Which of these 2 RAM/Memories should I buy?

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bennycast

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I have a Sony Vaio VPCF13RFX
640GB HD
I7 processor Quad 740
4GB DDR3 -- I want to upgrade to 8GB RAM DDR3 PC-10600 1333Mhz Do not consider price, consider best performance


I use my laptop for doing homework, watching movies, listening music, Ocassional Gaming which requires I think a good ram. I use Flight Simulator X for example, have in mind I do not play that much, just lets say once a week for 3 hours.

So this is my question, I want to choose one of these two ram Kits, which is better, Please Do not concider price, consider which one is better between these 2:


Crucial Link Below: see Overview and click in details for other information, Yes I know is sold out:

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148345&Tpk=CT2KIT51264BC1339



or do I buy Corsair Following Link, See overview and click details for more information:

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145281&Tpk=CMSO8GX3M2A1333C9


Do not consider Price, consider just which one is better performance, and tell me your final desicion
 
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I would get this, link. The Crucial is sold out. My link is $1 cheaper than the Corsair. I like the brand but I don't care much about brand. RAM @1333MHz CL9 is RAM @1333MHz CL9. Yea if you want to look deeper at the latency numbers yes you can and it does matter but these are the same. 50mph is 50 mph. A ton of brick weighs the same as a ton of air.
 
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I would get this, link. The Crucial is sold out. My link is $1 cheaper than the Corsair. I like the brand but I don't care much about brand. RAM @1333MHz CL9 is RAM @1333MHz CL9. Yea if you want to look deeper at the latency numbers yes you can and it does matter but these are the same. 50mph is 50 mph. A ton of brick weighs the same as a ton of air.
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I did say the item in the link was sold out. And sorry for being so stubborn but i want to have the best between the ones in the links provided, so which one do you think would be better
 
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I am sorry to be so stubborn also, for your question the two you linked. 100% the same, no difference as per your question. Anyone who says different to and as per your question is disingenuous or ill informed.

RAM brand/model does matter when OC. Some have known advantage. On a notebook you lack the voltage control and OC options so that is not an issue.

I understand your question, I understand desire for an answer. I am trying to explain that there is not the answer you are looking for. It does not exist. That is just fact. Sorry.
 
Crucial tends to bin their RAM for stability, rather than overclocking. Corsair is usually a happy mix of the two, though they have some kits that clock very well. This obviously doesn't matter on laptops, though.

I doubt you'll see a big difference in the two since you're running at stock speeds.
 
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Crucial is the consumer division of Micron the only US/North American manufacturer of the DRAM chips that go into RAM. Further some of those Corsair RAM DIMM's are likely made from DRAM supplied by Micron. Corsair does not manufacture the key/critical component in RAM. They make PCB's. As such not sure of the generalities of your comments.

That said fine, let's move on. We are talking SO-DIMM's. They are not binned for OC.

Further stability vs OC? I get what you might be trying to say but you did not really say very clearly. I mean RAM without stability is crap. So how can one bin for stability while the other bins for OC? You can't have one without the other.

Stability is not graduated. It is more of an either or. Stable or not stable.
 
Simple fact, brah...Crucial kits never overclock particularly well because they aren't designed to. They're designed to work well at stock speeds, for a long time. And they do.

Corsair has gotten into the enthusiast market more heavily, so the above isn't always the case even with budget-priced memory. (Case in point, the Vengeance line) Although, Corsair does tend to use the cheaper Hynix and Elpida IC's on their budget RAM, but that won't make a difference here...or at least it shouldn't.

Remember, though, there's more to a RAM module than just the IC used. Everything else on that PCB is up to the company selling the completed DIMM's. You can have cheap parts on a RAM module that aren't IC's. Everything that's been posted so far is from a reputable company, though.

edit: Which is another point...customer service is more of a deciding factor with RAM than with most other parts, simply because they're all so close in quality. The ones posted so far, Corsair, Crucial, and G.Skill, are all pretty good about that.
 
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I don't disagree with your comments about enthusiast RAM. I do not have a desktop so I am no expert.

I am and was only trying to drive home the point. If rated the same will function the same. This is notebook RAM. OC is not an issue.

Instead of us dissecting each other can you recommend. I say it does not matter. If you disagree say clearly to OP. And this is notebook RAM not what is the best desktop enthusiast RAM Mfg.

Ignore me I know I grind but tell OP what you think about his choices.:)
 
Thank You everyone for the useful information, but I still dont know, I hope I can choose a brand by the end of the week
 
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