What is good RAM for my CPU?

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Published on 2012-12-11T09:45:10Z Indexed on 2012/12/11 11:06 UTC
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I'm going to upgrade my RAM, but I have no clue what to look for. There is cheap and there is expensive RAM. What should I look for? What are good attributes for intel i5?

The i5 CPU and motherboeard supports 1600 MHz (PC3-12800), but there is still to much to choose from.

There are

CL10 (10-10-10-27) @ 1.5V
CL11 @ 1.35V
CL9 (9-9-9-24) @ 1.5V
CL9 (9-9-9-24) @ 1.65V

Higher CL is better? CL is classification? And I guess a high voltage is also good since thats what overclockers do to the ram (increase the voltage)?

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