Ram for i7 build

pioneer2000 said:
Do you really need ram that fast though? Say if you oc'd to 3Ghz (from the 2.66Ghz stock of a 920)... what ram woudl be best then?
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I got the patriot viper 1600mhz RAM, but if the OCZ gold 2000mhz was around when I got it, I would definately have spent the £10 for this RAM!
 
pioneer2000 said:
Do you really need ram that fast though? Say if you oc'd to 3Ghz (from the 2.66Ghz stock of a 920)... what ram woudl be best then?
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Most probably you don't - however, if you have this you can be reasonably sure that your RAM won't be the thing holding back any OC's if you get into tricky high end OC'ing. Timings are not as tight as some of the lower speed RAM available, but tbh at this end of the market I seriously doubt if you'd notice any real world difference between C8 and C10 timings anyway (unless you are a benchie addict that is... ;)) So I would say get the fastest you can afford and imo this is it! :)
 
I got the same RAM as invisible69, great stuff. I only have mine at 1440MHz@ CL9 timing, but I'm not using them at anywhere near their potential, Yet.

Anyway, due to i7s amazing memory capabilities paying a lot of extra money for 2000MHz RAM just doesn't give much performance benefit at all.
 
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