Best Ram for Overclocking?

[Reverend Sin]

I was planning on going with the following but am having questions...:

Athlon64 939 3000+ Winchester
MSI K8Neo2 Platinum
G.Skill PC4400 Ultra Series (2x512)
Case: SLK3700AMB with stock PSU (350w Antec Silentpower)
XP-90 w/ probably with the 92mm Panaflo fans from Jab-tech
2 120mm Panaflo fans from Jab Tech for Case
74g WD Raptor
300g Seagate NCQ HD For Storage
NEC 3250A 16x Dual Layer DVD Burner
6800gt modded to Fanless GT Ultra Extreme speeds

My question is should I go with the memory I originally intended on having or should I stick with a cheaper RAM that will give me almost exactly the same effect? I'm not SUPER short on money but I've been trying to cut cash here and there and move it around and I read in the other sticky memory post that theres not a huge difference with gaming even. I'll be primarily using this as my gaming rig, WoW, EQ2 and City of Heroes/Villains but I want to get the best stuff I can get without getting screwed on parts. I don't MIND paying for the G.skill and in fact I was going to go with 2 gigs instead of just 1 but a friend told me theres no point going above a gig anyway.

Discuss? ANY help is greatly appreciated, flames will be ignored. Thank you!

 

[zakee00]

g.skill is great stuff, its mostly just to make your e-penis feel bigger due to the better bench scores you would get from it. i would go with something cheaper, and maybe 2GB if you have the cash just to future-proof your system.
HTH,
Nick

 

[Reverend Sin]

Well I wanna make sure I can get the best quality for gaming and applications as well as getting an awesome overclock, though I've heard everything AFTER week 51 sucks horribly, so I'm probaby gonna take a while to look around for a 3000+ that is pre-51 unless the people I asked are wrong...

 

[zakee00]

dont worry, ram wont affect your CPU overclock at all. even if u used corsair value PC3200, just set a devider and your good to go

 

[Koyanisquatsi]

i've seen a few benches that show having more than one gig actually lowers performance with gaming.

 

[Reverend Sin]

Originally posted by: Koyanisquatsi
i've seen a few benches that show having more than one gig actually lowers performance with gaming.

Thats horrible, so the only reason to get more than a gig is for e-pen0s and for possible future reasons? Guess I'll just have to wait until then to get more than a gig. Anyone got a specific alternative to the G.skill or should I just say fck it and go with that?

 

[jbh129]

the new corsair 4400 seems to be good stuff.

people are getting good results with twinmos speed premium with high volts

ocz vx rocks with high volts

Gskill is still my favorite because I can 270 2.5-3-3-7 all day

 

[ts3433]

If you're looking to cut costs, just go with value RAM and notice very little difference.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Originally posted by: Reverend Sin

Originally posted by: Koyanisquatsi
i've seen a few benches that show having more than one gig actually lowers performance with gaming.

Thats horrible, so the only reason to get more than a gig is for e-pen0s and for possible future reasons? Guess I'll just have to wait until then to get more than a gig. Anyone got a specific alternative to the G.skill or should I just say fck it and go with that?

Yes anything over 1gb will reduce performance in everything except for a few applications like video editing/encoding or server hosting apps. Unless you know the apps you want to use need more than 1gb, or will benifiet from more than 1gb, stick with 1gb

 

[Jeff7181]

Originally posted by: Koyanisquatsi
i've seen a few benches that show having more than one gig actually lowers performance with gaming.

Was it becuase the 1 GB sticks used higher latency?

 

[shira]

Originally posted by: jbh129
ocz vx rocks with high volts

I think when you take into account that OCZ VX is commonly able to sustain 2-2-2 timings to 260MHz (with 3.4+ vcore), it's hard to beat.

 

[ts3433]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181

Originally posted by: Koyanisquatsi
i've seen a few benches that show having more than one gig actually lowers performance with gaming.

Was it becuase the 1 GB sticks used higher latency?

Probably that and they likely used a configuration of more than two sticks (I think that makes the biggest difference, because your command rate drops).

 

[RaMz121]

Crucial Ballistix 3200, 1 GB dual?

 

[sodcha0s]

Why the 4400? 3200 is all you need, and if you get TCCD chips you'll be able to get 4400 out of it anyway.