System building, advices needed.

CountSolrac · Nov 9, 2013

Hello, first time posting. So I have some old components and my last motherboard died (MSI 870s-g46)and fried my 2 ram sticks (Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz 2x4gb) and I dont have enough money to get all new components.

I want to recycle all the other components I got to build a new PC, this are my hardwares:
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I Epic Edition
PSU: Thermaltake 550 watt
CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 955
GPU: Ati Radeon xfx HD 4870 1GB ddr5
HDD: Samsung 70gb, Samsung 70gb, WesternDigital 1tb Green Caviar

Im planing on getting:

Mobo: ASUS M5A97 R2.0
RAM: G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1866 F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR

All I want to know is if this system will work, I need a stable system im not looking forward to overclock or anything special, just need a pc for normal gaming and standard stuff, my concerns are on the compatibility of all the components with the MOBO. I was going to get an MSI mobo because they are really cheap but reading on this forum I realized they are not that good.

PST- I only got like 220$ top, can't get anything more, I live in Venezuela, really hard to get dolars here and you cant really find any good components on the stores, and if you do they will take your kidneys or eye balls for them.

Thanks and any help appreciated.

doron · Nov 9, 2013

The parts are compatible.

The RAM might not work on that speed because the memory controller inside the phenom 955 is designed to work at max 1333mhz, it can mostly work alright at 1600mhz and even higher, but there's no guarantee.

Therefore my suggestion is for you to get a cheap 2x4gb 1333mhz memory kit and save money for around 5% theoretical performance loss.

CountSolrac · Nov 9, 2013

doron :

Ok, thanks for your answer I didnt knew that, I want to get the more stability I can.
Between this two which one do you think is better for my Mobo/CPU, I checked for both of them on the Qualified Vendors List of Asus for the M5A97 R2.0:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231311

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231426

PST- If you want/can link me a better option to buy from that website it would be sweet.

Thanks again.

doron · Nov 10, 2013

CountSolrac :

They seem alright, although I don't care much for the heatsinks and don't like the taller one. It has been proven time and time again that heatsinks do little (and sometimes make it worse) for thermal performance unless you buy the really fast (and hotter) ones.

These things have lifetime warranty but I'm assuming it won't be that easy for you to use it, so if I had to buy from Newegg right now I would personally get this model for its combination of known brand, good reviews and price.

CountSolrac · Nov 10, 2013

doron :

CountSolrac :

They seem alright, although I don't care much for the heatsinks and don't like the taller one. It has been proven time and time again that heatsinks do little (and sometimes make it worse) for thermal performance unless you buy the really fast (and hotter) ones.

These things have lifetime warranty but I'm assuming it won't be that easy for you to use it, so if I had to buy from Newegg right now I would personally get this model for its combination of known brand, good reviews and price.

It is ok for me to use them if they dont appear on the Qualified Vendors List for the mobo? http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M5A97_R20/#support

Thanks again for your help.

doron · Nov 10, 2013

Memory modules are all following the JEDEC timings and voltage standard, and so are AMD's and Intel's memory modules so I wouldn't worry about that.

I have 3 AMD systems which I constantly upgrade and change parts between and I have never personally experienced or ever heard of such memory incompatibility, so don't worry about it

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