spec me some memory for x79 :)

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pgi947

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Hi again!

Want to treat ny x79 setup to some better memory so have been looking about and I'm not too sure on what to get...

Had my eye on patriot viper black mamba 2133mhz 11-11-11-27 1.5v
G.skill ares 2133mhz 11-11-11-27 1.6v ( also fits my colour scheme)
And some of the ripjaws sets

Any other recommendations and why? Looking to spend ~£120 on 16GB.
 
My apologies, currently running at 4.75ghz, wail be perhaps taking it higher if I can sort some of the voltages.
 
Thats similar thoughts to what I've had 8 Pack, the Samsung Green looks great but I would prefer something with XMP, at least then I have a platform to work from.

Whats the OC like on the Team Group kits? As this kit looks almost ideal, within budget and great specs. The OC will be minimal, just what ever the 1.25x stap adds which I guess with a 18.66x memory MP will only be around 1hz :p
 
Will have a good look at the G.Skill kits then, I do see them get recommended a fair bit :)

I was originally looking at this kit.

I'm flexible with the straps, as what ever I do I need to use straps to push the CPU, a little off topic but why is it recommended to drop the bclk to ~90 when using the 1.67 strap?

Edit: And yes the UD7 has a wealth of options for the memory, many of which I have never seen before!

Edit 2: Will almost certainly be buying better memory on Friday, my chip is incredibly limited by the memory to the point where reducing speed or slackening the timings voids the increased core clock by bclk tweaking. Had everything running fine at 4.85ghz, as a result had to either drop the memory down to ~1400mhz or super slack timings of 13-12-13-35-2T for 1700mhz.
 
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Cheers, I'll grab that kit on Friday then :)

What voltage/speed/timing are you running on them?

I'll stick with the 1.25 strap and adjust the base to get the memory up to speed.
 
Cheers, now I need to flip a coin to decide on the Ripjaws or the Xtreem LV.

From what I can make out the teamgroup memory is pretty much in the same boat as gskill with regards to how the memory is screened etc...so I may just go for the Xtreem LV, if it stinks I'll DSR and get the Gskill, then we know either way if its decent memory to recommend in the situation :)
 
Forum spam, awesome.

On another note I've now decided to go for the 8GB (4x2GB) kingston HyperX 2400mhz, this should give me all the room I need to to clock the CPU without going over the memorys limits :D
 
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according to the item description its XMP certified for P67, Z68, Z77 & X79 :)

This is the kit I am looking at

My thinking behind this is that I calculated I'd be running around the 2333mhz mark, or there abouts, this kit would prevent me having to ride my luck a little OC'ing 2133mhz modules :)

Found a good HardwareHeaven review on these, even compare them to my current memory! They managed to get 10-11-10-27-2T @ 2400mhz from them, seems ideal for me as i'd be running them slightly underclocked with tighter timings anyhow :)
 
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We will see, if it doesn't live up to expectation I can always sell it on and save for a few weeks for some TridentX :)

If I can get somewhere around 10-10-10-27-2T at the lower speed of 2333mhz I'll be over the moon :D

While your about 8 Pack, how important is the tRFC timing? I notcied on my current memory its running at ~148, seems a little high in the grand scheme of things.
 
haha I'll stay away from those kinds of voltages :)

really looking forward to getting this memory, I've never owned what I would call performance memory :D

Ahh so PSC doesn't do flat timings but hynix will? Seems I still have a lot of reading up to do on memory.
 
This memory can't come soon enough, re-installed windows, everything is going nuts, only booted past logon maybe 1 in 10 times, set ram back to 1600mhz everythings fine.

Corsair Vengeance is Officially the worst clocking memory on the face of the earth, 66mhz a voltage bump and slack timings and it still screws everything up.
 
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haha i had a kit of vengeance,there ok if you dont plan on overclocking them
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Yep, the kingston stuff should be here Monday, so just having to lay off benching for a few days with anything above 4.3ghz, it was even acting up downclocked to ~1370mhz :p

And I was about to blame AMD drivers for my system not booting too :o
 
Ahh I see, its all coming together a little more now...no doubt I'll be back here asking questions once I get the new memory though :p

This Vengeance memory being so poor at clocking is actually putting me off Corsair memory all together.
 
Good :)

Been doing some forward planning...

102.9 x 1.25 x 18.66 = 2400.17mhz, seems I shouldn't need to underclock at all :D
 
Afaik the tridentX memory is along G.Skill's very top line, sure I've heard 8 Pack rave on about it a few times :)
 
Just an update, got the Kingston 2400mhz kit earlier this week, its running fine at 2400mhz (102.9 x 1.25 x 18.66). Just need to adjust the timings once i'm happy the CPU is stable, my system seems to think the XMP profile is 11-13-13-30-2T when it should be 11-13-11-27-1T.

What tRFC should I be aiming for with this kind of kit? the XMP (which again is probably wrong, thanks Gigabyte) sets it to 220.
 
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