TR3X6G1600C7 vs TR3X6G1600C8 Dominator

[phsinc1]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...k=TR3X6G1600C7

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=tr3x6g1600c8d

the TR3X6G1600C7 seems new and no much info about butI knew that Elpida IC's are used on it.
Which one I should go with?

[PC_User]

You won't notice a real-world difference between 8-8-8-21 and 7-7-7-21. The Dominators have better heatsinks but if you have your system passively cooled, I wouldn't pay $30 more for them. Go with the less expensive kit. There are also other 6GB DDR3 1600 G.Skill and OCZ kits that you might want to consider.

[Ice009]

Do heatsinks make much difference?

I am thinking of getting one of these kits too. Which one would Overclock better?

[tomb18]

It;s my experience with the C8 dominators that they will barely overclock at all. I can run them at 1635 and that's it. You pay a big premium for these chips over the regular XMS 1600 C8 chips and the only difference is the heat sink (Confirmed by Corsair on their forums).
I can buy 16G of OCZ 1600 C8 for the same price as one 6G set of dominators.

I think a better bet is to try out some OCZ platinum DDR3 2000 chips. Less expensive than the dominators.
I was really dissapointed with the dominators. No point at all in buying them over regular sets.

[Ice009]

How about the OCZ Platinum OCZ3P1600LV6GK C7 kit Vs this Corsair TR3X6G1600C7 kit? Which would you guys choose? The OCZ is about $29 cheaper here, but I can't decide which kit to get.

What do you guys think? Would the Corsair kit overclock better?

[PC_User]

How about the OCZ Platinum OCZ3P1600LV6GK C7 kit Vs this Corsair TR3X6G1600C7 kit? Which would you guys choose? The OCZ is about $29 cheaper here, but I can't decide which kit to get.

What do you guys think? Would the Corsair kit overclock better?

I would prefer Corsair to OCZ.