Question about RAM

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philwil

Active member
Hi, I'm new to the forum and this is my first post, though I bought a great PC from PC Specialist just over three years ago, and am still very pleased with it.

However, I'm looking to buy a new, more powerful base rig in the next few months, to network with the old one, so will have some questions. The first is:

RAM - in terms of bangs for bucks, is there a genuinely significant performance increase between the three different RAM types that come as options with your pcs (Samsund DDR3-Dual 1333Mhz; Kingston HyperX Blue Dual-1600Mhz; Kingston HyperX Ti Dual DDR3 2000Mhz)?

I'm probably going for 4Gig - or is it worth splashing out on 8?

The only really high-end stuff I'll be using the pc for is music production and gaming, but I want to get a rig that will be reasonably future proof for a few years.

Thanks for any advice.
 
PCS

PCS

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Welcome to our forums. :)

1. There is not a significant difference between the Samsung memory and Kingston - for stability and cost, choose the Samsung 1333MHz RAM.

2. 4GB is a decent amount of RAM. 8GB is slightly overkill for most customers at the moment, but good for future-proofing.
 
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philwil

Active member
Great! Thanks for the swift response.

Is it okay if I extend this thread to enquire about other components? I know I named it Question about RAM, but I don't really want to open a new thread for every part.

Anyway, CPUs. I'm hovering between the Core i5 760 vs the i7 870, so the question again is, considering I'm looking to not spend over a grand (not including monitor), is there a huge performance difference between the two that makes the low end i7 the better buy? I see elsewhere on this forum that the i5 is pretty popular.

And the same question with the motherboard: I don't know much about Motherboard tech, but in relative layman's terms, what is the difference between Asus P7P55DE, 55DEPro, and the Maximus? Or is there another you would recommend over those? (I'm assuming USB 3.0 is the only way to go now?)

Many thanks.
 
Phoenix

Phoenix

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There's not a lot of difference between the two CPU's and for a budget of >£1,000.00 the i5-760 is the better choice. As long as you pick a motherboard with USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0GB/S it'll be a good future proof board for new USB 3.0 devices and faster transfer speeds. The more expensive motherboards aren't really worth buying unless you're going to be overclocking or wanting the absolute best possible read/write speeds with solid state drives.
 
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