Which RAM?

sameera · Feb 28, 2009

I am going to build the new PC and the setup

Core2Quad Q8200
Asus P5Q Pro
ATI HD 4850 512MB

I am interested in buying 4GB (2X2GB) Kit for overclocking.

Should i go with 800Mhz RAM with timings like 4-4-4-12 or 1066Mhz ram with timings like 5-5-5-X. Both models have heat spreaders and with good brands.

Here I find 800Mhz with 4-4-4-12 like ram much more expensive than 1066Mhz rams.

So which one i should choose?

Rick James · Feb 28, 2009

I'm running 1066 DDR2 Patriot Viper series and it kicks some serious ***. It's 59.99 at fry's for 2 X 2GB and runs stable at 2.1v all the way to 1150+

sameera · Feb 28, 2009

Thanks for your reply. So ram timings has nothing to do if the speed is high?
Your RAM costs very high here.
There is offer going on for these
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
5-5-5-15
2.0V - 2.1V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166&Tpk=F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK

How these will work with my config?

Core2Quad Q8200
Asus P5Q Pro
ATI HD 4850 512MB

18 is # 1 · Mar 1, 2009

Those will do fine.

wingman99 · Mar 1, 2009

+1 G.SKILL 4GB :beer:

Yanko693 · Mar 1, 2009

try this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220354

cdawall · Mar 1, 2009

these are better

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148216

commonly clocks to 1150 [email protected] or 1260 6-5-6-16 2.14v

mercalf · Mar 1, 2009

Dunno if you can beat the Reaper

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227289

rseven · Mar 1, 2009

I vote a thumbs down on the (grim) Reapers. (Just go to their forum and you see what I mean) My vote would be for the GSkills.

R7 :beer:

wingman99 · Mar 1, 2009

rseven said:
I vote a thumbs down on the (grim) Reapers. (Just go to their forum and you see what I mean) My vote would be for the GSkills.

R7

I went over to OCZ form and could not find anything that would be a concern, maybe you could provide a link. :beer:

GSkills won't guarantee running 2 kits at the ratted 1066 speed that sounds bad in my book.

freeagent · Mar 2, 2009

i just scooped my first pair of corsair stix, they run just like Rick James's, by the sounds of it heheh. so far im really likeing them

*looks over to pile of dead d9gmh* :/

trents · Mar 2, 2009

Consider also the size (how tall) of the heat spreader. Get ram that will fit under your cpu cooler. Some of the tall heat sinks get in the way.

Rich'[ard] · Mar 2, 2009

G Skill is good quality/value ram. 800mhz c4 vs. 1066mhz c5 is pretty much identical.
most 800mhz kits will oc to 1066mhz anyway. so get whatever is the cheapest.

and i vote Reapers. i've had no problems with mine

next in line is some Corsair Dominators. i've heard Mushkin are very very good as well.

rseven · Mar 2, 2009

wingman99 said:
I went over to OCZ form and could not find anything that would be a concern, maybe you could provide a link.

GSkills won't guarantee running 2 kits at the ratted 1066 speed that sounds bad in my book.

Sorry for the delay, wingman. The following links are from just the most current page of the OCZ memory thread.
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52055
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50578
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52058
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52085
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52031
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52079
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52054
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51436

I have been watching it since I bought 2 sets of OCZ and neither performs at stock speeds even with extra loose timings. They have been flooded daily with problems and they look to blame everything but their product. The problem is AMD, which sometimes it is, Prime95, the mobo. Eventually if folks are persistent they get it RMA'd. OCZ is pretty much underpricing it's rivals, but they are doing it by selling an inferior product. Right now, I would not buy anything branded OCZ. A month ago it was the only ram I'd buy. I have 2 other sets of OCZ I could RMA, but at $11.50 for shipping it economically doesn't make sense, especially when you just get the same second rate ram sent back to you. :bang head

R7

freeagent · Mar 2, 2009

Rich'[ard] said:
G Skill is good quality/value ram. 800mhz c4 vs. 1066mhz c5 is pretty much identical.

it is until you get your fsb up there, then you can use the higher frequency ram to accentuate the fsb. i prefer fast and loose over slow and tight

rseven said:
Sorry for the delay, wingman. The following links are from just the most current page of the OCZ memory thread.
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52055
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50578
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52058
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52085
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52031
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52079
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52054
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51436

I have been watching it since I bought 2 sets of OCZ and neither performs at stock speeds even with extra loose timings. They have been flooded daily with problems and they look to blame everything but their product. The problem is AMD, which sometimes it is, Prime95, the mobo. Eventually if folks are persistent they get it RMA'd. OCZ is pretty much underpricing it's rivals, but they are doing it by selling an inferior product. Right now, I would not buy anything branded OCZ. A month ago it was the only ram I'd buy. I have 2 other sets of OCZ I could RMA, but at $11.50 for shipping it economically doesn't make sense, especially when you just get the same second rate ram sent back to you.

R7

eek, sorry to hear of your ocz woes mr rseven

i feel your pain, i will not run anything ocz either, mainly for the reasons you have specified heheh. and its not just recently they have started to slack, they have been for what, at least 3 or 4 years, in my experience.

18 is # 1 · Mar 2, 2009

Rich'[ard] said:
G Skill is good quality/value ram. 800mhz c4 vs. 1066mhz c5 is pretty much identical.
most 800mhz kits will oc to 1066mhz anyway. so get whatever is the cheapest.

.

That's not always true with GSkill.

wingman99 · Mar 2, 2009

rseven said:
Sorry for the delay, wingman. The following links are from just the most current page of the OCZ memory thread.
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52055
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50578
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52058
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52085
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52031
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52079
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52054
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51436

I have been watching it since I bought 2 sets of OCZ and neither performs at stock speeds even with extra loose timings. They have been flooded daily with problems and they look to blame everything but their product. The problem is AMD, which sometimes it is, Prime95, the mobo. Eventually if folks are persistent they get it RMA'd. OCZ is pretty much underpricing it's rivals, but they are doing it by selling an inferior product. Right now, I would not buy anything branded OCZ. A month ago it was the only ram I'd buy. I have 2 other sets of OCZ I could RMA, but at $11.50 for shipping it economically doesn't make sense, especially when you just get the same second rate ram sent back to you.

R7

Thanks looks like there having a problem recently, my OCZ1066 memory does not seem to give me any trouble that I bought last april. :beer:

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