Which DDR3?

sakluce · 19 May 2009 at 22:26

So i've been waiting for restocks but it seems the OCZ ram I was waiting for has no expected restock date so i'm left with a decision, go elsewhere or choose between these two pairs:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-154-CS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-172-CS

They will be going in a new AM3 system with a Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 Black Edition CPU and a MSI 790GX-G65 AMD 790GX motherboard. I haven't had the time to check out the differences in memory speeds, latency etc. so I would appreciate a little advice

Kennysevenfold · 19 May 2009 at 22:32

First set, for the extra Tenner, your getting the heatspreader and another 300MHz of speeeeeed

sakluce · 20 May 2009 at 02:04

Ok, thanks for the help

nitr0uk · 20 May 2009 at 09:42

Yep, first set

Nelly · 20 May 2009 at 18:35

These look quite good - Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-14400C8 Dual Channel (KHX14400AD3K2/4G) £68.99 inc VAT

At the moment I've got some of the OCZ's that are out of stock but will be switching soon.

I'm going to buy some more OCZ ram thats going to be stocked soon, OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 Platinum AMD Edition

They run on lower voltages i.e 1.65v just like the X58 3x2GB Ram & have higher bandwith which my motherboard can take advantage of i.e. Support for DDR3 1666(OC)/1333/1066 MHz memory modules

Part Numbers: 4GB (2x2048MB) D/C Kit PN - OCZ3P1600LVAM4GK

LINK: http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/memory/ocz_ddr3_pc3_12800_platinum_amd_edition

Specifications

1600MHz DDR3
CL 7-7-7-24
(CAS-TRCD-TRP-TRAS)
Available in 4GB D/C kits
Unbuffered
Platinum Z3 XTC Heatspreader*
AMD AM3 DDR3 Platforms Only
Lifetime Warranty
1.65Volts
240 Pin DIMM

Griff7520 · 20 May 2009 at 18:50

Another vote here for the kingston....good stuff

sakluce · 21 May 2009 at 23:58

Ahh, they must have added the kingston ram to the DDR 3 section after I made the first post on this thread

Any idea when the OCZ ram you mentioned is going to be in stock?

Nelly · 22 May 2009 at 00:00

sakluce said:
Ahh, they must have added the kingston ram to the DDR 3 section after I made the first post on this thread

Any idea when the OCZ ram you mentioned is going to be in stock?

I've been waiting about 2 weeks, OcUK do have it on order - only reason I'm buying it is because it runs on low volts.

For gaming 1333mhz @ 7-7-7-24 timings ram will give just as good performance fps wise, don't need anything better than that.

sakluce · 22 May 2009 at 00:04

Nelly said:
For gaming 1333mhz @ 7-7-7-24 timings ram will give just as good performance fps wise, don't need anything better than that.

Ok, good to know, thanks for the heads up