12G Memory for water cooled setup

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I'm planning on building a new workstation for Photoshop in the next few weeks. I'm going to go with an i7 920, and am going to water cool it (that's new for me as well). I want 12G of RAM, and I'd like to overclock the CPU a little if possible -- 3.8 or 4.0 would be nice.

Is this Corsair memory a good idea?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-187-CS

It comes in a 12G "package," so I'm assuming it should work at base speeds -- but will I have problems with OCing? Or is it hit and miss?

I've always liked Corsair in the past.

Thanks all!
 
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Monkeynut said:
I don't think you can link to that competitor. I'd remove the link til you're sure you're allowed to post it.
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You know, this site really needs to write some code to search their own site and replace links to products with links to their own store... I never even remember that there's a real store behind these forums! :(
 
Overclocking with 12gb of ram is difficult. See here. Expect to see lower clock speed despite clocking it taking longer, and you may be completely unable to hit 1600mhz.

There is a mips water block for corsair dominator which makes them a better idea if for some reason you want to water cool the ram. Three dual channel kits is cunning.
 
12Gb of RAM does seem to interfere with overclocking to a certain extent, but in your application, you'll get more speed from 12Gb of RAM and 3.6GHz CPU than from 6Gb and 4.0GHz CPU.

If you're not pushing the extremes of CPU clocking then water-cooling may be OTT and having a CPU fan in direct line of airflow with that much RAM would be good for cooling.
 
I am using that kit, but it was somewhat cheaper when I bought it. :)

I went with a 12GB matched kit to reduce the chance of issues that some people have reported using two or three separate kits. So far its been completly stable but I've not gone much beyond 1400Mhz yet as I am still experimenting with the CPU overclock (3.8 - 4GHz range) and whether the extra memory speed is better than running it slighlty slower but with a lower latency setting.
 
Simon42 said:
I am using that kit, but it was somewhat cheaper when I bought it. :)

I went with a 12GB matched kit to reduce the chance of issues that some people have reported using two or three separate kits. So far its been completly stable but I've not gone much beyond 1400Mhz yet as I am still experimenting with the CPU overclock (3.8 - 4GHz range) and whether the extra memory speed is better than running it slighlty slower but with a lower latency setting.
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That's the reason I was going to go with the kit -- I just wanted to make sure the Corsair memory was a good choice. And like you said, I'm wondering if higher clock speed on the CPU is better than higher speed memory or not (in Photoshop, anyway).

Going to start buying parts right after Christmas -- been learning lots about watercooling, and I'll be learning lots about overclocking once I get it all built. Luckily, I'm already very strong in the PC build side, so 1 out of 3 isn't bad ;)
 
Simon42 said:
I am using that kit, but it was somewhat cheaper when I bought it. :)

I went with a 12GB matched kit to reduce the chance of issues that some people have reported using two or three separate kits. So far its been completly stable but I've not gone much beyond 1400Mhz yet as I am still experimenting with the CPU overclock (3.8 - 4GHz range) and whether the extra memory speed is better than running it slighlty slower but with a lower latency setting.
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How's your overclock going with this memory? I'm starting to buy components now, and am still undecided on the type of memory - although I think I'll be buying the Corsair, just because they've been good to me in the past.
 
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