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Grasshopper:
Thanks for the replies.


--- Quote from: Cakemeister on November 19, 2012, 12:00:57 pm ---I like your CPU/MB choice, but you didn't menthion what applications you are planning on running. If you play games, almost all current games are GPU-dependent, not CPU. Also, CPU dependence is not memory based, but clockspeed based.

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This will be my main PC, and will be used for general computing tasks. My intention is to run most applications within a virtual machine. Hence the need for a fairly fast processor. I'm also into emulation (especially MAME) and that also requires a fairly fast processor.

With regards to games, I'm still very into retro gaming but I don't play modern 3D games much anymore. This is partly because I don't have the time, but mainly because I've lost patience with the poor quality control of most publishers (i.e. games routinely released with very serious bugs), increasingly intrusive and obnoxious copy protection measures, and high prices. That being said, I will be buying a few newish games (maybe a couple of years old) to put the machine through its paces.

One thing worth mentioning is that, in order to spread the costs, it's my intention to make do with the integrated GPU for at least a year, and possibly longer if I can live with the performance. Presumably the integrated GPU will have to make use of the main system RAM, and that's one of the reasons why I'm concerned about RAM performance.

ark_ader:
Don't be cheap on memory get 16gb.

edekoning:
Don't buy slow/cheap DDR3-1333 memory if you are getting an expensive i5 CPU! Here's an informative article on the performance/price differences between DDR3 1333/1600/1866/2133/2400:

www.anandtech.com/show/6372/memory-performance-16gb-ddr31333-to-ddr32400-on-ivy-bridge-igp-with-gskill

Grasshopper:

--- Quote from: edekoning on November 23, 2012, 05:52:46 am ---Don't buy slow/cheap DDR3-1333 memory if you are getting an expensive i5 CPU! Here's an informative article on the performance/price differences between DDR3 1333/1600/1866/2133/2400:

www.anandtech.com/show/6372/memory-performance-16gb-ddr31333-to-ddr32400-on-ivy-bridge-igp-with-gskill

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Thanks. I read the article. Very complicated, but I got the gist of it.

I'm now leaning towards buying these:

http://www.ebuyer.com/370061-corsair-16gb-ddr3-1866mhz-memory-cmz16gx3m2a1866c9

They're a little faster than the stock 1600MHz modules recommended for my chosen processor, but not stupidly expensive, and Corsair is a reasonably safe brand. Do you think they're good enough for my purposes, or should I go faster?

edekoning:
Either 1600 or 1866 would be fine. The only thing you got to look out for is if the memory will fit under the chosen CPU cooler. What I mean by this is, is that if you are buying a big CPU cooler it may sit over the memory slots. If that's the case than the memory might not fit if it has large cooling fans, like the one you selected. Instead you should opt for 'low-profile' memory modules.

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