RAM for i5

Soylent Red · 4 Nov 2009 at 10:03

Hi all,

I've ordered my i5 750 & Asus Maximus III Formula with this RAM:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-202-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

I was tempted by the dominator, but i have a Noctua NH-U12P SE2 and was worried it would clash with high profile RAM.

I'm planning to overclock to 4Ghz or above. Will this do the job? Is there better makes? I'm a bit out of touch on Geil or G.Skill etc. Corsair has done me fine in the past.

All thoughts/suggestions welcome.

Cheers!

MeatLoaf · 4 Nov 2009 at 10:09

Well it will certainly get you to 4Ghz, at 200BLK your RAM will be running at 1600Mhz. Any furthur depends on how well your ram overclocks really.

Soylent Red · 4 Nov 2009 at 10:14

MeatLoaf said:
Well it will certainly get you to 4Ghz, at 200BLK your RAM will be running at 1600Mhz. Any furthur depends on how well your ram overclocks really.

Dya reckon it would be better to get the same spec Dominator for £5 extra?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-196-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

MeatLoaf · 4 Nov 2009 at 14:51

Personally id get the ripjaws, there faster and a lot cheaper

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-043-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Ryan-3 · 4 Nov 2009 at 15:31

I went for Geil 2133mhz on my build spec. And they're £85, and 500mhz faster, but I'm no expert with ram, so I couldn't tell you if they are good for overclocking.

Soylent Red · 4 Nov 2009 at 16:27

MeatLoaf said:
Personally id get the ripjaws, there faster and a lot cheaper

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-043-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Glad you said that actually, because i switched to that exact RAM earlier today! I read in an article that it's all about latency for the i5!

Cheers!

glenimp617 · 8 Nov 2009 at 19:28

Soylent Red said:
Glad you said that actually, because i switched to that exact RAM earlier today! I read in an article that it's all about latency for the i5!

Cheers!

in that case surely the patriot sector 5 viper ii would be the best?

marc512 · 8 Nov 2009 at 21:03

MeatLoaf said:
Personally id get the ripjaws, there faster and a lot cheaper

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-043-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

got a set of them

epic, both run at 1600mhz sweet as a pancake

Admetos · 9 Nov 2009 at 19:37

On topic. I have a Gigabyte P55M-UD2 and I5. I have 8GB of XMS 3 DHX, it's listed as 1600 but had issues so running at 1033 at stock voltages, computer is very stable but wonder if I should have saved money with somthing else.