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Appraise my build? Preeetty Please?

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    #2
    C.D.
    Registered Users Posts: 670 ✭✭✭C.D.


    CPU and Mobo don not support Triple channel RAM- so you're much better off getting 4GB or 8GB (unnecessary unless you do rendering/encoding/mathematical modelling/simulations etc.). 3 sticks will run in single channel mode, effectively cutting your bandwidth in half versus dual channel mode.

    Would recommend a Samsung F3 or F4 over the Hitachi.

    Mobo is out of stock and only has 1x USB 3.0. For similar money you should be able to get a 8 series board with more USB 3.0 ports.


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    Daniel S
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Daniel S


    Your best option is to get 2 sets of those ram, that will give you 12gb and it will work in dual channel.


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    C.D.
    Registered Users Posts: 670 ✭✭✭C.D.


    mtb_kng wrote: »
    Your best option is to get 2 sets of those ram, that will give you 12gb and it will work in dual channel.

    There are only 4 DIMM slots! What will he/she (unlikely, but who knows :p) do with the 2 sticks that have nowhere to go?!


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    Diol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭Diol


    Juggle them :D

    Thanks a lot guys... as you can see I just barely know what i'm doing choosing these parts, so the advice is greatly appreciated :)


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    Daniel S
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Daniel S


    C.D. wrote: »
    There are only 4 DIMM slots! What will he/she (unlikely, but who knows :p) do with the 2 sticks that have nowhere to go?!
    Sell them. :P

    EDIT: I might actually buy them, if they're the right price too :D


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    Daniel S
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Daniel S


    Apart from the RAM thing, that looks a pretty solid build.


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    Diol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭Diol


    So RAM is all sorted :)

    As an alternative to the MSI Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard, how would you say that looks?

    Thanks again :)


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    Monotype
    Registered Users Posts: 6,710 ✭✭✭Monotype


    The gigabyte would probably be better but if you want something similar to your original choice, the 870A-G54 is a bit better* (and cheaper).
    http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-134-MS

    *Apart from the lack of Lucid Hydra mixing GPUs which is in hardly any boards.


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