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First time building a pc need some advice
kitamesume:
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--- Quote from: Speaker Rob on September 21, 2013, 08:12:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: kitamesume on September 21, 2013, 07:52:35 PM ---the same thing applies to "2x8GB -> 4x8GB" but you can't go from "2x4GB -> 4x8GB" without trashing the first two 4GB sticks.
PS: just read this - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-ram-endurance,3475.html
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Sorry, I don't think I understood what your point was. I think you were saying it is important to know what your final max RAM will be? If that's the case you are 100% correct. That way you don't waste sticks. Anything 16GB and below shouldn't be a hassle, as most DDR3-1600, and above, is found in 4GB sticks (4x4GB = 16GB). A lot of MB's these days even have six memory slots, so you could even go up to 24GB with no problem.
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I'm sorry but that's fucking hilarious, They don't make motherboards with six ram slots anymore and they haven't for a long time. You can have 2, 4 or 8 ram slots, Dual or quad channels. What kitasume was saying is this. Why buy an 8GB then need another maxing out your slots. Then finding out you need anymore, It's putting your self in a corner that will render the first two sets of ram useless.
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he was talking about "2x4GB + 2x8GB" which isn't really ideal.
Gh0st93:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on September 21, 2013, 08:32:07 PM ---
--- Quote from: Gh0st93 on September 21, 2013, 08:27:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: Speaker Rob on September 21, 2013, 08:12:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: kitamesume on September 21, 2013, 07:52:35 PM ---the same thing applies to "2x8GB -> 4x8GB" but you can't go from "2x4GB -> 4x8GB" without trashing the first two 4GB sticks.
PS: just read this - http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-ram-endurance,3475.html
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Sorry, I don't think I understood what your point was. I think you were saying it is important to know what your final max RAM will be? If that's the case you are 100% correct. That way you don't waste sticks. Anything 16GB and below shouldn't be a hassle, as most DDR3-1600, and above, is found in 4GB sticks (4x4GB = 16GB). A lot of MB's these days even have six memory slots, so you could even go up to 24GB with no problem.
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I'm sorry but that's fucking hilarious, They don't make motherboards with six ram slots anymore and they haven't for a long time. You can have 2, 4 or 8 ram slots, Dual or quad channels. What kitasume was saying is this. Why buy an 8GB then need another maxing out your slots. Then finding out you need anymore, It's putting your self in a corner that will render the first two sets of ram useless.
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he was talking about "2x4GB + 2x8GB" which isn't really ideal.
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Yeah I thought about that also but you really can't run that and it be stable enough. But I'm really sure he was talking about tri channel boards. Because of this.
--- Quote from: Speaker Rob on September 21, 2013, 08:12:59 PM --- A lot of MB's these days even have six memory slots, so you could even go up to 24GB with no problem.
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kitamesume:
hmm yeah i didn't notice that.
Honemi:
I was thinking of the Ripjaws X series when I posted that price. The only advantages the Trident X series seem to have over the Ripjaws are overclockability (as in it overclocks better, maybe) and removable fins. I wouldn't recommend overclocking RAM if a person is new to overclocking in general (especially because the main benefit seems to be it benchmarks better), and the heatspreader issue is already solved since Sykodragon is going with liquid cooling. Maybe there is something else to it that I'm missing?
Of course, I'd say get any pair of RAM by any decent vendor, and you're golden. I know people here don't exactly share my "RAM is RAM is RAM" philosophy, though.
Oh, I'd also recommend getting an UPS. The 840 Evo may corrupt some files if it shuts down unexpectedly while writing.
lololitas:
Afaik the only mainstream line to offer triple channel was the X58 chipset based Nehalem architecture+derivatives (Bloomfield, Westmere-EP, Nehalem-EP, Gulftown, essentially first-gen i7) so you won't find those anymore.
If you are looking for cheap ram, see if they have some CNMemory ram left over. Since the company went bankrupt from selling their products cheaply I managed to pilfer 3x4GB DDR3-1600 a month ago for approximately 51€ (75$). Although that might be hard since it was a german company that I think only sold their products within the EU, but the reliability always was outstanding for their pricing (plus the local mediamarkt guaranteed that they are taking over the guarantee, which is 5 years of safe ram).
If you live in an area with unstable power/frequent lighning strikes with unprotected circuits, then you should definetely get an UPS with an SSD.
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