Help me ram! I know nothing about specs.

Bigfishy

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So I'm nearly clueless. I am gathering parts for a new computer. All that's left is ram and a cpu cooler (I know what I'm getting there).

However, even after perusing the ram faq sticky which is 5 years old *ahem*, with links that don't work, I still have no idea what to get other than triple channel ddr3.

I dont understand any of the common numbers given in ram specs:
Like these two I dont understand the differences
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145295
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145224
My setup

i7-930 (we'll oc this to about 3.5ghz)
2x WD Black Caviar 640gb HDD in Raid 0 (I think that's the right term)
Asus P6T SE Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131386
OCZ 500w PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016 (I was told 500w would be fine for my use, I have a 550w in my system I use now I can pull out or if really needed I can go buy more PSU)
Windows 7 64 bit oem.
Nvidia 8800gt Video card

My use:

WoW as for gaming. 25 man raids cause me insane amounts of lag in my old system with 1-2 fps on generally lower settings.

My other uses are basically meaningless as far as what we're talking about.

My Desire: 6gb-8gb ram

My Budget: $150-$250, POSSIBLY more if I were to go with something like the Corsair stuff with dual fans.

Most important is being reliable out of the box and not having to RMA!

Thanks for your guidance in helping me understand/choose.
 

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