Very Best Memory To Use

[marcus oakley]

hi

all i have decided to use a asus rog maximus ix apex with i7700k with thermaltake water 3.0 ultimate liquid cooler 960 evo 500gb ssd and a wd blue 6tb hard drive

my question is what would be the very best memory to use with this setup the g skill f4 -3866c18qu-32gtz or g skill 4266 c19-19 non rgb for overclocking ability

 

[Abarbarian]

New DDR4 Memory Specifications

For a full list of new DDR4 memory specifications designed for the latest 7th Gen Intel® Core™ processor and the Z270 chipset platform, please refer to the table below:

Trident Z

Building on the strong success of G.SKILL Trident series, Trident Z series represents one of the world’s highest performance DDR4 memory designed for overclocking enthusiasts and extreme gamers.

https://www.gskill.com/en/catalog/desktop-memory

 

[floppybootstomp]

I've been using Crucial and Corsair memory for over twenty years now, no complaints, though I daresay their are lots of other good manufacturers about.

Other than that, just go by the specs, there's a considerable price difference between high and low spec.