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What makes these two RAM kits cost so differently?

What makes these two RAM kits cost so differently?

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wiped_out
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06-02-2016, 01:47 AM
#1
The only information available is that the pricier model is the AMD EXPO, which appears to offer no noticeable performance advantage compared to others.
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wiped_out
06-02-2016, 01:47 AM #1

The only information available is that the pricier model is the AMD EXPO, which appears to offer no noticeable performance advantage compared to others.

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Scipio_Tortuga
Junior Member
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06-06-2016, 07:57 PM
#2
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Scipio_Tortuga
06-06-2016, 07:57 PM #2

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10th_Doctor_
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06-12-2016, 09:25 AM
#3
Here are some links you can check:
[Link 1](https://example.com/ram-kit1)
[Link 2](https://example.com/ram-kit2)
(Note: The second link is a placeholder; replace it with actual URLs if available.)
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10th_Doctor_
06-12-2016, 09:25 AM #3

Here are some links you can check:
[Link 1](https://example.com/ram-kit1)
[Link 2](https://example.com/ram-kit2)
(Note: The second link is a placeholder; replace it with actual URLs if available.)

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Fire_Ferrete
Member
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06-16-2016, 01:00 PM
#4
Check out these Corsair Vengeance memory kits. The first offers 32GB and 16GB configurations, while the second provides a 32GB version with dual-channel support. Both are designed for high-performance desktops.
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Fire_Ferrete
06-16-2016, 01:00 PM #4

Check out these Corsair Vengeance memory kits. The first offers 32GB and 16GB configurations, while the second provides a 32GB version with dual-channel support. Both are designed for high-performance desktops.

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GuilherGat_Br
Member
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06-16-2016, 08:14 PM
#5
Check out these Corsair Vengeance memory kits. The first offers 32GB and 16GB configurations, while the second provides a 32GB version with dual-channel support. Both are designed for high-performance desktops.
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GuilherGat_Br
06-16-2016, 08:14 PM #5

Check out these Corsair Vengeance memory kits. The first offers 32GB and 16GB configurations, while the second provides a 32GB version with dual-channel support. Both are designed for high-performance desktops.

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Nociph
Member
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06-16-2016, 08:26 PM
#6
The distinction is simply AMD versus Intel, essentially no other significant differences
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Nociph
06-16-2016, 08:26 PM #6

The distinction is simply AMD versus Intel, essentially no other significant differences

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TurboJGamer
Junior Member
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06-20-2016, 11:43 PM
#7
Was Intel better for this situation? That wasn't really a good question, let's ignore it.
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TurboJGamer
06-20-2016, 11:43 PM #7

Was Intel better for this situation? That wasn't really a good question, let's ignore it.

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iSenpaiKitty
Member
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06-21-2016, 12:26 AM
#8
Expo is exclusive to AMD, not Intel.
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iSenpaiKitty
06-21-2016, 12:26 AM #8

Expo is exclusive to AMD, not Intel.

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06-22-2016, 11:43 PM
#9
Not true, EXPO kits work fine on Intel. There was only one BIOS revision I tried on my setup (at the time Flare X5 6000 CL30-38-38, Z690 Unify-X, and 13700K) where enabling the EXPO profile didn't work, but that BIOS revision in general had issues running memory at 6000MT/s (what my kit was rated for), so don't know how much of that was EXPO being broken and how much the BIOS itself being broken. Technically it's better if you're going to be moving the sticks between boards with a memory overclock on them as EXPO lets you save more memory timings to the sticks themselves, but neither let you save all the timings you would want to for a full sub-timing overclock, so in practice it doesn't actually matter. If you're not going to manually overclock RAM there's no difference, and if you are going to manually overclock RAM you wouldn't want to use it anyway. I wouldn't care if the profile on my sticks are XMP or EXPO. If you're on AMD, EXPO can be better, as especially with the earlier BIOS revisions there was issues reading XMP profiles, though from what I've seen that's been largely fixed on the latest BIOS revisions so I wouldn't really care about that either way. That said, I wouldn't really want any of these kits. For the price, you can get Hynix based memory kits which will perform better: https://www.microcenter.com/product/6505...00hc-black https://www.newegg.com/oloy-32gb/p/N82E1...n4dFBmmkmA
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UltimoScorpion
06-22-2016, 11:43 PM #9

Not true, EXPO kits work fine on Intel. There was only one BIOS revision I tried on my setup (at the time Flare X5 6000 CL30-38-38, Z690 Unify-X, and 13700K) where enabling the EXPO profile didn't work, but that BIOS revision in general had issues running memory at 6000MT/s (what my kit was rated for), so don't know how much of that was EXPO being broken and how much the BIOS itself being broken. Technically it's better if you're going to be moving the sticks between boards with a memory overclock on them as EXPO lets you save more memory timings to the sticks themselves, but neither let you save all the timings you would want to for a full sub-timing overclock, so in practice it doesn't actually matter. If you're not going to manually overclock RAM there's no difference, and if you are going to manually overclock RAM you wouldn't want to use it anyway. I wouldn't care if the profile on my sticks are XMP or EXPO. If you're on AMD, EXPO can be better, as especially with the earlier BIOS revisions there was issues reading XMP profiles, though from what I've seen that's been largely fixed on the latest BIOS revisions so I wouldn't really care about that either way. That said, I wouldn't really want any of these kits. For the price, you can get Hynix based memory kits which will perform better: https://www.microcenter.com/product/6505...00hc-black https://www.newegg.com/oloy-32gb/p/N82E1...n4dFBmmkmA