I'm building a new PC but as I'm in no rush for it I've been picking up components over the last couple of months when I've seen good deals for them. The only thing left to buy is the RAM. This is what I have so far:
CPU: Intel i5-4690K (hoping to OC to 4GHz+ at no more than 1.25v)
HSF: Corsair H60 hydro cooling kit
MoBo: Asus Z97-Pro Gamer
GPU: MSI R9 280X 3GB (OC edition) powering 3 monitors (1@1920x1080 + 2@1280x1024)
HD: OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD + WD Blue 500GB (small, but I have a 3TB NAS drive for storage)
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W (80+ cert)
OS: Windows 10 Pro eventually, Windows 8.1 Pro until then.
So, I'm looking for DDR3 ram to pair with that lot and I've got a £100 budget. My general usage would be:
Office/browsing>gaming>music capture/editing>image editing>1080p video editing.
And by gaming, I mean a broad range. I play as much Football Manager and Civilization V (which I expect are more DRAM-intensive) as I do GTA-type or FPS (VRAM-intensive) games.
Multitasking would be one main activity, say playing a game or editing in photoshop/premiere, whilst also having the gaming clients like steam/origin/uplay running, half a dozen chrome tabs open, a couple of file explorer windows, social media apps and maybe either a live TV feed (TV Tuner card or streamed) or spotify/youtube or some such as well. Ah, the joys of 3 monitors!
I've been looking at the 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 1866 CL9 1.5v (£89-AmazonUK, only £1 more than the standard 1600 CL9 1.5v kit), would that be a good match? The 2133 CL11 1.5v kit seems overpriced at £115, the 2400 CL11 1.65v is £99 but I'm worried about the voltage and whether I'd actually benefit enough over the 1866 CL9 to make the extra £10 cost and 'risk' worth it. The same seems to hold true for other brands like GSkill or Kingston.
What would you do? Any advice will be gratefully received!
PS. Sorry for the length of the post, even though I've just made it worse by writing this bit
CPU: Intel i5-4690K (hoping to OC to 4GHz+ at no more than 1.25v)
HSF: Corsair H60 hydro cooling kit
MoBo: Asus Z97-Pro Gamer
GPU: MSI R9 280X 3GB (OC edition) powering 3 monitors (1@1920x1080 + 2@1280x1024)
HD: OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD + WD Blue 500GB (small, but I have a 3TB NAS drive for storage)
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W (80+ cert)
OS: Windows 10 Pro eventually, Windows 8.1 Pro until then.
So, I'm looking for DDR3 ram to pair with that lot and I've got a £100 budget. My general usage would be:
Office/browsing>gaming>music capture/editing>image editing>1080p video editing.
And by gaming, I mean a broad range. I play as much Football Manager and Civilization V (which I expect are more DRAM-intensive) as I do GTA-type or FPS (VRAM-intensive) games.
Multitasking would be one main activity, say playing a game or editing in photoshop/premiere, whilst also having the gaming clients like steam/origin/uplay running, half a dozen chrome tabs open, a couple of file explorer windows, social media apps and maybe either a live TV feed (TV Tuner card or streamed) or spotify/youtube or some such as well. Ah, the joys of 3 monitors!
I've been looking at the 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 1866 CL9 1.5v (£89-AmazonUK, only £1 more than the standard 1600 CL9 1.5v kit), would that be a good match? The 2133 CL11 1.5v kit seems overpriced at £115, the 2400 CL11 1.65v is £99 but I'm worried about the voltage and whether I'd actually benefit enough over the 1866 CL9 to make the extra £10 cost and 'risk' worth it. The same seems to hold true for other brands like GSkill or Kingston.
What would you do? Any advice will be gratefully received!
PS. Sorry for the length of the post, even though I've just made it worse by writing this bit
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