Memory for my new rig

Zerphed

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Which one to take? The availability on the g.skill is a bit poor here, but all the rams are exactly the same price (99€). Was just wondering. What does the parity in ram mean by the way?

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MUSHKIN: 2 x 2Gb, XP6400, White, DDR2 800MHz (4-4-4-12)
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Size: 4096MB kit (2x12048B)
Speed: 800MHz DDR2 (PC2-6400)
Latency: 4-4-4-12
Parity: Unbuffered
Voltage: 2.0V-2.1V
Pins: 240

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A-DATA: 4GT DDR2 800+MHz (PC-6400), Extreme Edition Dual-kit, 240-pin DIMM, EPP
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- Module specification: 240Pin Unbuffered-DIMM Non ECC
- 4GB Kit (2GBx2)
- Pin layout:64x8
- CL value: 5-5-5-18
- Working voltage:2.0V-2.1V
- Supports nVIDIA EPP technology
- DDR2-850 5-5-5-18-2T 2.1v
- DDR2-667 4-4-4-11-2T 1.9v
- Lifetime warranty

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G.SKILL: 4GB Dual Kit DDR2-800 F2-6400CL4D-4GBPK 4-4-4-12
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Size: 4096MB kit (2x2048MB)
Speed: 800MHz DDR2 (PC2-6400)
Latency: 4-4-4-12
Parity: Unbuffered
Voltage: 2.0V-2.1V
Pins: 240
 
Parity is when the RAM uses an extra bit to each byte of information for error checking.
 
Oh, I see, its the same as ECC then. Well how about which memory to choose? Thanks for your answer :).

EDIT: I'm intending to overclock these to 850 - 900.
 
I'd have to say my favorite of the three brands is Mushkin, not only because I like the brand, but the timings are the best on that kit. As far as overclocking them, I don't know which would be best. I do know you can get the OCZ reaper kit for roughly the same price and they overclock fairly well. I am a big fan of OCZ and I usually only buy OCZ for my own computers.
 
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