- Aug 23, 2012
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So I'm slowly building up components for a new build, with everything bought aside from a motherboard and CPU.
I've been intending to go for a 3770k and a Gigabyte UD3H, which is getting more appealing as the days go on, as the prices of IB i7s are dropping like leaves. But, now Haswell is out, and the price of the 4770k is actually rather nice, at a solid £260, and the motherboard prices only slightly above Ivy Bridge boards, I've been thinking I might just jump onto that bandwagon instead.
However, I've already bought RAM for an Ivy Bridge, which is G.SKill Sniper 1600MHz (F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231461)
So basically, would the RAM work with any Haswell motherboards? I've been looking at the ASRock z87, Gigabyte's UD4H z87 and MSI's GD65.
Additionally, has anyone heard of some good aftermarket CPU coolers popping up yet for Haswell? Or would the Ivy Bridge ones work? Or maybe the stock cooler might actually prove competent enough to hold a 1GHz OC.
I've been intending to go for a 3770k and a Gigabyte UD3H, which is getting more appealing as the days go on, as the prices of IB i7s are dropping like leaves. But, now Haswell is out, and the price of the 4770k is actually rather nice, at a solid £260, and the motherboard prices only slightly above Ivy Bridge boards, I've been thinking I might just jump onto that bandwagon instead.
However, I've already bought RAM for an Ivy Bridge, which is G.SKill Sniper 1600MHz (F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231461)
So basically, would the RAM work with any Haswell motherboards? I've been looking at the ASRock z87, Gigabyte's UD4H z87 and MSI's GD65.
Additionally, has anyone heard of some good aftermarket CPU coolers popping up yet for Haswell? Or would the Ivy Bridge ones work? Or maybe the stock cooler might actually prove competent enough to hold a 1GHz OC.
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