Between these two?

[ubersonic]

Ok, what's best to use in a X79 board between these two choices? (I have both)

4x2GB OCZ GOLD LOW VOLTAGE DUAL CHANNEL
1333MHz DDR3
CL 9-9-9-20

or

2x4GB Patriot Viper Xtreme
1600MHz DDR3
CL 8-9-8-24

 

[Orcvader]

Patriot.

Less sticks (meaning less straing on the memory controller, and can add more later).
Higher speeds.
Lower latency.

Pretty much no reason to go for the OCZ. DDR3 OCZ RAM was a nightmare anyway...

Why not these? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-114-GL&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

 

[mattup]

The Black Dragons have poor timings (1600MHz CAS 11-11-11-28).

These are good if you have the clearance.

Crucial Ballistix Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz

Have a look in the MM you might pick some up on the cheap.

Matt

 

[ubersonic]

Thanks guys, the two I mentioned are sets I already have (the Patriot was from my IB system and is what I am using in the x79 atm and the OCZ is in an old overclocked i3 540 system which has now become the 24/7 folding rig). My thinking had been even though 1333 is less than 1600 that 1333 quad channel should have better performance than 1600 dual channel but I guess I was wrong (glad I asked).

So its best to either stick with the patriot or buy a new quad kit then? what quad kits should I be looking at? Because I have a 3820 if I run it overclocked the memory is at 1.25x speed which confuses me as what settings to use, if I run the Patriot 1600 at 1333 speeds it ends up at 1666 which is too fast so should I set it to 1067 so it ends up at 133 then use its 1333 timings?

I never really understood the relationship between channels/MHz/timings to be honest (guess it shows) but I do know those new fangled DIMM's don't have ot be in pairs like SIMM's did

 

[RetrogamerX]

The Black Dragons are great for the price.