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which DDR3 Ram to get for i7 920 ?

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chowchow

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tough choice... the speed difference IRL is very low, cost difference of 5$ is not much, but it comes with a much bigger discount for the 5$ more expensive one... the voltage requirements of it worry me, id read up about the capability of running it at standard 1.5, i know that some uber overclocked and overvolted "gaming ram" doesn't work well at stardart spec voltage (or at least, it didn't for DD2).
If it does work well though, it might get you cooler running ram by buying th emore expensive one and undervolting it and loosing the timing to match the cheaper one... or just buy the cheaper one.

if you cut another 5$ you can get a 1333 one, or if you are willing to go with MIR there are some that are 65$ after mir and with free shipping... the 1333 should be about 1% slower performance that the 1600 with similar timing. but it might be more difficult to OC on it depending on how much you oc.

at the end of the day its YOUR choice.. we can advice on the expected performance game (it helps if you specify WHAT you are doing with the system, performance gains for gaming are different than those for hash calculations for example). and we can make suggestions about overclockability. weather its worth the extra $ to you is your choice.
 
You should look at voltage. Anything that goes above spec on voltage for stock settings is going to be worse for overclocking, no? (I don't overclock, so that was an honest question.)

The JEDEC spec for DDR3 is 1.5V.

I bought this Crucial kit recently because my friend works for Micron, it's rated at 1.5V, they make solid RAM and my highest priority is stability, it actually had better timings than all the other kits close to it in price, and it was the cheapest at the time (surprisingly... I usually buy G.Skill cause they're also solid and are usually the cheapest or very close). I haven't had any problems with my rig in the month I've had it, but like I said, I don't overclock.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820148246
 
Anything that goes above spec on voltage for stock settings is going to be worse for overclocking, no?
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Anything that goes above the spec is "factory guaranteed" to overclock and overvolt to the voltage and speeds they promise. which leaves very little leeway, depending on the quality of the chips a lower end module might overclock better overall, or it might do worse. It all depends on the company, model, make, specific item, etc...

but yea, faster rating at the cost of a higher voltage means you are not getting a better product. Only if the voltage is still the stock 1.5 and you STILL get better timing / mhz, than you are getting a step above in quality.
 
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