Will this $1000 gaming pc work well?

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jayrad2013

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These are the specs for the new be I will be buying soon.
Cpu:Amd Fx 8350
Cpu Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Ram: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
HHD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Graphics card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card
Case:Cooler Master N600 ATX Mid Tower Case
Psu: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)

Before anyone points it out, yes I am an AMD fanboy and have been one for years. If you guys could help me improve this setup I would be thankful.
 
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I'll simplify it a bit.

There are two main speeds in a RAM stick. One is the raw frequency, given in hertz, this is how many cycles the memory perform in a second. The second one is the CAS Latency, which is how many cycles will it take to perform a given access.

Let's compare these two memories:

The first one works at 1866Mhz with CL 9, which means that it will take 9/(1866*10^6) seconds to perform an operation.

The second one works at 2133Mhz with CL 10, which will take 10/(2133*10^6) seconds to perform an operation.

Now, putting this numbers in a calculator (10/2133)/(9/1866) = 0.972, meaning that taking only these parameters in consideration the second stick is 2.8% faster than the first.
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I don't intend on overclocking. Thanks for the feedback
 
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The module you listed has higher CAS and higher operation voltage. It's true than AMD processors (unlike Intel) can work with higher RAM voltages but I'd still stick with the one with lower requirements.

Do note that we're being really picky with this here, in practice there won't be any noticeable difference between both. Nothing is going to explode with either choice.
 
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I know that it won't make a noticeable difference. Also could you explain to me what CAS is? I have no clue what that is, but I understand everything else that you said.
 
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I'll simplify it a bit.

There are two main speeds in a RAM stick. One is the raw frequency, given in hertz, this is how many cycles the memory perform in a second. The second one is the CAS Latency, which is how many cycles will it take to perform a given access.

Let's compare these two memories:

The first one works at 1866Mhz with CL 9, which means that it will take 9/(1866*10^6) seconds to perform an operation.

The second one works at 2133Mhz with CL 10, which will take 10/(2133*10^6) seconds to perform an operation.

Now, putting this numbers in a calculator (10/2133)/(9/1866) = 0.972, meaning that taking only these parameters in consideration the second stick is 2.8% faster than the first.
 
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