"Best" ram for gaming

[LLiH]

Hello guys

I want to choose ram, and I want the best. (what a cliche I know)

Would it be smart to grab PC3-21000?

Should I choose mushkin Redline or Dominator?

[Andrea deluxe]

Hello guys

I want to choose ram, and I want the best. (what a cliche I know)

Would it be smart to grab PC3-21000?

Should I choose mushkin Redline or Dominator?

ram for gaming???

LOL

buy a kit present in a QVL of your mobo.... and rest in peace...

for gaming, focus to your vga and cpu speed.....

[trentlad]

Well you might laugh but in some cases you can get RAM conflicts with the graphics card.

He's right though, concentrate on the VGA and CPU then make sure your PSU is beefy enough to support them. Once you've chose those two you can check if there are any cases of RAM incompatibility with your chosen VGA. Another thing is that your RAM documents should state it's compatibility with your motherboard.

If you aren't getting an Intel Core i7 or i5 (or the AMD equivalent) then don't bother with DDR3, since these are the only CPUs out that can use them at their full potential. Buying DDR3 if your CPU cannot support it would be a waste of money.

[LLiH]

Well you might laugh but in some cases you can get RAM conflicts with the graphics card.

He's right though, concentrate on the VGA and CPU then make sure your PSU is beefy enough to support them. Once you've chose those two you can check if there are any cases of RAM incompatibility with your chosen VGA. Another thing is that your RAM documents should state it's compatibility with your motherboard.

If you aren't getting an Intel Core i7 or i5 (or the AMD equivalent) then don't bother with DDR3, since these are the only CPUs out that can use them at their full potential. Buying DDR3 if your CPU cannot support it would be a waste of money.

Sry guys I had bad description on the post, but let me continue.

I got AMD Radeon 6990, with an EK waterblock.
Corsair HX 1000W
e760 eVGA 3x-SLI X58 Motherboard

So in my opinion the stuff you talked about, are allready beefy.

Do you have any good suggestions for ram? I want the kickass overkill ones, because I can, not that I need it
(That is true XS style)

[trentlad]

Kickass indeed! Very nice.

I used to think that Crucial RAM was about as kick ass as you could get but I suspected serious conflicts with my ATI graphics card. No conflict with NVIDIA however!

I think MushKin have been getting rave reviews but lets see if people say otherwise.

[Bolas]

I've been happy with Corsair because I like the looks of the heat sinks AND they are removable allowing you to easily attach an EK water block to water cool your RAM, should you wish to do so. My current build does not have water cooled RAM, but I'm seriously considering adding that for aesthetic reasons.

[zanzabar]

Sry guys I had bad description on the post, but let me continue.

I got AMD Radeon 6990, with an EK waterblock.
Corsair HX 1000W
e760 eVGA 3x-SLI X58 Motherboard

So in my opinion the stuff you talked about, are allready beefy.

Do you have any good suggestions for ram? I want the kickass overkill ones, because I can, not that I need it
(That is true XS style)

it really dose not matter what u get so long as its better than jdec, i would look to 1600mhz cas7, that should do 1333cas6 or 1866 cas8 and maybe 2ghz cas9 so it will do whatever overclocking u might need for the ram to make the qpi buss happy but 1600 is enough for 200mhz qpi core. or u could do like i did and get jdec xms3 then oc the crap out of it. if u know what ver it is u can check the chips on their website and if u pull elpida 2GB sticks they will be the same as the higher binned 1600 cas7 or 2ghz cas9

Kickass indeed! Very nice.

I used to think that Crucial RAM was about as kick ass as you could get but I suspected serious conflicts with my ATI graphics card. No conflict with NVIDIA however!

I think MushKin have been getting rave reviews but lets see if people say otherwise.

the only confilcts that u will get on the same cpu and MB with ram and gpu conflicts is if the ram hit physically hits the graphics card. all ram is the same on a functional level and conforms to tight standards, sure some will clock differently than others but in terms of compatibility a ddr3 stick is a ddr3 stick and there is no interaction from the ram to the gpu so there is no way for it conflict.

I've been happy with Corsair because I like the looks of the heat sinks AND they are removable allowing you to easily attach an EK water block to water cool your RAM, should you wish to do so. My current build does not have water cooled RAM, but I'm seriously considering adding that for aesthetic reasons.

thats only the dominators and not all of them, its also the fins on the top not the spreaders (heat sinks), and that block makes no difference unless u have no air flow. i do like corsair though as they have a great rma department and have taken over ocz's spot as cheap overclocking ram and cutting others by $10 or so.

[[XC] Oj101]

Read/scan this thread to see awesome support from Corsair - I'm sold on them and will be recommending them to others

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

Did you buy any yet?

Newegg has a shell shocker deal:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820226199

Mushkin Redline 8gb 2133 9-11-10 for $99. 50%

I'm tempted to just buy it because lol.

[zanzabar]

Did you buy any yet?

Newegg has a shell shocker deal:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820226199

Mushkin Redline 8gb 2133 9-11-10 for $99. 50%

I'm tempted to just buy it because lol.

that one is a hynx kit right, how dose that compare to the other chips like the promos. though with that stock speed u should not need to oc