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mejinks

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I'm building an I7 930 Rig which I'm going to overclock, but was wondering if its better to go for 16000 or 20000 ram? I was looking at the G.Skill Trident 16000C9 stuff as it has a lower latency than the ocz stuff.

Or

Should I just get the Corsair XMS3 stuff with lower latency again?
 
Performance on the X58 platform slighty prefers faster speed rather than tighter timings.

The fact of the matter is that gains r small and there is a large price premium on faster RAM.

Just get what looks the best deal but as far as real world performance goes, your probs better of getting the cheapest and investing the cash in your system where you could tell the difference

i.e 5770 -> 5850 etc.
 
Corsair RAM is overpriced in my opinion. Yes, their RAM is renowned as being top quality but you pay too much of a premium for that privilege.

Take their Dominator GT DDR3-2000 C8 modules for instance, they're £355. You can get the same speed RAM from just as good a manufacturer (albeit with slightly looser timings) for less than half the price of the DGT modules. CL1 is absolutely not worth £180. I know some of their other brands don't have extreme price differences like this, but I still think that the higher prices are unjustified for the benefits they offer.

With what you've mentioned above, I'd definitely go for the G.Skill Trident 2000MHz RAM. The Corsair XMS3 C7 RAM is C7 at 1600MHz. You'll be able to run the G.Skill RAM at C7 at 1600MHz also (lower speed so you can tighten the timings).

Another thing I though I'd mention is that I remember reading somewhere that 1600MHz @ C7 performed better on a X58 platform than 2000MHz @ C9. But I'll be testing that myself when I get my new build sorted.
 
If you do overclock. The 1600MHz stuff will see your CPU to ~4.2GHz without overclocking. I know someone who has the Patriot Viper 1600MHz RAM @ ~17xxMHz which has allowed his CPU to ~4.4GHz. Mind at that speeds he did require watercooling to keep the temps down!
Basically, if on air go for 1600MHz. If wanting an extreme OC which will require watercooling, go for to 2000MHz
 
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