which one of these boards?

What cmndr_andi recommended is good:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-307-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

If you get to 250 posts you'll get free shipping which would help! Don't spam, but theres plenty of sections to get in discussion and up your post count.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sh...&posted=1&utm_source=forums&utm_medium=banner

It might be worth waiting til next Wednesday as the weekly deals change and hopefully there will be some RAM on offer. Also check the daily deals :)
 
im sure i was a member here years ago, i must have rejoined. i couldnt post another 130 times in a few days.
reading the ram section is good, everyone is confused.
1.35v is better than 1.5 or 1.65v yes?
8,8,8, is better than 9,9,9,9 yes?
 
Lower voltages are better yes, as are lower timings.

However for Sandy Bridge 1600Mhz with reasonable timings [9,9,9,24] was the sweet spot of price/performance and above that gains are only really noticeable in benchmarks
 
With the sandy bridge CPU/LGA1155 motherboards you really need to ignore 1.65V RAM, as unless you undervolt it, it could reduce the lifetime of your CPU.

Both 1.5V and 1.35V work perfectly fine, though 1.35V will use a touch less power (but hardly much of a differnece in the scheme of things). Therefore just go for the 1.5V or 1.35V RAM kit that meets all the other criteria I mentioned in post #16 (this will almost always be a 1.5V kit unless a 1.35V kit is on a really good deal).

As for timings, 8-8-8 (CL8) is technically better than 9-9-9 (CL9), yes. However, there is usually a fair price increase going from CL9 to CL8 and the performance difference in real-world applications is very small (see here).

Therefore, you may as well just get a 1.5V CL9 kit, as the higher-spec options don't offer much extra performance a cost a fair bit more.
 
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