"What is the performance difference between OCZ PC3-10666 ReaperX HPC EB and OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 Platinum Edition? "
"the performance difference for any ram these days is 0-2%"
Yet the jedi says "To give an answer to his original question that no one gave to him"
and for those 2 sets of ram specifically, I'd say more in the realm of 0.0677439%
"That's what happens with computer components most of the time." No, most computer components slowly go down in price.... not the huge drop in price DDR2 experienced and that DDR3 will no doubt experience.
"Not all DDR3 ram is a 0-2% gain some will be much greater."
Got some empirical data to back that up?
"Personally I think people are lame for spending 600+ on an ultra when you can get a gtx for much less and usually just overclock it." So why not try and help these people? Show them some facts, explain to them buying the most expensive thing isn't always the best?
"there probably isn't any real performance diff between the reaper and the regular kit"
Probably isnt??? A difference of CAS6 and CAS7 and your saying probley? Are you serious? serious serious?
"what does impressing anyone have to do with anything?"
So you've never done anything every to impress anyone? We don't know Resound's reasons for wanting DDR3. My guess, and still is, that he see's the banners proclaiming DDR3 to be the next messiah when it comes to boosting your computing experience, and guaranteed to bring your gaming to new levels of ecstasy. Oh and DDR3 is the latest (and "greatest") so it MUST be better. It runs at such high speeds.
"one year ago to the date my ddr2 800 2gb patriot (LLK)"
Why did you buy low latency memory? For the huge performance gains (no doubt advertised)? Because it would make you happy?
"450x9 2:1 = 4.0ghz with 1800mhz mem but will
probably need a vcore increase."
Probably? What cpu is he buying... or did you make an assumption as well?
"I love when people come on here and instead of giving the advice the person is asking about they try and talk them into or out of what they want."
Yeah I'm sorry for trying to educate someone about something that they may or may not know about. If he posted "I want one of these 2 DDR3 kits and thats that" sure i'd still show him how bad of a deal DDR3 is then he'd say "i dont care, i'm getting me some DDR3" then i'd say "get the reaperz".
"There isn't any real need to buy DDR3 unless its a higher speed kit...1600 or higher."
Oh do share your reasoning for this statement.
Resound has expressed some interest in DDR2 by his 3rd post
"So if i get like a 4gb DDR2-800 rite now and OC it, can i use them for like 5-6 yrs? (as in like not too out of date)" So apparently he wasn't hell bent on DDR3.
"Although this is just one other persons opinion. On the conclusion he basically backs up my point about the price not being too much different than DDR2 kits one year ago."
WHO CARES, so you paid a lot for your DDR2, why should others pay a lot for their DDR3 when DDR2 is a perfectly good solution. It does not matter if DDR2 use to be expensive. All that matters right here and now is DDR3 is way expensive and DDR2 is very cheap.
You linked to ncix... so you also assume he's Canadian? So you assume he's Canadian and that he (well I assume he's a he, you may assume he's a she) doesnt care about the cost difference and just as notable, the performance differences between DDR3 and DDR2?
Are we/I so bad for assuming he's American and cares greatly about the cost differences between DDR3 and DDR2 and didn't know about the performance differences?
"You will have a ddr3 mobo and the option to upgrade in the future when prices drop."
How is having a ddr3 mobo advantageous? So its good to have a mobo that will rape you now but give you avg deals in the future? If he upgrades for Nehalem then he'll need DDR3 (i know, you WANT to jump on that as a reason to go ddr3 NOW), but by then hopefully ddr3 will be cheap, so buying expensive ddr3 now in no way prepares you for the future.
So DDR3-1600, remembering the reviews you read, were the gains real world or through synthetic benchmarks?
Is DDR3 the 'answer' for the next 5-6 years? Or do you think something else might come along, QDR memory...?
In his 2nd post I think he didnt know about the performance difference between DDR2 and DDR3, he knew the mobo he wanted req's ddr3 and so thats what he was going off of.
Since when is showing peple their options bad?
Who cares why ddr2 is so cheap, it is, thats what matters.
The fact he's asking about the performance difference in those 2 ddr3 kits shows he doesnt have a firm understanding about memory.
I gave him the advice he was looking for (me saying all memory is basically the same) and more. Information is power to make an informed decision.
"I understand where you are coming from I myself would not spend the money on DDR3 right now either." but you spent this kind of money a year ago on DDR2-800, why's that?
"Read some reviews"
DDR3-1600 v others. Go ahead and try and find your supporting article....
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...ddr3-1600_8.html#sect0
The thing is that according to the benchmark results we have just discussed, neither DDR3-1333 with extremely low timings, nor DDR3-1600 could offer us better performance than the good old DDR2 SDRAM
Whats that word that starts w/ O? I think it ends w/ wned.
"Another reason is that i dont really want to spend money on upgrading for the next few years."
Buying DDR3 now doesnt save him from upgrading in the future. Its a flawed statement.