PC8500 Ram Choice

Slyman2k4 · 10 Apr 2009 at 01:03

The motherboard will either be a P5Q-E or a Ga-EP45-UD3P. More in the direction of the P5Q-E

Question is, what would be the best choice between:

4GB OCZ Platinum/Reaper
4GB Corsair Dominator

To be honest the Dominator would make it more convenient as they are easier available to me, but I want to check which would suit the choice of boards for overclocking and compatibility wise.

Also is there any real difference between the platinum and reaper, apart from a few quid?

setter · 10 Apr 2009 at 01:39

Buy some of this kingston, far cheaper than the ocz or corsair.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-039-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

I own the ocz reaper, with the fancy heatsink on a p5q (great p45 mobo) the kinston will do a very good job, + its cheaper

Slyman2k4 · 13 Apr 2009 at 14:10

Will they still manage as good of an oc as the other choices?

And also, has anyone any input on the dominators regarding the P5Q-E? as they're seeming the more convenient option for me atm.

bigmac121 · 13 Apr 2009 at 19:26

I have the P5Q-E (last week) plus the Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel. Got them last week as well, £38.00 delivered. I have a Q8200 2.33 @ 3.01. Will O/C I have seen the Ram hit 1111mhz.

Yellowbeard · 15 Apr 2009 at 20:28

Slyman2k4 said:
And also, has anyone any input on the dominators regarding the P5Q-E? as they're seeming the more convenient option for me atm.

We have tested with the ASUS P5Q series boards and there are no compatibility issues.

Here is the Corsair Memory Finder recommendation for that board:

http://www.corsairmemory.com/configurator/product_results.aspx?id=589503

Slyman2k4 · 17 Apr 2009 at 21:02

Yellowbeard said:
We have tested with the ASUS P5Q series boards and there are no compatibility issues.

Here is the Corsair Memory Finder recommendation for that board:

http://www.corsairmemory.com/configurator/product_results.aspx?id=589503

Thank you very much, forgot about that memory selector.

Thanks for the input chaps. Greatly appreciated.

Yellowbeard · 17 Apr 2009 at 21:04

You are very welcome, I hope it helps with your selection.