Best OCing ram for under $200?

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Alright, so what would you guys say is the very best ram out there for both overclocking potential (as in for the cpu mainly, something that could get a 3500 for instance up to 2.8 at least) and overall performance? Is it worth going to DDR 4000 for instance and paying $50 more over some perfectly respectable PC3200 ram, both with good specs? I'm thinking so but I could use some more feedback. Or would you suggest I save up and buy two gigs? I'm not going to bother with the dual channel kits as they're over priced and have horrible latencies. But would two identical 1gig sticks work alright? If so is it worth all that extra money for whatever performance gain I'd get? Thanks.

 

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I would say it's this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220033
It's tccd and folks have had good results with it.

 

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Thanks but wouldn't this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227206 be a better performer for such a modest price difference?
I was thinking this looked like a really good deal too: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220061

 

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Save your money and don't get OCing RAM for A64, it's literally not worth the tiny performance gain.

Proofs:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=1475190&enterthread=y

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http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=352040&highlight=truth+A64

 

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Wow, thank you very much dude, that clears up a great deal, so obviously CAS latency has very little effect, and I take it neither does the actual ram speed to a point judging by the first link.

 

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I would personally buy some mushkin redlines, but thats just me.

 

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No offence to Zebo, but I don't think that test proves anything. Better ram does give better performance. The gains on an A64 are not as great as the gains in an XP system, but if you want an optimal set up you need good ram. The price differential is not so great anymore either.
Exfoliate, both of those rams you pointed out are not tccd. The OCZ is tcc5, which is good, but still not as good as tccd. There are high voltage rams but this would mean buying a boostger and running the risks that go along with high voltage. All things considered, my apologies to the PBC, the TCCD is still the best solution for nf3 and nf4 boards.

 

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Thank you, how can you tell if the ram is TCCD? The ram you linked up doesn't seem to mention that anywhere. Also how much of an improvement does TCCD hold over non-TCCD ram like teh Patriot ram I linked up?

 

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This is some of the only promising looking TCCD ram I saw on newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145522, maybe there's more but only about 21 items came up when I searched "TCCD".

 

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Anything can be proven with enough analysis.

 

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This is also some good TCC5 memory. Surprised no one else recommended it. I'm suggesting this because I don't know how much vdimm you have to play with on that mb.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820146890

 

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OCZ plat rev2

 

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Exfoliate said:

This is some of the only promising looking TCCD ram I saw on newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145522, maybe there's more but only about 21 items came up when I searched "TCCD".

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I do know that the XBL patriot's are still tccd. That corsair is first rate too for just a few dollars more I would go with the bigger name, but it's not my money.

 

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Exfoliate said:

Wow, thank you very much dude, that clears up a great deal, so obviously CAS latency has very little effect, and I take it neither does the actual ram speed to a point judging by the first link.

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Yeah, just remember these tests/results are for A64 ONLY, I have no idea about other processors since they don't have on-die mem. controllers

 

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Thanks everyone, I'll be able to come up with something. If the Patriots get good reviews and stack up with that Corsair TwinX then I might just go with that.

 

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220033

this stuff right here is the good patriot stuff, i've had 3 friends get 3 sets and I know 2 sets that hit 275 easily, havnt played with the 3rd set yet....

 

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I have heard the ocz plat stuff hitting pretty high. Anyone else know anything about it?