Designed for P67?

[Howie]

I've been looking at picking up more ram for my system. I currently have these Ripjaws:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277&cm_re=ripjaw-_-20-231-277-_-Product

but see that there are Ripjaws "designed for P67":

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231427&cm_re=ripjaw-_-20-231-427-_-Product

Is there any difference between the two besides the looks/heatsinks? Are "disigned for P67" ram more "future proof" in any way?

 

[JL6speed]

I wouldn't 100% take my word for it, but to me it seems like it's the exact same ram. Just marketing.

Also SOME heatsinks might have fitment issues w/ the taller ram. Like I have a Thermalright Silver Arrow and my front mounted fan literally sits on the older G.Skill. The newer one you linked seems to have a taller profile.

 

[mekinney]

I have the exact same question. Is there a difference? G-Skill's press release is remarkably unhelpful.

http://www.gskill.com/news.php?index=401

Does anyone really know?

 

[nalc]

Not all DDR3 will work well on P67. The general consensus is that 1.5v or lower voltage RAM is fine, 1.65v is iffy, and anything above is a bad idea. The regular Ripjaws is 9-9-9-24 at 1.5v anyway (same as the Ripjaws X), so I doubt there is a difference. I'm running the regular red Ripjaws on my P67 and I have zero problems with it. The Ripjaws X larger heatspreaders might have clearance issues with a Hyper 212+, though.

 

[Howie]

Thanks guys. I was thinking it wouldn't matter since the specs seemed to be exactly the same. I did order the one designed for P67 since it came out cheaper with the newegg promo. I do have the Hyper 212+ so I'll see if it clears. I suppose there's no reason not to order the design for P67 memory unless it's more expensive.