According to my BIOS and the sticker on the RAM itself, I have OCZ3G1333LV4GK RAM. Well, the BIOS says it's 2GK at the end, but that's because it's 2x2GB. Looking at the website (
OCZ DDR3 PC3-10666 Gold Low Voltage Dual Channel OCZ Technology), the following specs are listed:
1333MHz DDR3
CL 9-9-9-20(CAS-TRCD-TRP-TRAS)
1.65 Volts
240 Pin DIMM
The BIOS already had the frequency at 1333 so I didn't need to change that, I already had set the voltage to 1.65 (this solved earlier install problems), and so I was left to change the timings. The first time I tried to do this, the second I hit enter while trying to get into the advanced RAM timing options the computer froze. Restarted, managed to get in to change it this time. Tried installing Windows, had it freeze twice, and now I've run out of free time at the moment so I'll have to wait until tomorrow to check the video driver/memtest. Quick question: memtest will run in safemode, correct? Otherwise there's no way in hell I'll be able to do an overnight run as at the computer's most stable point so far it's never lasted more than 10 minutes in normal Windows.
e: as a note, I leave in the early morning on the 23rd to go on vacation and will be coming back on the 30th. If I want to return this RAM, the best time for me would probably be in the early-mid afternoon. I should be able to run the memtest in the morning, and if that shows errors I'll return the RAM to the store I got it at and either get it replaced or try another brand.
I got a friggin' omen about this too - when I was returning my power supply to make sure that wasn't the problem in my original thread, the guy in front of me was returning OCZ Gold RAM.