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Old Apr 3, 2008, 07:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Still cant figure out the best RAM i need.. Help me
I still need to figure out the ram Im gonna put in my new pc. Im ordering my part next week on thursday and they are gonna be on a EVGA 780i Mobo with a Q6600 and a 9800 GX2. What memory would be the best for me?

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CORSAIR 800MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 4096MO TWINX C5 (2x 2Gb) 145$

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OCZ 1066MHZ DDR2 NO-ECC 4096MO REAPER KIT (2x 2Gb) 155$

Help me out with this! In my head, 1066mhz is better than 800mhz, but is it the case on those 2 choice?
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Old Apr 4, 2008, 07:26 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Old Apr 4, 2008, 07:44 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Old Apr 4, 2008, 09:00 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Just make sure there's enough free space for the protruding heatsinks on the OCZ Reaper modules.
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Old Apr 4, 2008, 09:51 AM   #5 (permalink)
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OCZ will be much faster imo...
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For the extra ten bucks i'd say the OCZ is the smarter choice, if you've got the room and a board than can take it.
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Old Apr 4, 2008, 08:23 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Thx guys, now my build is complet. Will be ordering everything next Thursday
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sounds like a good system. I'd recommend the Corsair DDR2 1066 2x2GB sticks (CMX is having a blast with them)

but they're out of stock everywhere.....
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Indeed....

The Corsair 8500 Dominator 2x2GB sticks are some of the best RAM I have used And they come at a killer price.
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The Corsair 8500 Dominator 2x2GB sticks are some of the best RAM I have used And they come at a killer price.
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sounds like a good system. I'd recommend the Corsair DDR2 1066 2x2GB sticks (CMX is having a blast with them)

but they're out of stock everywhere.....
The store where I go, does not have those in stock and the Dominator is 129 for a 2Gb kit.

Im going to get the OCZ, ive seen many good review on them.
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theyre like 180-200 bucks for the dominators
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between the two, there's still not enough info. what are the timings of the two different pairs of RAM?

if the corsairs do 800Mhz @ 4-4-4-12 2T timings and the OCZ does 1066Mhz @ 5-5-5-15 2T, then it wouldn't really matter IMO.
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