Need help with memory

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If you plan on adding aftermarket cooling to overclock then the tall heatspreaders on all of the Corsair listed so far will get in the way. You want low profile Corsair Vengance or any GSkill Ripjaws kit to fit under a large air cooler.

In a Sandy Bridge system the memory controller is on the CPU. As such there is really no gain in running memory faster than DDR3 1600 cas 9. Make sure it's 1.5v.

Save some money and put it in the GPU where you will notice it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233186

Best bang for your buck.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

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That RAM works fine, but these are much better rated kits, cost less, and designed specifically for Sandy Bridge Z68 platform.

Vengeance
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345 (blue)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144 (black)

Gskill
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231417
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428
 
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If you plan on adding aftermarket cooling to overclock then the tall heatspreaders on all of the Corsair listed so far will get in the way. You want low profile Corsair Vengance or any GSkill Ripjaws kit to fit under a large air cooler.

In a Sandy Bridge system the memory controller is on the CPU. As such there is really no gain in running memory faster than DDR3 1600 cas 9. Make sure it's 1.5v.

Save some money and put it in the GPU where you will notice it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233186

Best bang for your buck.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428
 
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