look @ a thread titled "where to get g.skill LE"

You guys might want to look into some early OCZ VX3200 Gold Edition. The price on these have dropped at Newegg since Redline came out. On a hunch, I picked up 2x512 at $161 U.S. I believe. Cheaper than the cheapest Redline now.

I got them to 270x10, 2-2-2-6 @ 3.5 VDIMM last night, 32M stable (I posted my results on Extreme). I was surprised they did 32M, as the sticks ran 269/270 in SC in the 1st yellow slot, but in the orange they are 32M stable in DC at 270!!! I had to tweak the settings to get them Memtest clean in #6/8 at 270, but that they did. They will do #5 clean higher, but #6 errors show up in DC with >3.5 VDIMM.

The sticks are damn sweet: 270, 2-2-2-6 at 3.5 VDIMM, on default LDT and VCHIP voltage, 4x LDT! The screenie is 195 kb so I can't post it here.

I have a set of Redlines in my possession and they are crap; one stick develops #6 errors above 261 or so. In DC the sticks do 260 maybe, at 3.5 volts. The Redlines do not exude quality: fuzzy PCB edges; cheap alu spreaders; label looks like made with an ink-jet printer. I'm not surprised they die on you. Maybe I'm fussy, but I mean the standard for me is Vitesta PC600.

who's the Gskill distie in Oz

You guys might want to look into some early OCZ VX3200 Gold Edition. The price on these have dropped at Newegg since Redline came out. On a hunch, I picked up 2x512 at $161 U.S. I believe. Cheaper than the cheapest Redline now.