OCZ 8500 Low-Voltage Blade

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Actually that's precisely what a lot of the big RAM names do, especially G.Skill.
Not saying i like it, but you're making it sound like it's something foreign, when all the manufacturers do it.

I think what zsamz means is that when you spend a reasonable amount on RAM, its expected you get SOME headroom, otherwise whats the point in, say, spending £70 on a set of OCZ Platinums that just barely reach their rated 1150MHz, and a cheap "no-name" PC9200 kit picked up for £45? You expect no headroom on the no-name kit. Theres also the massive degree of discomfort you get when a kit barely reaches its rated speed. In the back of your mind you will constantly be thinking [is this kit going to last or is it going to blow up?] its well known fact that regardless of voltage, anything thats pushed to the edge never lasts very long..

I just hope the £70 I just spent out on some OCZ Platinums gives me a little headroom over 1150MHz(1180MHz or so will be fine.. enough for that discomfort zone to disappear). Every time I've tried OCZ in the past they have burned me. Even the OCZ RAM cooler I use the first one I got didn't work How bloody hard is it to make sure 2 60mm fans strapped to a lump of metal work?