Choosing between three 6GB kits

Corsairs

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I'm in the process of building a new rig (details here). After initially looking to go with the 860/p55 combo, I've instead elected for a 920/x58 combo. The CPU is already purchased and the mobo will be ordered tomorrow. Now it's time to turn my attention to the RAM. I've narrowed things down to three DDR3 1600 kits that I think look pretty decent. They are:

Does anybody here have any experience with one of these kits that they could share with me? I'm going to be overclocking with an eye towards performance gaming on an Eyefinity setup. While I'm not expecting to set any speed records, I'll take as much headroom as I can get.

I'm open to alternate RAM suggestions. Just bear in mind that my CPU cooler will be a limiting factor. I'm ordering a Noctua NH-D14, a huge sucker that won't allow for RAM with tall heatspreaders. Noctua has a RAM compatibility list for the NH-D14 here. Each of the kits I listed is confirmed to work with the NH-D14 by Noctua.
 

Corsairs

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A little bump. I'm heading out to Micro Center tonight to purchase the ASUS P6X58D Premium motherboard that's going to be the platform for my new rig. I'm hoping to order the RAM this weekend. At the moment I'm leaning towards the Mushkins. I'd certainly be all ears if anyone has some thoughts on any of these kits, though (or any other kits, for that matter).
 

PClark99

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I have three of the OCZ gold kits you listed. They are cheap and they work flawlessly. Not sure how well they will overclock, YMMV as always but you can always downclock the RAM a little to get the max OC on your cpu anyway.