I've got a mobo and CPU and am eager to put everything together - I'm just missing the RAM, but no idea what I'm really doing now!
CPU - i5 4670K Haswell
Mobo - Gigabyte Z87-HD3
So I guess my initial questions are:
1) If I'm NOT planning to overclock - is 1600 the way to go? Or will faster RAM work out of the box?
2) With stock cooler - is overclocking stable or risky? Then how does this affect my choice of RAM?
3) Will getting 2x4GB give better performance than 1x8GB (because of the whole dual channel thing?) - I was planning on buying 8 now then upgrading to 16 in the future. So also, will 4x4GB give better/worse performance than 2x8GB?
Basically - I didn't plan on overclocking, but since I've wound up with a K cpu and Z87 - it almost seems a shame not to. Don't really know where to start though.
I don't want to gimp myself on memory, but don't want to waste money on getting something I can't use to its full capacity!
CPU - i5 4670K Haswell
Mobo - Gigabyte Z87-HD3
So I guess my initial questions are:
1) If I'm NOT planning to overclock - is 1600 the way to go? Or will faster RAM work out of the box?
2) With stock cooler - is overclocking stable or risky? Then how does this affect my choice of RAM?
3) Will getting 2x4GB give better performance than 1x8GB (because of the whole dual channel thing?) - I was planning on buying 8 now then upgrading to 16 in the future. So also, will 4x4GB give better/worse performance than 2x8GB?
Basically - I didn't plan on overclocking, but since I've wound up with a K cpu and Z87 - it almost seems a shame not to. Don't really know where to start though.
I don't want to gimp myself on memory, but don't want to waste money on getting something I can't use to its full capacity!
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