8 gb mem is this g skill good?

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xanthos9

Discussion Starter · Mar 19, 2009

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231241

does this look like good ram -- i like the price ill get 8 gb

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xxicrimsonixx

· #2 · Mar 19, 2009

Looks good, good brand, everythings good.

When you buy RAM in future, just make sure it is from a good brand, and the frequency is really high (make sure it is also supported by your board as well).

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Illusion Of Progress

· #3 · Mar 19, 2009

RAM is fine. 8GB is overkill, but having 8GB myself I tend to enjoy the bragging rights.
Nice price too, I only wish DDR3 would drop faster.

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sdla4ever

· #4 · Mar 19, 2009

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Originally Posted by Illusion Of Progress

RAM is fine. 8GB is overkill, but having 8GB myself I tend to enjoy the bragging rights.
Nice price too, I only wish DDR3 would drop faster.

same boat im in! but ya it looks good!

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Benladesh

· #5 · Mar 19, 2009

Nothing is overkill on a computer, especially in these forums

Nice set of ram there and if compatible with your mobo, then i would say, go for it. I love my 8 GB ram, does everything I need it to do and is never exceeded. I find it overly irritating when the pc lags because ram usage is at 100%. With 8 GB that never happens (unless you do it on purpose)

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hitman1985

· #6 · Mar 19, 2009

why not put 5 bucks on top and get this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231166 ?
i got 20 gbs of those sticks worked thru, not one had an issue

better timings then the one your looking at would be the reason im bringing it up in the first place, and a great cheap price as well.

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ericeod

· #7 · Mar 19, 2009

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Originally Posted by xanthos9

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231241

does this look like good ram -- i like the price ill get 8 gb

The timings are terrible on those. Spend the extra $8 per 2x2Gb kit and get these 1066 G.Skill. besides these have free shipping, so the cost difference is a little less:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231166

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Asus Mobile

· #8 · Mar 19, 2009

Or get these and up the voltage to tighten the timings? Link.

Or do what Eric said as you know the timings will work?

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lenzo

· #9 · Mar 19, 2009

The GSkill PiBlacks are on sale right now at the same speed but at timings of 4-4-4-12 at the egg for 45.+-

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darksideleader

· #10 · Mar 19, 2009

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Originally Posted by Asus Mobile

Or get these and up the voltage to tighten the timings? Link.

Or do what Eric said as you know the timings will work?

a like the voltage on those, but i wouldn't buy those for ocing... pointless just pay the extra 8 bucks for heat spreaders, guaranteed high speeds and everything else.

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Mootsfox

· #11 · Mar 19, 2009

I run 8GB of the DDR2-800 kit. Wonderful stuff. I actually have bought 3 sets of the stuff, one is sitting waiting to go into a system. They changed the design on the heatspreaders a bit, it doesn't look quite like the picture anymore, but the color is the same.

To those of you who say it's overkill, I've used 6GB before and usually use about 3-4GB.

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skunksmash

· #12 · Mar 19, 2009

i dont think 8gb is overkill.......ive mounted 7.5gb ISOs before & had the space for them to go straight into the system RAM just like an SSD, so there are times where 8gb is handy......& those instances will only get more frequent, not less....

gskill are great..... they have a ''no quibble'' RMA service...

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linskingdom

· #13 · Mar 19, 2009

GSKill PK 1066 or PI 1000.

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CyberDruid

· #14 · Mar 19, 2009

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231211

I am looking at these. If you do not intend to OC past their limit you are good to go...but if you need more headroom these will not push like some others.

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CallmeRoth

· #15 · Mar 19, 2009

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Originally Posted by lenzo

The GSkill PiBlacks are on sale right now at the same speed but at timings of 4-4-4-12 at the egg for 45.+-

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Originally Posted by CyberDruid

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231211
I am looking at these. If you do not intend to OC past their limit you are good to go...but if you need more headroom these will not push like some others.

I was going to say the same thing. PiBlacks

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18 is # 1

· #16 · Mar 20, 2009

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Originally Posted by ericeod

the timings are terrible on those. Spend the extra $8 per 2x2gb kit and get these 1066 g.skill. Besides these have free shipping, so the cost difference is a little less:
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82e16820231166

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