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Haswell: Behemoth Build | Tatsu's Room [2.22.2014]
vuzedome:
Wow, someone sure was late to the party.
We're here arguing about the looks, price and performance. It was never solely about what Tatsu wants to do with it, we've gone through that ages ago in a separate topic.
Honemi:
Also, too, it would pretty shitty of me not to mention this, so you do realize you'll need to drop about a $100 for playback software for Blu-Rays, right? Data disks are fine, but if you are trying to watch movies, you're either going have to rip them or buy some software. AnyDVDHD looks very promising in that front.
On the RAM front, can you reconsider those sticks of RAM? DDR3 RAM gives diminishing returns for frequencies above 1600MHz for builds with a discreet GPU; you're should be looking at 2133Mhz memory at the most. Though, 1600MHz with a CAS Latency of 9 is probably the best Price:Performance. There's also the fact that if you are overclocking your CPU you may not be able to sustain higher clocked memory anyway.
--- Quote from: vuzedome on August 17, 2013, 12:52:58 AM ---Wow, someone sure was late to the party.
We're here arguing about the looks, price and performance. It was never solely about what Tatsu wants to do with it, we've gone through that ages ago in a separate topic.
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I guess I am. I'm probably not needed here, then.
kitamesume:
--- Quote from: Honemi on August 17, 2013, 12:56:32 AM ---On the RAM front, can you reconsider those sticks of RAM? DDR3 RAM gives diminishing returns for frequencies above 1600MHz for builds with a discreet GPU; you're should be looking at 2133Mhz memory at the most. Though, 1600MHz with a CAS Latency of 9 is probably the best Price:Performance. There's also the fact that if you are overclocking your CPU you may not be able to sustain higher clocked memory anyway.
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it really depends on the usage case, some do profit from faster dimms by a large margin, but in most case its miniscule at 1%~2% from 1600Mhz->2133Mhz.
the one thats affected the most is random access on the RAM, if you use the RAM as a sort of drive or cache the boost in random access is more than 3times of an SSD.
vuzedome:
--- Quote from: Honemi on August 17, 2013, 12:56:32 AM ---
--- Quote from: vuzedome on August 17, 2013, 12:52:58 AM ---Wow, someone sure was late to the party.
We're here arguing about the looks, price and performance. It was never solely about what Tatsu wants to do with it, we've gone through that ages ago in a separate topic.
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I guess I am. I'm probably not needed here, then.
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What I meant was literally a separate thread. Not in this one at all. And it was meant as a joke, it's not about discouraging your feedback.
Honemi:
--- Quote from: vuzedome on August 17, 2013, 06:51:38 AM ---What I meant was literally a separate thread. Not in this one at all. And it was meant as a joke, it's not about discouraging your feedback.
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I know. I just like self-flagellation. Its how I humble myself before a new community.
--- Quote from: kitamesume on August 17, 2013, 03:17:18 AM ---it really depends on the usage case, some do profit from faster dimms by a large margin, but in most case its miniscule at 1%~2% from 1600Mhz->2133Mhz.
the one thats affected the most is random access on the RAM, if you use the RAM as a sort of drive or cache the boost in random access is more than 3times of an SSD.
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Yeah, but it may not be worth it for him. Intel has an excellent memory controller for their 115x chips, and for 99% of the population, anything over 1600Mhz is useless or not just worth the price premium. In this case, 1866Mhz may be justified or even 2000Mhz. And if he decides to go with a lower frequency, standard voltage pair of RAM, he could just overclock (and tighten up timings) them himself if he wants to try for more performance.
Back to the OP, don't bother with brand loyalty. RAM is RAM. As long as you buy from a reputable manufacturer (Crucial, Kingston, Corsair, G.Skill, Patriot, Mushkin, GeIL, Samsung, et cetera), you will be fine. If you want peace of mind, Crucial, followed by Kingston, is probably the most reliable of the biggest ram manufacturers. In English. So, yeah, just pick RAM on desired speed, price, and looks.
With the money one saves from not chasing the highest frequency RAM, you can spend on a chair, a ridiculously ugly but cool keyboard, or just a sweet mouse. Okay, okay, you probably won't be buying that sweet ass chair with the money you save.
Sorry for longish posts. I seem to ramble on even on the Internet.
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