, "gaming" ram is basically ram with higher RAM speed, you're using a non-overclockable CPU so even if RAM does help increasing the overclock, it wouldn't be a worthwhile investment.
Buying better quality ram allows you to push your overclock higher. What CPU are you running and at what clock speed?
I5 4670 at 3.7GHz I think it is. Just the stock speed. I think it turbo boosts to 4?
I do have 8gb (2x4gb) of the corsair low profile ram already
A bit of history on latency…
Back in the day before dual channel and DDR, there was a huge bottleneck between CPU and RAM.
To try and decrease this bottleneck, you could overclock your CPU which could also increase the memory bus speed.
So maybe if the the RAM was rated at 100mhz, you could get it running at 133mhz.
RAM modules with lower latencies were better for this as when you increase the bus and memory speed, you may need to increase the latency so the RAM remains stable at it's new overclocked speed.
So RAM with lower latency gave you much more head room to overclock.
The overclocking community knew this and started seeking RAM with lower latency.
In turn, the memory manufacturers saw this demand and started picking out batches that could run at low latency and started advertising them as such.
Since then CPU and memory bus architecture has changed drastically and there is now no such bottleneck, however the manufacturer's still use it as a marketing tool.
I'm not saying there's no benefit to it, but its way down near the bottom of my list of things to concern yourself with when building a new machine.
What about DDR3 - 1333 vs 1600?
Do you think there is a big enough difference to change ?
I am currently using 2 x 4GB DDR3 1333 sticks but want to upgrade to 16GB in total - Wasn't sure if I should run 4 new sticks at 1600 or not or just buy two new sticks and risk running them at a slower clock speed?
No difference for gaming, server applications may benefit. Just upgrade existing RAM.
Also, the difference between 4GB, 8GB and 16GB in gaming is miniscule. So if it is for gaming, upgrading RAM from 8GB to 16GB isn't worth it. The guy below tests all 3 setups at 4K, while running background applications.
Thanks OP,
This ram works in the N54L, so grabbed myself a kit,
Non-ecc. Careful if you're using Freenas
I'm sure ZFS is robust enough to not care whether you use ECC =)
how about the warranty on crucial ram? it says lifetime warranty but i guess you need to ship it at your cost?
For $15 more you can get the fastest 64gb card around, it's a beast.
http://www.amazon.com/Lexar-Professional-microSDXC-UHS-II-LS… That's the new version of MicroSD with extra pins (back compat, to my knowledge) - likely to be the standard in future phones and GoPro etc.
128GB is beast expensive tho.
http://www.amazon.com/Lexar-Professional-microSDXC-UHS-II-LS…