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Hi a forum noob but not a Hardware noob, had a bad experience in my current PC with C*****R Ram so ive decided to go with G-Skill for my new system im am building, now this is the motherboard I will be buying, my question is will the Ram work, as I cannot see it in the QVL PDF from the Asus website it only lists CL9 + CL8 with no CL7 listed, thanks in advance.
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Should be fine, will want the latest BIOS, then enable XMP and select the 1600 profile (looks like they had a supply of older sticks they used rather than any of the newer ones for testing, saw Flares, PIs, Tridents, reg Ripjaws).....The Ripjaws X line of sticks was designed around the P67/Z68/H67 and new gen CPUs. -
Ok thank you, I can go ahead and order the ram and board will make a note of your reply, I know about the ram being made for p67 and with the z68 taking the best bits of the p67 / h67 I figured it should work, but best to check with the horses mouth.Comment
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Well, better to be the mouth than the other end
Let us know how you like them, you going 25, 26 or 2700K?
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hehe sure is, I was debating if I should to go for I5 2500K or i7 2600k from what I read
the big price difference for only 5% better performance is not worth it, iI would probably overclock to around 4.5ghz, most games are GPU dependent the CPU makes little difference from what I read.Comment
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Biggest advantage the 2600K has is the use of hyperthreading, if the apps you use don't utilize it, no need for it, save the extra $100.....and though you've probably already looked into it, if running 4GHz or over put something towards a decent aftermarket CPU cooler (my 2 cents)Comment
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Yeah I know about Hyperthreading if I remember correctly it was on the old P4 chips back in the day, not many games and apps support it, I will mainly game and a bit of Audio production with Ableton and FL Studio, I never overclock Ram or Video just CPU, the last 2 coolers I used were the Arctic Freezer Pro and the newer Freezer Pro 2.Comment
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Believe FL Studio uses hyperthreading (had a client that ran it) and those are good coolers, have used a number of them. With the K series the CPU OCs plenty to carry the load, I normally run my 2500K between 4.87 and on upComment
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I think it uses Hyperthreading which would handy with lot's of VST's loaded which is what I would mainly use the PC for so decisions decisions if I do go that route it will probably be the i7 2600k.Comment
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If you get the chanece let us know and then how it all turns outComment
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