What is good DDR3?

[Joeteck]

Need some advice on good DDR3 RAM, four P55 mobo.

Looking to do some overclocking, so I would want some headroom for the RAM. I don't want to overclock the RAM... I was looking at gskill trident (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231282), but was unsure of the voltage, 1.6v? It that the new spec for DDR3? Want to stay around $125 for 4 gig...

Any advice is welcome..

[Joeteck]

Bump!

No takers?

[splat]

wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR3_SDRAM : DDR3 memory provides a reduction in power consumption of 30% compared to DDR2 modules due to DDR3's 1.5 V supply voltage, compared to DDR2's 1.8 V or DDR's 2.5 V

it looks like 1066 and 1333 are the two "standards". i haven';t really gotten in to ddr3 yet so i don't know much more than that. i'd say you are safe going with a standard brand and I consider GSkill to be a standard brand. Kingston HyperX is usually good too but I normally stay away because it's normally much higher priced than those from GSkill. I have no idea what the difference is between the "Ripjaws" and the "Trident" but i'd assume at ddr3-2000 that you could get the cheapest set and not have to worry about it as you wouldn't be running much above 2000mhz.

[sno.lcn]

I'm rocking the 2000mhz Ripjaws on P55, and love them so far. Well over 2100mhz cas 8 with 1.65v :thup:



http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4509/everest19536read.jpg



*Edit: Here's the one I was looking for

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/248/signatureimg.jpg

[Joeteck]

Sweet, the replies I was looking for... THANKS!

Which one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170147%201052129233&srchInDesc=ripjaw&bop=And&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&ActiveSearchResult=False&Order=PRICE

[onefstsnake]

Im using the G.Skill Ripjaws as well.
$89 for 4gb @ 1600mhz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231279

EDIT: Looks like the price went up to $115...

[sno.lcn]

Get these ones. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231281
For the price, you can't go wrong. And these sticks seem to be doing better on average than the lower clocked ones.



There's a Ripjaws thread at XS with some really amazing oc results
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=233620

[Joeteck]

Get these ones. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231281
For the price, you can't go wrong. And these sticks seem to be doing better on average than the lower clocked ones.



There's a Ripjaws thread at XS with some really amazing oc results
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=233620


Cas latency 9... Not going to see a difference from 7?

[sno.lcn]

You can run the 2000mhz sticks at the same speed and timings as the 1600mhz sticks if you want, but there's a better guarantee the 2000mhz sticks will clock better. I have no hard evidence of this other than what I've read in that XS thread. And there are people running their 2000mhz sticks at cas 7 too, but I haven't gotten mine to do that yet.

[visbits]

G.skill or die, they are seriously the best manufacture out there right now.

[Joeteck]

You can run the 2000mhz sticks at the same speed and timings as the 1600mhz sticks if you want, but there's a better guarantee the 2000mhz sticks will clock better. I have no hard evidence of this other than what I've read in that XS thread. And there are people running their 2000mhz sticks at cas 7 too, but I haven't gotten mine to do that yet.


It would seem that 1600Mhz is the sweet spot. Leaving your memory divider alone, you could go up to 4.4Ghz on a i7 860. Theoretically of course. So 2000Mhz just gives you more headroom.... I was looking at these (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231282) originally, however what ever you guys recommend I'll go with.. I trust you guys!

[sno.lcn]

Those would be just as good for your purposes :)

There may be clearance issues on some P55 boards and certain heatsinks though. I don't know for sure off hand if the Tridents are much taller than the Ripjaws, but with my Ultra 120 it was a pretty tight fit on my P55-UD6. On the P55-GD80 it's still tight, but completely manageable.

[Joeteck]

Those would be just as good for your purposes :)

There may be clearance issues on some P55 boards and certain heatsinks though. I don't know for sure off hand if the Tridents are much taller than the Ripjaws, but with my Ultra 120 it was a pretty tight fit on my P55-UD6. On the P55-GD80 it's still tight, but completely manageable.


This is the board (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128402) I'm getting... Looks like the same except more RAM slots for the UD6..

[sno.lcn]

You'll be very happy with that setup :)

[dudleycpa]

Joeteck here's a nice article about memory:

http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=160

Very helpful in explaining speeds/latencies.

[JamesMore]

There are some good deals on newegg for memory but not for the Ripjaws :-(

CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) is under 150 now. Did price come in to it when recommending the RipJaws I have a 920 and looking to pickup some memory and a motherboard. (6gig DDR3)

[JamesMore]

Went for the corsairs the rebait helped me with the pick, Tock them to a friends house to test and all seam look good for my new build. Should I run them through Memtest I just tested that visa and bois could see all the memory.

[dudleycpa]

Went for the corsairs the rebait helped me with the pick, Tock them to a friends house to test and all seam look good for my new build. Should I run them through Memtest I just tested that visa and bois could see all the memory.

It couldn't hurt but, then again if your not having any problems I wouldn't worry about it.

[JamesMore]

Thanks ran it though memtest as I was out most of the day no problems on friends PC takeing it back now friend in tears :-P

[fire2havoc]

4GB G.Skill DDR3 1600 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193&cm_re=4gb_ddr3_1600-_-20-231-193-_-Product) @ 1.5v for $95