getting a custom made pc

pretty much got everything else

but want to get 8gb ddr3 memory

preferably dominator

not sure if they do 8gb kits though and is it really worth it?

if not dominator then my backup is the xm3 ddr3 again 8gb

I don't think they have 8 GB kits at the moment.. however, you can just get 2 kits of 2x2GB DDR3...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170147+1052129233+1052315794&name=4GB(2+x+2GB)

Those are the majority of what is out there.

For 4GB, you are already paying an arm and a leg.. 8 GB... your rich! :)

Good luck.

willardcw4:

For 4GB, you are already paying an arm and a leg.. 8 GB... your rich! :)

You could build a nice little rig for the price of 8gb DDR3... must be nice. :P

yeah wish i could have a rig with ddr3 but im stuck with ddr2 but hey there timings are better than ddr3 though 

 You could always run 4x2GB sticks.

May I ask the purpose for all the RAM in your machine? It is truely unnecessary if you are building a gaming rig as you will no longer see MUCH of a performance increase (generally) above 4GB right now....

If you are looking to do a lot of audio/video editing or design work then 8GB would do you some good. As everyone else has illuded to maybe just grab yourself a 4GB kit for now and wait for prices to fall so this way gaming software has a chance to "catch up" and the ability to consistantly address >4GB of RAM; that is unless as I previously said, you are looking to edit/design...

thanks everyone

and no im not really looking to edit / design

just a gaming multi-media pc

as games and hi-def movies are what id be primarily using it for.

but id rather get a top rate system noiw that way i can experiment with it.

im getting this one custrom made.

i also want to make one myself durring summer. but we'll see how that goes

i'll post specs and pictures of my rig as soon as i get it.

was going to go for skultrail but in the end decided against it as didnt see the benefit of it

but i wouldnt be paying alot extra for the 8gb ddr3

anyways ive decided to go for corsairs xm3 series

as they dont do 8gb kits in the dominator series.

In that case I would just settle with 4GB of RAM since DDR3 is still quite expensive unless you don't mind burning the money on 8GB of DDR3 memory. 

why not get 4 gigs now and when they improve the timings and get the price lower replace those 4 gigs with 8 gigs 

already placed the order with 8gb of ddr3

and its not costing me all that much either.

it will do for now i guess

what brand did you go for 

corsair xm3

1333

~$1000 for 8GB of DDR3 is pretty expensive in my view but none the less its pretty sweet that you'll be running 8GB even if its overkill but at the same time, still sweet.

You should post a link to the kit that you bought -- I am just curious as to the specifications

 yeah i would also like  to know the timings on them

Well i'll be posting pics and benchmarks of my rig once ive got it along with specifications

but this is basically what im getting

eVGA 790i ultra Motherboard

Core2 Quad QX9650

Tagan A380 case with Custom Water Cooling Options

Only ones I can fin with DDR3-1333MHz freq. speed are the ones with 9-9-9-24 timings. It would also be good to mention that is there is a slight chance that the DDR3-1333MHz memory sticks you are gonna get do not use the micron IC chips.

Judging by the rest of the parts in your soon to be rig, I don't think money is an issue  

i'll let you know as soon as i get my system

and yeah money was not really a big iussue.

the only reason i didnt go for a skultrail was i didnt really see the benefit of getting one.

and there wasnt really anything else i could think of to improve the system

but i guess i'll see when i get it

 what do you do for a living cause if you can afford this i want to get in that field when i go to college this fall

Looks like it will be one heck of a machine! You promise to let us know how your build goes?