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Going to be upgrading my processor and mobo, and would like to find a good set of memory sticks to match. Looking to overclock as best as I can, and then using this system for around 3-4 years.

Here's the full setup, including everything I already have: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ddIZ

Any decent recommendations? Feel free to comment on my choices for the mobo as well if there's something else I should look into. I got most of this from others helping here, so thanks a lot!



 
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Tridents would be a good choice also, and I love 'em, have them in both my IB and my Haswell, and they are my first pick for both Haswell and X79, IB is a toss up between Tridents and Snipers, AMD I normally look to Snipers first....and as far as voltages go, there are a ton of 'experts' that have read the same things, which is nothing more than Intel specs, I've got about 150+ builds over the last 3+ years and the majority are using 2133 and up sticks at 1.6-1.65 and no failures of anything related to DRAM...also XMP (an Intel spec for use w/ Intel CPUs has plent of 1.65 sets shown, and there are numerous 'supported sets shown in Intels own compatibility lists, and example below...
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For now, presume I'd want maximum value/cost for my needs. Don't want a super high end memstick if it's not giving me much benefit over the course of 3-4 years over a pretty decent half-end stick. Preferably 16GB though, since it seems like that will give me plenty of padding room in terms of quantity.
 
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Go for G.Skill Ripjaws X 2 x 8gb. best bang for your buck :)
 
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I've read that my i5 Haswell chip does not support any RAM voltage above ~1.5V. I've also read some people who argue the contrary. Should this impact my decision?
 
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Cool, interesting that some posters seem very adamant that it will damage my system. Lastly, what's the main difference between these two memory sticks:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231673
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231589

You recommended the snipers, and from what I can tell the tridentx has slightly better timings, but not by much. I presume that it won't make a real big difference in the long run?
 
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Tridents would be a good choice also, and I love 'em, have them in both my IB and my Haswell, and they are my first pick for both Haswell and X79, IB is a toss up between Tridents and Snipers, AMD I normally look to Snipers first....and as far as voltages go, there are a ton of 'experts' that have read the same things, which is nothing more than Intel specs, I've got about 150+ builds over the last 3+ years and the majority are using 2133 and up sticks at 1.6-1.65 and no failures of anything related to DRAM...also XMP (an Intel spec for use w/ Intel CPUs has plent of 1.65 sets shown, and there are numerous 'supported sets shown in Intels own compatibility lists, and example below:

http://www.intel.ua/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/core-i7-memory-suppliers-0412-datasheet.pdf
 
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