What kind of ram should i get?

[IGhzI]

im looking at this set right here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231314. Currently im running a x4 955 but will be switching to intel in the near furture. i will be overclocking etc but im not sure what i should go for. Right now my board handles up to 1866 so any ideas?

 

[cmdrdredd]

You shouldn't really need more than 1600Mhz memory because the real world performance is not very different when you go up. You can usually overclock the CPU without touching the memory.

G.Skill, Mushkin, Crucial, Corsair are all good brands and I'd use any of them. Personally I'd go based on price between these brands.

 

[bryanl]

Crucial or Samsung, nothing above 1.50V.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I do see a lot of people using generic Samsung sticks again too. I remember using them back in the DDR1 days.

 

[lsv]

Samsung has these 1.35v "green" chips, tech power up has a review here http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Samsung/MV-3V4G3/1.html

I wanted to get them since they'll do 1.35v@1600mhz 8-8-8-24 but since I run my ram at 1066 I could get the latency down to 6-6-6-24 or lower at 1.35v.

But I mostly wanted them because they look cool 🙂

 

[Don Karnage]

Denab wasn't very good with memory speeds over 1600 so grab the cheapest 1600 you can find

 

[cmdrdredd]

Samsung has these 1.35v "green" chips, tech power up has a review here http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Samsung/MV-3V4G3/1.html

I wanted to get them since they'll do 1.35v@1600mhz 8-8-8-24 but since I run my ram at 1066 I could get the latency down to 6-6-6-24 or lower at 1.35v.

But I mostly wanted them because they look cool 🙂

Nice. Samsung makes some rock solid stuff that's for sure. Not for the overclocker perhaps, but probably will last longer than any other component you install in your PC.

 

[chubbyfatazn]

Nice. Samsung makes some rock solid stuff that's for sure. Not for the overclocker perhaps, but probably will last longer than any other component you install in your PC.

Maybe for other sets, but not t his one... read the review, they got to 2400 with 1.575v.

I got mine easily to 1866 without trying. In the end I just reverted back to 1600 (should change my sig soon...).

 

[cmdrdredd]

Maybe for other sets, but not t his one... read the review, they got to 2400 with 1.575v.

I got mine easily to 1866 without trying. In the end I just reverted back to 1600 (should change my sig soon...).

really? That's quite impressive. I would never have guessed...DDR3 ICs must leave a lot of headroom. Good to know as I help people build new systems and I begin to think about a build for myself. More options are always better.