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AliP

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I'm in the process of purchasing a new PC, I'm planning to try to OC my future owned E6600 to 3.5 Ghz. I'm a noob to OC'ing thats why I do not want to go to the limit of my cpu, just somthing a little less than what other pepole seem to be achieving.

Anyway to my question; I need to select memory and I'm planning to OC the CPU, so what Memory specs should I have, just the standard "DDR2 800" or some "DDR2 1000" That my mobo dosent even support? (My planned mobo is a 680i SLI chipset based)

And I need to make sure pepole get I'm a newb, I dont even know what the FSB does! (I'll find that out when I get my new PC ) :)

Thanks in advance.
 
Wow this cheap! Thanks! I was expecting some 300$ Crap! but I've got a problem, I know Newegg is a great store and all but they dont accept international orders, (im not in the usa). So is it just the specs or somthing else, i can use newegg but Zipzoomfly is greatly peferred.
(Shipping address is in the USA)

Long story short, would a memory with a different name but same specs be as good?

Edit: Erm I kinda need a 2GB kit, many games demand up to that much today. And ofcouse I dont want to upgrade to often since I'm on a budget. (Or is 4 512MB as good, I've heard bad things about having 4 ram sticks in one system)

Edit2: Is'nt this just the same or better?
1. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231084
2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231065
And whats the deal with the price difference? The specs are exacly the same just a different model number? I'm so fkn confused :confused:
Hell ther's no G-Skill mem at zippy, I'll have to find a way to purchase it at egg.
 
Some brands use memory chips made by different manufacturers, and high-performance RAM is often hand-picked. G.Skill has a good rep lately for making excellent overclocking RAM.

Those are the same series of sticks, just as 2x1GB instead of 2x512MB. With Intel systems running 4 sticks shouldn't be a problem, but I still recommend you stay with 2x1GB sticks.\

The specs of those models are not the same. The ones with the black heatspreaders have tighter timings. That should allow you to overclock more since you'll be able to relax the timings more at high speeds if necessary.
 
So It's the "2x1GB - Black Heatspreader" for me? Confirm and we're finished :D Now I'll have to find a PSU, I'll start another thread elswhere.

Thanks for all your help.
 
You can search on pricewatch.com for it too.

Yea the black stuff has higher voltages and tighter timings...like he said it'll let you overclock higher...but theres no point in spending the extra cash if you aren't gonna go crazy on your overclock.
 
If you want to hit 3.5GHz, then you'll need good RAM. Stick with the black heatspreaders.
 
Zero82z said:
If you want to hit 3.5GHz, then you'll need good RAM. Stick with the black heatspreaders.
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Heh...didn't see that part of the first post. :D
 
Well from what I hear 3.6 is the "Safe" max, so I wanna be extra safe and just go for 3.5 :) (as I said in the first post, I'm a noob)
 
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