Which memory to keep?

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Ballistix Tracer 240-pin DIMM (with LEDs)
2GB Kit (1GBx2)
DDR2 PC2-6400
4-4-4-12
UNBUFFERED • NON-ECC • DDR2-800 • 2.2V • SLI-Ready • 128Meg x 64

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Ballistix Tracer 240-pin DIMM (with LEDs) [B](TO BE RMA'D)[/B]
2GB Kit (1GBx2)
DDR2 PC2-8000
5-5-5-15
UNBUFFERED • NON-ECC • DDR2-1000 • 2.2V • 128Meg x 64
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OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Reaper HPC Edition
2GB Kit (1GBx2)
DDR2 PC2-6400
4-4-4-15 (EPP?)
UNBUFFERED • NON-ECC • DDR2-800 • 2.1V • 128Meg x 64
The first and last kit are currently in my system; the 2nd one is about to be RMA'd. Just wondering what setup I should be keeping...and whether there's a tool that can figure out what ICs are on each module (wihtout removing the spreaders...). I thought Everest could, but I guess I was mistaken there.

I need to RMA the middle kit, and seeing as I can't find DDR2-1000 anymore on Crucial's site, there's no telling what I will get back...
 
you'll probably get ddr2-1066 back if they don't have any ddr2-1000 left. the ballistix use either micron D9GMH or D9GKX chips, most likely the former though.

the ocz, who knows, probably D9GMH as well, but no promises

how far will you overclock? why do you have so many kits of memory if you're only keeping one?
 
(cf)Eclipse said:
you'll probably get ddr2-1066 back if they don't have any ddr2-1000 left. the ballistix use either micron D9GMH or D9GKX chips, most likely the former though.

the ocz, who knows, probably D9GMH as well, but no promises

how far will you overclock? why do you have so many kits of memory if you're only keeping one?
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I plan on keeping two of 'em for my main machine for 4x1GB config, and either keeping the 3rd around or selling, not sure. Why do I have so many? Those dirty dirty really-low-price after rebate dealios from buy.com :p

As for pushing my OC, right now my limiting factor is my chipset cooling, since the 650 runs too damn hot. If I understand FSBs properly, with my E6420, if I wanted to hit 3.2, (so 1600 FSB, so 400x4, so RAM runs at 400*2 = 800?), I think the RAM has pretty good headroom?
 
yeah, that puts the slower two kits at stock speed if you did that... no worries there. it's really up to your motherboard and cpu at that point.
 
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