Turbo

I'm in the process of acquiring the parts for my i7 build. I will be overclocking with a target of 4.0ghz. What's the general consensus on these two kits? Are there better options?

G.Skills: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-254-_-Product

Mushys: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820226050

EDIT: fixed the G.Skills link...also now considering this G.Skill 1600 kit.

G.Skill Alternate: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-272-_-Product

Nexus6

Uhh....both your links are for the Mushkins. I have great luck with G.Skills.

l4n b0y

i run my trident 2000 @ 1600 6-7-6-16 and have got a cpuz @ 4-7-6-16..

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Turbo

oops...fixed link

Chilly

You can't go wrong with any of those kits, however the G.Skill might give you issues with aftermarket heatsinks.

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StormX2

Trick is many of the reviews flatout show higher memory Bandwidth being the ultimate win of performance with DDR3 on i7's

Generally holds true on most Intel chips as well. So the tight timings might be great - but if You can crank the Clocks higher without crazy high Voltage than go with a cheap kit, that you know you have a good chance on clocking 2ghz or higher

That G.Skill trident series is pretty ugly -.- Also, if you Memory Dimms is close enough to your CPU cooler, the Push Pull config fan might interfere with the position of the memory modules.
On my Board I woul dhave an issue if I were using all 6 Dimms

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Kriztoffer

Think I would go for the Mushkin Enhanced kit. They seems pretty awesome, and Cas latency 6 at 2000mhz is pretty impressive.

Thought the G.SKILL Trident looks better, but who gives a crap. Performance is first priority.

Good luck whichever kit you get.

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I run my GSkill Ripjaws 2000 @ 1680 7-7-7-20 (for now - was more interested in playing games this weekend instead of tightening timings )

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Turbo

Dimm profile is a concern as I will be mounting these on a BloodRage. Does anyone have Tridents on a BloodRage w/ an aftermarket cooler?

rpm666

Which aftermarket cooler?

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