Memory Upgrade for P45 Platinum

My P45 Platinum recently failed in its access to memory - so I believe something in the 3 yr old North Bridge gave.  The system fails to boot to Windows now, or to any of my emergency repair disks.  I isolated the problem to my memory.  When I test the memory (see signature below) using a boot CD with Windows MemTest, it only fails in the Stride-6 test.  Yet when I test the same memory sticks in my other P45 Platinum system (w/ E8400), it passes all tests.
No problem.  I have a couple of spare P45 Platinum boards. 
As I rebuild the system, I was wondering if OC'ing this long at 3.8GHz with this memory was taking a toll on the North Bridge.  Anyway, I'm considering upgrading the rebuild's memory from the sticks in my signature to some high-performance G.SKILL's - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231246
Curious what the community thought, as I had thought the original sticks were of decent quality, but have always had problems getting the board to acknowledge their true timings...
Thanks in advance.

Personally I would stick with the Crucials. I have OCZ on mine and have tested both at 800 and 1066 and the gain was insignificant. The additional voltage needed and potential instabilities just didn't justify it. Set the DRAM ratio at  1:1
I use the beta BIOS 1.7b10 which allows me FSB up to 465 and beyond on my Q9550 and that then pushes my mem to 900 or more in any case. Just increased the DRAM V to 1,9V and thats it. 5.5.5.15
Stick with the Crucials.

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