i'm not against you, i just think some things you say are wrong, although i might be wrong on some stuff (i.e. you asid the san diego OCs better than the venice, which is wrong)
if you're getting a very good cpu (4000 sd) and the best ocing board (dfi lanparty) along with the 7700cu which can do 3ghz easy with 3200 venice and good ram, you might as well get good ram to go along with your setup
the regular patriot (which is what i think you have is just value ram, so you can't OC very far); for under $150, you probably have 2 choices:
-1gb twinMOS ram (94.35), all you'll need to do is raise your voltage on them, since they need juice to OC
-ocz el plat. Rev2's, a little over 150, but they oc great as well
there might be other choices, but i don't know about them
the XBL's are good (nubius has them) because they use the 'samsung tccd' die (those black chips on memory) and brain power pcb (i think) and are around $220