I'm looking for a very specific memory kit, please help me out!

[Fixadent]

Could someone recommend a 4x4GB DDR4 288-pin dual channel memory kit with red LED lights?

I'm building a new PC with a Z270 motherboard (ASUS Maximus IX Hero) and want some with (preferably) red led memory to go along with the color scheme.

All I've found are 2x8GB kits.

I'm looking for a kit around the $120-140 price range.

There are a few kits on newegg, but are out of stock.

[Guest deleted2630050]

Any particular reason you're opting for 4X4GB over 2X8GB? Having 2 RAM sticks is generally better than 4 because it allows for future upgrades (If needed) and uses a bit less power (Though it's hardly noticeable) And there's not difference in performance. I can't find any 4x4GB sticks w/ red LED's currently for sale anywhere. So 2x8GB might be the only way to go. Higher capacities would easily be out of your price range.

[Fixadent]

Any particular reason you're opting for 4X4GB over 2X8GB? Having 2 RAM sticks is generally better than 4 because it allows for future upgrades (If needed) and uses a bit less power (Though it's hardly noticeable) And there's not difference in performance. I can't find any 4x4GB sticks w/ red LED's currently for sale anywhere. So 2x8GB might be the only way to go. Higher capacities would easily be out of your price range.

For aesthetic purposes.

 

And the LED's don't have to be red.

Edited May 13, 2017 by Fixadent

[wiljdell]

Had a quick look using pcpartpicker to check if there were any of the Corsair red LED kits that came as such.

Unfortunately it looks like that's a no go, and it seems that your best bet is either some G.Skill Ripjaws or Corsair LPX in Red, with the highest speed in your price range atm being 3000mhz rated. Linked to the parametric filter below.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Nv7mjc (click the "from parametric filter")

[TheMastersSon]

For a gaming machine the amount of installed ram needs to accomodate whatever graphic card(s) you plan on eventually using. 16GB was fine with 4 or even 8GB video cards, but current models can use 12GB and recommend 32GB minimum ram. This is required for frame buffer purposes (video memory has to be mapped to system ram).

[Fixadent]

For a gaming machine the amount of installed ram needs to accomodate whatever graphic card(s) you plan on eventually using. 16GB was fine with 4 or even 8GB video cards, but current models can use 12GB and recommend 32GB minimum ram. This is required for frame buffer purposes (video memory has to be mapped to system ram).

What about GTX 1080 SLI? Is 16GB good for that?

 

Each card has 8GB of RAM, but that doesn't mean that they get combined.

[L3s7ing]

 

For a gaming machine the amount of installed ram needs to accomodate whatever graphic card(s) you plan on eventually using. 16GB was fine with 4 or even 8GB video cards, but current models can use 12GB and recommend 32GB minimum ram. This is required for frame buffer purposes (video memory has to be mapped to system ram).

What about GTX 1080 SLI? Is 16GB good for that?

 

Each card has 8GB of RAM, but that doesn't mean that they get combined.

 

 

Works perfectly for me. Never had any performance or stability issues.

[HeyYou]

For a gaming machine the amount of installed ram needs to accomodate whatever graphic card(s) you plan on eventually using. 16GB was fine with 4 or even 8GB video cards, but current models can use 12GB and recommend 32GB minimum ram. This is required for frame buffer purposes (video memory has to be mapped to system ram).

That's not entirely true. It varies DRAMATICALLY from one game to the next...... But, for the most part, with the newer cards with more ram, adding more system ram doesn't improve performance. This assumes, of course, that you have an adequate amount of ram in your machine to run the game properly in any event. Thorough testing with several different games show such wildly different results, they were pretty much meaningless. The conclusion was, Install enough ram for what you want to do, but, there is very little correlation between VRAM and System Ram requirements.

[TheMastersSon]

 

For a gaming machine the amount of installed ram needs to accomodate whatever graphic card(s) you plan on eventually using. 16GB was fine with 4 or even 8GB video cards, but current models can use 12GB and recommend 32GB minimum ram. This is required for frame buffer purposes (video memory has to be mapped to system ram).

What about GTX 1080 SLI? Is 16GB good for that?

 

Each card has 8GB of RAM, but that doesn't mean that they get combined.

 

Correct, and if you don't do a lot of multitasking on the machine 16GB should be fine for 8GB of video memory.

Edited May 14, 2017 by TheMastersSon