E3-1230v3 Xeon & Asus H97-Plus:Recommendations for Ram & Cooler

MaTaLa · Feb 1, 2015

Hey guys,
Doing a build for the first time in quite awhile and thought I'd ask for some help on the ram, power supply and cpu cooler from anyone that's had some experience w/ this cpu, or similar, and/or motherboard.

Here's what I got so far:
PricePicker

I've got a Cooler Master Stacker 830 SE that's old but never been used. It's full ATX and huge.
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I'm going for a low wattage build capable of mid-gaming and some video rendering when needed but won't be overclocking.
Looking for 16GB of ram and the motherboard capability list was pretty long.
Comes w/ a stock cooler that I've read reasonably good comments about but not sure.

Any comments, suggestions, recommendations appreciate. Be easy, it's my first time...on here. :bounce:

KoopaCreeper · Feb 1, 2015

MaTaLa :

CPU cooler- stock fan should be fine
RAM- 16GB is preferable for video editing/rendering. 2x8GB sticks should do. Also, that processor doesn't support anything above 1600MHz.
PSU- a good 500-550W should be fine, even lower would suffice. I recommend something from EVGA or Seasonic,

KoopaCreeper · Feb 1, 2015

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vZ2KMp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vZ2KMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $239.00)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $89.00)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($117.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $110.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($80.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($80.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (Purchased For $129.99)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($61.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For $55.00)
Total: $963.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 17:27 EST-0500

RAM because there's a promo code, 520W PSU to support future upgrades (also, it's just 3$ more than the 430W version)

MaTaLa · Feb 1, 2015

KoopaCreeper :

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vZ2KMp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/vZ2KMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V3 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (Purchased For $239.00)
Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $89.00)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($117.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (Purchased For $110.00)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($80.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($80.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card (Purchased For $129.99)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($61.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For $55.00)
Total: $963.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-01 17:27 EST-0500

RAM because there's a promo code, 520W PSU to support future upgrades (also, it's just 3$ more than the 430W version)

Thanks for the suggestions. I actually had thought to get 1866 ram even though 1600 is suppose to be max. Read something about some headroom on the max but that price you found is very tempting. Thanks again.

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