Patriot Extreme vs OCz Ati Crossifre

Ok, today or tomorrow I need to place an order for some PC2-800 DDR2 (2x1GB) and the Patriot Extreme PDC22G6400LLK is being compared to the OCz ATI Crossfire OCZ2A8002GK.

The OCz was initially reported by NewEgg as being 4-4-4-12, but since they discovered its 4-4-4-15. Now, they and other resellers are offering the Patriot 4-4-4-12 product for a reasonable price.

Usage will be in a new Abit F-I90HD mATX motherboard with an Intel E6300, which I already have. Initially, I will be using the BIOS-equipped overclocking resources to set either of these non-standard memories (i.e. they are not 1.8v standards), and then trying to push the collective system up a bit starting with stock cooling.

Feedback would be nice as I've never overclocked before. This is a strange behavior from me considering the last PC I built included components known for their ability to overclock--go figure, I'm lazy. The depth in which one can get involved in memory selection is a bit overwhelming to say the least.

dude rock on wiht that f-i90hd. you might be the first here to get one. let us know what you think. as far as the ram goes supposedly ocz worked with amd/ati to optimize their dimms for use in the amd/ati chipsets. how far this goes or what they did i havent a clue but the OCZ's do match the color scheme ;^) from what ive read so far about the board though you wont really need super ram since its fsb limited. seems around 350+ fsb are what most get. highest ive seen was around 390 iirc. they have a lOOOng thread over at that "ot[H]er" forum

They are both decent companies. Choose the one with the prettier heatspreader.