Ram Vs Ram

[Uninvited Guest]

OCZ XTC Platinum and OCZ XTC Gold are the right price for me. However I've seen a couple of concerning posts that people have had problems with the ram. It's supposed to work with my PW5 DH Deluxe, though one person mentioned that they had to manually set the timings.

Can I trust this ram? Yes, no?

If I can, which of the two. I read somewhere that gold is better for overclocking, though the reasoning behind it, I'm not sure.

If I can't, what could anyone recommend. I'm in Canada, so no newegg for me.

 

[Nexworks]

If theres a problem, its probably not because of the ram, but because of the chipset not liking the ram (or more specificaly its timings). OCZ makes great products, but from all that ive read the folks that have the most problems are the ones that get ram that have timings like 4-5-4 or 3-4-3 etc. I dont ever recall reading complaints about 4-4-4 or 5-5-5 etc.

 

[cleverhandle]

If you want to seriously overclock, the best thing you can do is find reports from people using your specific motherboard and follow whatever's got the best, most consistent reports. Ignore the price - you're already buying a motherboard that costs over 250 freaking US dollars, surely you can spare a few more.

If you're just doing light overclocking or none at all, then you can be a little looser on what you use, provided you don't see any horror stories and the sticks aren't bargain basement crap.