help me pick! please ;)

[crap73]

Hey there!

I'm building a new pc during the holidays... i've chosen pretty much everything, but can't settle on which RAM to get! Anticipated build is in my sig.

I don't know if I should get

A) DDR2-800 4-4-4-10
or
B) DDR2-1000 5-5-5-15

Obviously, DDR2-1000 4-4-4-12 would be king, but I'm afraid my wallet wouldn't be happy.

So what should I get, considering I'd like to OC it as much as possible?
Oh! and I'm not sttled on TeamGroup... it just happened to be the cheapest I found with those specs.

Thanks for helping out!

 

[rwaritsdario]

They both are using the same chips and they both come from the same binning. They will have the same potential.
There is even a 667CL3 version that has the same potential. Pick the cheapest.

 

[crap73]

Hey thanks for the input guys!

They both are using the same chips and they both come from the same binning. They will have the same potential.
There is even a 667CL3 version that has the same potential. Pick the cheapest.

So you're saying they're phisically the same component, as if the 1000MHz is a factory OC of the 800MHz? So the memory has the same total OC potential?
Or are you saying they'll both have the same potential, because I wont be pulling enough out of it with my future system so that I reach a level where one is better than the other?

I know I won't see any real-life benefit from having such high ram right now, but I'm sort of anticipating going quad-core and DX10 next year... so if I can keep the RAM then and still get a nice OC, it'd be nice.

Those prices are outrageous. I could get the same speed ram from newegg for $200.

Looks like prices are much higher up North... most 2x1GB of PC8000 are actually 450+ :x
I consider anything under 400CAN to be quite a deal.
I'm buying this rig with scholarship money... I've got all my other needs covered and 400$ is what's left for ram. 8)
Obviously if i were to not spend all my budget, i coud find something else to do with that money, but spending it there is not a problem right now, as long as it's not a total ripoff.

 

[skyguy]

Dude, you are getting ripped! At least take a look at this CL4 stuff:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=18494&vpn=OCZ2P8002GK&manufacture=OCZ%20Technology

 

[rwaritsdario]

What I meant is that all the three discussed modules are capable of doing over 500Mhz CL5 @2.2v