Sandy Bridge Memory

[jimfoto]

Thinking about a

Gigabyte 6 Series GA-H67A-UD3H-B3 Intel H67
Intel Core i5-2500 BX80623I52500 Processor

combination with


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231310
or:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231423

for 8gb with room to go to 16gb in the future. Am I missing anything with this setup?

 

[Dark Shroud]

There are two things, first make sure your memeory's coolers won't interfere with any after market CPU coolers. My Corsair memory is two high for my Noctua cooler so one of my memory slots is blocked.

Second you might want to get matched sets from the company. You don't need to but it helps.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231308

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820226095

 

[Dadofamunky]

Problem is, most of the popular ones, like the CM 212+, DO interfere with a RAM slot pretty much no matter what. My Corsair Vengeance sticks will never fit in a 4x4GB config. Which I can live with.

The Mushkin RAM's decent, but I would not get anything slower than DDR3-1333. Also, consider getting DDR3-1600 like the Vengeance. It's a little more but seems to be a really good fit for SB. Corsair is really the RAM to get for SB.

 

[Hogan773]

Problem is, most of the popular ones, like the CM 212+, DO interfere with a RAM slot pretty much no matter what. My Corsair Vengeance sticks will never fit in a 4x4GB config. Which I can live with.

The Mushkin RAM's decent, but I would not get anything slower than DDR3-1333. Also, consider getting DDR3-1600 like the Vengeance. It's a little more but seems to be a really good fit for SB. Corsair is really the RAM to get for SB.

You can always mount the 212+ fan an extra cm or two higher on the unit. It just clips on and off wherever you want to clip it.