Please Recommend 3x2GB DDR3 Kit

[bofors]

Right, I actually found some Trident heatspreader removal instructions here:

http://www.overclock.net/intel-memor...l-trident.html

http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?htt...tspreader.html

I was just checking a review on the G.Skill Trident F3-16000CL9 3x2GB kit at OverClock3D.net:
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/m...cl9_ddr3_kit/6

They posted a good cross section picture, so I can what I am getting into with heatspreader removal and/or dremeling:

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/m...cl9_ddr3_kit/2



That does not look bad at all, but I am much less enthused about this G.Skill Trident F3-16000CL9 3x2GB kit after reading:

As you can see from the shot above, all I could manage was a miserly 26MHz over stock. While I didn't fully determine stability it passed SuperPI and 3DMark06 at this speed. However when the bandwidth was pushed any higher sporadic BSOD began to appear. Lowering the latency had an even worse effect with anything lower than CAS 9 resulting in the Gigabyte motherboard failing to POST, even lowering the bandwidth down to 1866MHz and raising the Vdimm to 1.7v had no effect and the setup still refused to come to life. While I am disappointed with the overclocking experience of the GSkill Trident kit, one has to remember that when a kit is preset to it's absolute limit, anything extra is a bonus. Sadly this is one area where I would not expect the GSkill to thrill the end user.

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/m...cl9_ddr3_kit/3



However, this review lends some weight to Musho statement above it being better to buy higher frequency albeit higher latency RAM than vice versa. I need to read some more reviews but the comments at NewEgg are a mixed bag. Some can't get this RAM to run at spec., other are reporting that it runs at DDR3-2000 CL8.