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rileymartin

rileymartin

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I will be purchasing this build soon

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1njvF

Questions:

1. It says that the memory is not compatible with Haswell. Is this true? If so, what should I choose?

2. More of an aside, does this build seem mildly cohesive? I will be buying another card in another month 1/2
 
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Tradesman1
Those will be perfectly fine, the partpicker thing, looks at info they have where Intel suggest DRAM at 1.5 - 1.55, though that is actually for the CPU at stock, most all DRAM 2133 and up will require 1.6 - 1.65 volts....as far as the performance thing mentioned above, while a 2133/CL9 set would be better, where mentioned above 1600 with better timings would perform better that depends, most 1600 sets are CL9 which performance wise equates to 2133/11 or 1866/10 from 1600 to 1866 to 2133 is just a slight increase as you go up each step, but with these combos the 2133/11 definitely outPERFORMS the 1600/9 by vantage of the increased bandwidth...As far as AMD the only thing higher freq helps with is the onboard graphics in the APUs, their...
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Tabris DarkPeace

Tabris DarkPeace

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You're much better off getting Intel XMP DDR3 at 1333 to 1600 MHz as the timings as much faster and this provides better performance than running the memory way above 1600MHz.

On AMD platforms the higher clock speed helps more than the timings.

You could also consider lower voltage memory.
 
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rileymartin

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So find some DDR3 1333 (XMP) and OC it to 1600

Would you recommend a dual channel kit that is oriented to gaming (IYO)
 
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Tradesman1

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Those will be perfectly fine, the partpicker thing, looks at info they have where Intel suggest DRAM at 1.5 - 1.55, though that is actually for the CPU at stock, most all DRAM 2133 and up will require 1.6 - 1.65 volts....as far as the performance thing mentioned above, while a 2133/CL9 set would be better, where mentioned above 1600 with better timings would perform better that depends, most 1600 sets are CL9 which performance wise equates to 2133/11 or 1866/10 from 1600 to 1866 to 2133 is just a slight increase as you go up each step, but with these combos the 2133/11 definitely outPERFORMS the 1600/9 by vantage of the increased bandwidth...As far as AMD the only thing higher freq helps with is the onboard graphics in the APUs, their CPUs are mostly limited to 1866 and under

The components look good together, should be a nice build
 
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