Help me choose my Ram please.

[clubber_lang]

Guys...I'm building a rig right now and am using an Asrock Extreme 7 board , either 2500K or 2600K and so forth. Mainly just a surfing and gaming rig....but I do want to get some ram that performs well , can OC if I can figure out how to and looks good in my case.

Looking to get 8GB ( 2 X 4B )........and I know Gskill is really popular , but I am not partial to any brand...and I don't mind paying more for performance and looks. I don't care if it costs $30.00 or $100.00.....just so long as it gets the job done and is a good reliable set of ram.

 

[Solder]

I vote Gskill or Mushkin

 

[Knufire]

Any set of DDR3-1600 CL9 1.5V RAM should be good. You can usually find RAM in a combo deal if you're ordering from Newegg.

If no combo deal, get the low profile 30nm Samsung sticks. DDR3-1600 CL11 1.35V. Seems meh but they overclock like mad, I've seen DDR3-2000+ on them and they don't cost any more than a normal 1600MHz kit.

 

[clubber_lang]

Thanks for the input guys. I don't know where to look for that Samsung Ram , but over on Newegg there are hundreds of choices.....just not sure what I'm looking at.

I always had good luck with Corsair in the past , and I came across these here , which I think are close to the specs you listed Knufire >>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233180

Like I was saying....if these won't cut it.....I have no problem spending more. Just want something reliable with good performance. And the OC'ing isn't "really important".....I just wanted to get something I could play with in the future. I'm not a bencher.....just a part time gamer that's been out of it for a very , very long time.

 

[clubber_lang]

Sooo.....You guys ( or anyone else ) think the Corsair stuff up above may work? I think I may go hit the asrock threads and see if I can find some info there as well.

 

[Solder]

Sure, I don't see why not. I haven't had any experience with Corsair RAM before but I hear good things about them. I know their PSU's are tops and they make some fantastic cases. Have a look around and see if you can find an actual review of that RAM in particular. There might even be something written up here in OC'ers on Corsair RAM.

 

[PolePosition]

As most will say "RAM is RAM", but personally, my vote goes to the GSkills X series as being the best IMO. This came to me from sources outside of OCF and is certainly not the consensus by a long shot.

 

[kmo_9000]

Thanks for the input guys. I don't know where to look for that Samsung Ram , but over on Newegg there are hundreds of choices.....just not sure what I'm looking at.

It's right here... over on newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147096

 

[Evilsizer]

my vote for the sammy ram, bought two kits of the 8gig stuff from frys when it was $32 per kit. cheaper then newegg even with taxes taken into consideration, this was months ago though. egg is still asking the same price now vs then ...

 

[dandylion]

I really like this DDR3 Mushkin RAM, I've used it in a ton of builds for the last year or so. It's really cheap, and never failed on me yet.