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HELP ON RAM FOR GAMING PC
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04-12-2012 8:56pm#1
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Well I think Intels marketing make it seem like you need an I7 in a high end system. There is a fairly big jump between the I5 and I7 in a laptop but the desktop models are identical apart from hyperthreading.
Don't spend too much on ram just get a fairly cheap 8gb kit 2 sticks of 4GB PC3-12800U (1600mhz) , that's more than enough ram for games.
Do you know what graphics card and power supply you want? If not how much do you have to spend on them?
Im haven't got around to picking them yet... but I have a fairly big budget for my pc... around €900-€1000 approx and if needs be I can go a small bit over it.?
What graphic's card and power supply would be suitable for my motherboard?
You can't possible imagine how much I appreciate you helping me
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No problem at all
The money you have saved by getting the i5 over the i7 you can spend on your graphics card, this is where you will see a difference when gaming. If the card I picked is too expensive just let me know and I can pick another.
Item|Price
Club 3D Radeon HD 7950 royalKing, 3GB GDDR5, AMD Radeon HD 7950, PCI- Express|€286.86
Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155|€208.05
be quiet! Pure Power L8 CM|€68.52
8GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance Low Profile schwarz PC3-12800U CL9|€36.35
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€618.77
Just click the links to check them out, just about everyone on here uses that site. If you need help picking other parts just ask.0 -
Oh lad... I feel like I owe you!
What kind of cooling would be good for this build?
One more thing I may need your advice on, what kind of case would recommend?
Not trying to sound over the top or anything but I had something flashy with LED lights or maybe see through panels?0 -
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Well that CPU is a good overclocker and that motherboard looks like it was designed with overclocking in mind. So I hope your planning to overclock.
Do you want air or liquid cooling?
Cheap air
http://lb.hardwareversand.de/Intel+AMD/52672/Thermalright+True+Spirit+120.article
Something a bit bulkier
http://lb.hardwareversand.de/Intel+AMD/49134/Scythe+Mugen+3%2C+f%C3%BCr+alle+Sockel+geeignet.article
Then there is liquid cooling
http://lb.hardwareversand.de/Intel+AMD/52092/Corsair+Hydro+Series+H40+%28Sockel+775+1155+1156+1366+AM2+AM2%2B+AM3+AM3+%2B+FM1%29.article
Won't really cool any better than the air solution but should be quieter.
Bit expensive though.
The case is the one part I don't like picking out as a lot of it is personal taste.
That site has loads of cases so have a look and pick one you like
http://lb.hardwareversand.de/631/Midi.search0 -
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Don't mean to be bothering you once again.... but what kind of storage would you recommend that would fit this build?
would 1TB or 2TB do or should I go for less? I'm not too sure tbh
If you can fit it in budget get an SSD and then maybe a 1tb HDD .. The SSD (get samsung 830/840 or crucial m4) makes a massive difference in boot up times and general operations and can have a Benifit in some games.. For €1000 build if consider an SSD a must (I'm assuming that motherboard has a SATA 600 port
Also you are not bothering us it's what we're here for0 -
If you can fit it in budget get an SSD and then maybe a 1tb HDD .. The SSD (get samsung 830/840 or crucial m4) makes a massive difference in boot up times and general operations and can have a Benifit in some games.. For €1000 build if consider an SSD a must (I'm assuming that motherboard has a SATA 600 port
Also you are not bothering us it's what we're here for
Completely agree. To not fit an SSD to that system would be a shame.Don't mean to be bothering you once again.... but what kind of storage would you recommend that would fit this build?
would 1TB or 2TB do or should I go for less? I'm not too sure tbh
Go with a Samsung 830 128Gb SSD for the boot drive.
As for main storage, it's down to how much you think you'll need. If the machine is purely for gaming then you'd likely be fine with a 1Tb drive, but a 2Tb isn't going to cost too much extra is you think you might want the space down the line.
1Tb Seagate Barracuda
2Tb Seagate Barracuda
The board that you have isn't going to have any trouble getting the most that you can out of whatever CPU that you buy, so just a suggestion on the cooling if you think that you'll want to push for your max stable overclock and you're going with air cooling. The Noctua NH-D14 is about as good as it gets on air cooling. It's a little bit on the expensive side but keep in mind that it comes with 2 good quality large fans fitted. It's a big cooler so if you're gonna go for it, double check that it's compatible with the other components you've chosen before you buy. There's a compatibility list on the Noctua website for MB's that it fits and RAM modules that it might get in the way of.
Edit: By the way, it shows only 1 of those coolers left in stock at the moment. I was ordering a build myself earlier and I got the cooler from Amazon instead just incase it went out of stock and delayed the other parts (As far as I know HWVS won't put the item aside for you until your payment clears, so someone could buy it while the bank transfer goes through). The Amazon price works out about the same, maybe even a euro or 2 cheaper.0 -
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