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OCZ Platinum vs. OCZ SLI-Ready

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Last night I placed an order on newegg for my new PC build. I chose a 4gb kit of OCZ SLI-Ready DDR2 800 memory for it but now I'm having doubts. I will be using a P43 motherboard so I will not be able to take advantage of the special Nvidia features like EPP. Today I noticed that newegg also has a 4gb kit of OCZ Platinum for about the same price ($4 cheaper actually). My question is, is there any difference between the OCZ Platinum and the OCZ SLI-Ready memories besides the fact that one has Nvidia settings built into it? Would I have been better off going with the Platinum or does it make no difference? Here are the links to the chips:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

PC Specs:
ASRock P43Twins1600 mobo
C2D e7200
BFG 9600GT
160gb SATA HDD
Corsair 450VX PSU
OCZ 4gb SLI-Ready DDR2 800

Thanks in advance!

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If they have already shipped don't return them. It will cost you more then $4 to sent them back.

No Difference at all except the heatspreader and the EPP. The SLI has a higher default voltage because at the tighter timings requires that extra voltage.

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Oh, I see what you mean. So stock for stock, they will perform exactly the same? Does the EEP 2.2V setting mean the SLI RAM is better for overclocking (although I do not plan on OC'ing)?
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iyzmi said:
Last night I placed an order on newegg for my new PC build. I chose a 4gb kit of OCZ SLI-Ready DDR2 800 memory for it but now I'm having doubts. I will be using a P43 motherboard so I will not be able to take advantage of the special Nvidia features like EPP. Today I noticed that newegg also has a 4gb kit of OCZ Platinum for about the same price ($4 cheaper actually). My question is, is there any difference between the OCZ Platinum and the OCZ SLI-Ready memories besides the fact that one has Nvidia settings built into it? Would I have been better off going with the Platinum or does it make no difference? Here are the links to the chips:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

PC Specs:
ASRock P43Twins1600 mobo
C2D e7200
BFG 9600GT
160gb SATA HDD
Corsair 450VX PSU
OCZ 4gb SLI-Ready DDR2 800

Thanks in advance!



"SLI-READY" Title isnt an important thing,the most important thing is the RAMs timings,MHZ and voltages.Both of these RAMs have the same specs so go with the one which has a lower price.

Take a look @ this OCZ REAPERS RAM,they have better cooling and lower timings :D  :
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

So basically Platinum, SLI-Ready, and fatal1ty are all the same thing but with different logos on the heat spreaders? That's pretty much what I assumed in the first place but I just wanted to clarify.

Reaper memory would be nice but this is kind of a budget build and I my total was already more than I wanted. I was trying to stay under $500 and ended up at $520 AFTER $110 worth of mail-in-rebates. I'm not a hard-core gamer so the lower end stuff should be plenty for me...I hope.

for what it's worth, i've had nothing but trouble with the OCZ platinum ddr2 800 4gb kits. I bought 2 kits and had to RMA both because of memtest errors. Got new ones, and have another bad stick. Not to mention, getting them to run at the rated speed is a pain in the ass.
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