OCZ Gold ddr500 with Asus A8R32-MVP for Overclocking

Depends what you want to do. I run my opty 170 @ 2.6Ghz (260Mhz HT) stable, on air, at stock volts. But with the memory @ 1:1 i.e. DDR 520 or 260Mhz as well.

You can overclock with the memory on a different divider (5/4, 9/10) and I would suggest this to first find what the overclock limit of your processor, before upping the memory frequency.

If you want to run memory and HT synchronously (1:1), resulting in a lot of memory bandwidth, then get the OCZ kit, with looser timings I think it will probably even go above DDR500.

If they memory wont, and your processor will go above 250Mhz, then you may have to run it at a divider anyway - 5/4 or something similar, but will still have a lot of bandwidth!

It has been proven over at dfi-street.com that memory bandwidth (running the overclock 1:1) does not produce as high performance as clocking the CPU higher and running a divider if it will do i.e. if your CPU will do 2.8Ghz on a divider, memory @ 200mhz or summit, then that config will be quicker than running the cpu and memory @ 260mhz to produce 2.6Ghz.

Just play around, I'm sure the OCZ won't let you down. Just mind the wierd quirkyness of the A8R32-MVP for overclocking. It needs to be powered off cold for some settings like the HTT to take properly.

Matt