best memory for my system?

cainer · 19 Feb 2010 at 09:09

hi, im in the final stages of building my gaming system but im stuck as to what memory would work best with it. i know i want 6Gb tri channel but i dunno what speed/spec/make would be best, my system is all at stock clock speeds atm but i want this system to last me for ~5 years so il probably O'C at some point.
you can see my system in my sig... what memory would suit it the best?
thanks for any help

JeffyB · 19 Feb 2010 at 09:42

Whats your budget?

cainer · 19 Feb 2010 at 09:46

JeffyB said:
Whats your budget?

well i did originally order the dominator GT 2000mhz http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-201-CS
but even though the website said 10+ stock they wer actually out of stock :/
so i cancelled that but since then ive been led to believe i could spend much less and i wouldnt see a visable difference. this is mainly a gaming rig btw so visable difference > budget > benchmark scores

cainer · 19 Feb 2010 at 11:50

any help plz? i need to order some in the next couple of days so i can get my system up n running :/

Admiral Huddy · 19 Feb 2010 at 11:55

For £115 these..
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-032-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1389

cainer · 19 Feb 2010 at 12:17

Admiral Huddy said:
For £115 these..
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-032-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1389

nice price, would they work straight out of the box @ 1600mhz on a stock i7 920 @ 2.66 and still be 1600mhz if i O'C'd cpu at a later date?
i dont wanna scrimp n save so much on the RAM that it could cause a problem with overclocking later on down the line

JeffyB · 19 Feb 2010 at 12:46

1600 ram is plenty fast enough, my gskill is 1600 and easily gets me to 4.4ghz at cas8. The patriot viper is excellent value, if your looking at the £150+ ram I would suggest the g skill tridents.

http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=186

cainer · 19 Feb 2010 at 14:59

JeffyB said:
1600 ram is plenty fast enough, my gskill is 1600 and easily gets me to 4.4ghz at cas8. The patriot viper is excellent value, if your looking at the £150+ ram I would suggest the g skill tridents.

http://www.gskill.com/products.php?index=186

ok thanks m8 il take a look

cainer · 20 Feb 2010 at 19:04

im now looking at this, what you guys think? (£159.99 delivered)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-188-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1389

JeffyB · 20 Feb 2010 at 19:16

If you can't use ram with tall heatsinks it's very good, otherwise the viper or the tridents if you want to spend bit more.

cainer · 20 Feb 2010 at 19:46

JeffyB said:
If you can't use ram with tall heatsinks it's very good, otherwise the viper or the tridents if you want to spend bit more.

i dont know if tall heatsinks would fit? (see mobo and cooler in sig)

JeffyB · 20 Feb 2010 at 20:14

Go with the normal sized corsair. I seem to remember the ripjaws are pretty low, check the noctua site for ram comparability.

cainer · 20 Feb 2010 at 20:50

JeffyB said:
Go with the normal sized corsair. I seem to remember the ripjaws are pretty low, check the noctua site for ram comparability.

do you think this will be ok? or maybe 2000mhz would compliment my system better? sorry but im realy noob with RAM

(and a little drunk atm)

im not too fussed about price but i dont wanna get somthing thats way ahead of the rest of my system (see sig)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-188-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1389

JeffyB · 20 Feb 2010 at 22:21

It will be fine