Finally! Looking at getting a new system

[n-ster]

TBH, the ONLY RAM brand I've ever had a problem with is G-skill. The Hyper X is considered very good but is usually a bit expensive. I mentioned it because it is pretty known and trusted.Corsair is perhaps the one most tech people feel comfortable with because of their popularity in PSUs and cases. Patriot Vipers are good as well. My favorite brand is Crucial though. Best price/perf, and many times the OCability is good.OCZ doesn't have the best RAM reputation, some of it because of the Mail-in-Rebate fiascos, sometimes because of a specific budget line not doing the promised freq.

With the Crucial 4GB kit, it ends up at 294$ - 15$ MIR (mobo)

And 324$ - 15$ MIR with the super fast Patriot Vipers

Newegg with your setup is 433$

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

TBH, the ONLY RAM brand I've ever had a problem with is G-skill. The Hyper X is considered very good but is usually a bit expensive. I mentioned it because it is pretty known and trusted.Corsair is perhaps the one most tech people feel comfortable with because of their popularity in PSUs and cases. Patriot Vipers are good as well. My favorite brand is Crucial though. Best price/perf, and many times the OCability is good.OCZ doesn't have the best RAM reputation, some of it because of the Mail-in-Rebate fiascos, sometimes because of a specific budget line not doing the promised freq.

With the Crucial 4GB kit, it ends up at 294$ - 15$ MIR (mobo)

http://img.techpowerup.org/111106/Capture063.png

And 324$ - 15$ MIR with the super fast Patriot Vipers

http://img.techpowerup.org/111106/Capture064.png

Newegg with your setup is 433$

Ive never had a problem with G.skill in the 5 years that I have been using them (in all builds i use)(knock on wood) However, ive read nothing but bad reviews on a lot of crucial RAM. The only Kingston ram ive used has always been budget ram. (no heatsinks)

 

[n-ster]

I believe Crucial RAM has improved a lot lately and that the bad reviews are a thing of the past but I don't know for sure. I and may others at TPU had great experience with Crucial RAM (it was super popular for X58 builds here). I only had 2 sets of Crucial RAM, but both were outstanding.

If you want a more proven brand, both Corsair's XMS and Kingston's HyperX are very well known. I do not know much about Patriot Vipers though, but the little I heard was great.