There are tons of RAM modules available in the market but not all are suitable for gaming computer, I will show you the list of top 10 gaming memory sticks of 2013 which are built to deliver performance in a gaming PC.
The above graphs clearly show that Corsair vengence memory was dominating the gaming industry due to better performance in a gaming PC.
- Corsair Vengence
This is the best in the main memory class due to extreme speeds to deliver reliable gaming performance. One of the coolest aspect of Vengence family is that it provides the ability for the gamer to enhance the overall memory performance by means of overclocking. When right motherboard and processors are available, these main memory modules can be over-clocked to give a boost speed of 2400MHz which is 400MHz more than default maximum limit set by the JEDEC for DDR3 memory channel. - Kingston Technology HyperX
Kingston has a long history of manufacturing solid state memory devices and for a long time they were dominating the main memory category. HyperX is currently the best selling memory from Kingston which has three classes the BLU, the Genesis and the Predator, out of which the second and the third are game rated. For moderate gaming needs build your PC with Genesis stick and for serious kicking speeds go for Predator variants.
- Crucial Ballistix Sports/ Elite
The Ballistic series of the Crucial memory works great in a performance gaming computer. Ballistic offers three series of system RAM which includes the Tactical, the Sports and the Elite. It depends on your budget which one suits your desktop. The elite series is rated as the best in this class in terms of performance, while from the affordability point of view the Sports series is the best to go with to power your monster.
- G. Skill Ripjaws Series
These are some of the best memory modules for budget gaming machines because you get the right performance in half the price. One thing to note, RipjawsZ F3-19200CL9Q-16GBZHD modules are best for motherboards with dual channel chipset. G. Skill rocked the memory industry with incredibly fast RAM modules with competitive prices, this attract a large number of consumers seeking to build a budget PC for playing video games.
- Corsair Dominator GT
Just like the Vengence series, the Dominator CMGTX8 is also famous among the gaming community due to great overclocking options and compatibility with large number of new boards. For extreme gaming needs, a gamer can install quad channels of each up to 8GB storage space, collectively give a 32Gigs of main memory but for a moderate gaming PC one should use in dual channel setting and go for 16GB collective space, which will harvest enough power to turbo charge your gameplay for the heaviest game available. - ADATA XPG DDR3 Gaming v2.0 Series
Adata group has a dedicated memory series for gaming machines in mind. The XPG gaming provides unmatchable speeds which easily reach up to 2600MHZ (great for overclock machines) and good thing is that it does not give much heat even reaching the full capacity for heavy game sessions. You will end up a stable and efficient system memory at blazing speeds. According to budget choose between 1600MHz to 2400MHz DRAM modules.
- Corsair XMS3
These are ideal for a budget machines, though not so good looking as the vengeance family but definitely a good choice for a cheap gaming pc build. XMS3 offers modules that harvest a mind blowing 2000MHz or 2GHz speeds at competitive rates which provides great boosting with overclocking than other expensive RAM variants out there. If we compare the benchmarks, we found that memory bandwidth performance was better than hyperX, Adata for the same 2Gigs speedy sticks.
- Patriot Sector 5
Patriot sector 5 RAM on 2400MHz turbo charged modules, harvest the clockspeeds at extreme level, definitely the coolest addition for your new gaming build or an upgrade to existing desktop with the right motherboard and processor available. Though not so good at the benchmark tests in comparison to Corsair and Kingston memory sticks but ideally the best to go when building a cheap gaming PC.
- Mushkin Redline
The redline 993997 memory kit is the cost effective option to go with as they build up great 16GB RAM in quad channels. Mushkin deliver these cheap parts for your gaming machine which can be fine tuned XMP to achieve 2133 speeds with CAS latency set at 9-11-10-28. The heat spreaders are not as large as other ram variants but still does a great job by providing an affordable option for newbie gamers. - Geil Evo Corsa
One of good side of Geil Evo memory sticks is it’s unique design of heat spreaders, which is an attraction for enthusiast gamers but performance wise it is good way to go and works smooths in your new gaming build. Two popular Corsa RAM kits includes the DDR3-1866 C9 ($150) and DDR3-2400 C10 ($325), which are great overclockable memory options for XMP compatible motherboards.
