Help me make up my mind.

[Animage]

Alright so i want to go with DDR2 1066 memory in Gigabyte UD3P motherboard. I believe i want 2 4g kits. (2x2g) Now i have it between two memories with the same timings only diffrence is voltage.

1 : G.SKILL
2: KINGSTON

If you are going to make a suggestion pls tell me why so i can understand to help make out my own descision. If you can spot a better deal for same quality or what not feel free to post that as well. Thanks for the help. ( this memory will be running with an E8400... not sure if it would be a benefit to move to any faster ram or if id just be throwing money in the wind)

 

[Ikonomi]

I know nothing about the Kingston modules, so I can't say anything about them. I am running the G.Skill kit.

I chose the G.Skill because it was cheap and had free shipping, and has tight timing. The blue heat spreaders also look pretty sick in my case. This RAM will probably not overclock, even if you loosen up the timing. If you're interested in running your memory faster than spec, you'll need to look elsewhere.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: Animage
If you can spot a better deal for same quality or what not feel free to post that as well.

(this memory will be running with an E8400... not sure if it would be a benefit to move to any faster ram or if id just be throwing money in the wind)

Yes, you would be throwing money to the wind, if you're OCing to 3.6GHz or less.
Stick with DDR2 that holds to the JEDEC voltage standard of 1.8-1.9v
(higher the voltage needed over standard = lower the quality of the chips)

* Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5 @ $29.99 after rebate
* G.Skill F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ @ $42.99
* Mushkin 996587 @ $43.99 after rebate
* Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5C @ $44.99
* G.Skill F2-6400CL4D-4GBPI-B @ $49.99
* Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C5DHX @ $52.99 after rebate

 

[n7]

Are you overclocking?
If not, well, any cheap DDR2-800 is adequate.

Assuming you are, it really depends how knowledgeable you are with OCing & what your goals are.

With a 9x multi, you can do 9x445+ for 4 GHz, which means to achieve that goal, you need RAM capable of DDR2-890 at the minimum...assuming you want to run 1:1. For 5:6, you'd need DDR2-1068.

Or perhaps you want to run 8x500, then you need DDR2-1000...or for 5:6 DDR2-1200 (not likely going to happen easily with 8 GB anyway).

I'd personally consider something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820227406 (check with OCZ if 4 DIMMs would fit side by side on your mobo).
That's not really for less than patient overclockers though, as that is assuming you are going for 1200 (those kits can do ~ 1200+ 6-6-6 usually), & truely know what you are doing when it comes to tweaking with RAM.
Blain wouldn't agree with me as its default vDIMM is well over JECDEC, though i don't mind as much if it's warrantied & you can lower it, which are both true.

For a safer bets yet still lots of CPU OCing headroom, anything DDR2-1000+ would suffice for an E8400, even extreme OCing.
My "amongst the best binned DDR2-1066" pick: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820146785
Your G.Skill would be a good cheap DDR2-1066 pick...won't OC far, as G.Skill bins far too aggressively, but it'll get you its rated speed for cheap.