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1. It requires an M.2 slot that's using the x4 Gen3 lanes. Your board has that (at the bottom, just below the SATA connectors), and will give maximum performance. Your CPU will supply the lanes necessary for your SLI setup without disturbing the performance of the M.2 drive.
2. The thermal tape is included with the Raspberry Pi heat sink kits, not with the drive. It's actually pre-mounted for you -- you just peel off the cover and stick the heat sink to the chip. You need a total of three heat sinks.
3. My old system had a Crucial MX100 512GB SATA SSD, and this feels faster. I suppose it could be me doing a self-fulfilling prophecy type of thing...
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Are you looking for something in a specific color or price range? Pretty much any DDR4 ram will work just fine. There are hundreds of kits out there. Same for the M.2.

Go with 4x4GB or 2x8GB (if you want room for upgrading later). PcPartpicker, Newegg, or even Amazon would be the best places to look.
 
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If it comes in white that's a bonus, but there is not set criteria for color. As for a price I can't believe I forgot to mention that, my bad.
For the RAM I would prefer to stay under $150, and I need 16gb I'm not sure if 2x8 or 4x4 is better for skylake.
For the SSD M.2, under $200. I don't have to have the best, but I would like both the RAM and SSD to be able to pull their wait and not bottleneck so the system. This is a VR build for the Oculus so I would like to have everything perfect and then just focus on GPUs. I'm not sure what speed of RAM is best, or stable or how that works though.
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This is one of the few white DDR4 ram kits on the market. I just bought some for myself and they look amazing.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144769&cm_re=geil_super_luce-_-20-144-769-_-Product
The other kit I found isnt white, but has white LED's. It's the Corsair Dominator Platinum, and they start around $170 for a 4x4 or 2x8 kit. If you can find any other white DDR4 ram besides these, I applaud you.

Here's a super fast and reliable M.2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147466&cm_re=m.2-_-20-147-466-_-Product
 
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As far as speed and stability for your ram, Geil has had some great reviews even though its fairly unknown. Look up the company and you'll see theyve been around for a while though. For absolute best performance, the Corsair DP's give you a little edge, but you pay for it. Either ram kit will do you just fine though. Same for the M.2. Samsung makes some good drives.
 
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Nice find on the white RAM!

My RAM recommendation.

And the 950 Pro is awesome. I have the 512GB model. Just be aware that it overheats. You may want to buy one of those heat sink kits for the Raspberry Pi and put three of them on the controller chip and two NAND dies. Or put a fan within a couple of inches of it, blowing directly on it. Either of those will keep it from overheating (I use the fan method).
 
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Wow that RAM is amazing! Unfortunetly the only way I can get it with the White LEDs, and at 3000 speed is if I go with the 4x4 pack. I'm not sure how RAM works nowadays but I was always told that the 8x2 is better. Can I get your thoughts on whether this is ok? I prefer performance and I am willing to forgo the colors if the performance is noticeable.

Since you said Corsair DP is the best I wouldn't mind swapping it out for these if it's the better choice.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144769&cm_re=geil_super_luce-_-20-144-769-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233849&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
 
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I wasn't aware that the M.2 SSD's overheat so easily, guess that's the drawback for them. I was considering this one
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TGIW1XG/?tag=pcpapi-20
Would it need to be cooled as well? I would consider the 2.5" ones if they are less trouble then this.
 
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Yup, that 2x8 kit of Corsair would work just fine.
 
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Thanks! As a last question could you help me decide on the M.2 SSD vs 2.5" SSD? As mentioned I've heard that the M.2 tend to overheat and with all the heavy gaming I will be doing I'm worried that it will burn out on me. Is that a flaw in all M.2's or only some? If it's that big of a deal I could always go with the 2.5" SSD's but then I'd have to deal with the cables and such haha. Anyways, you answered my original question and so I will award you the best answer, if you happen to have time to read this I would love a response though.
Thanks to everyone else who pitched in as well!
 
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If you get the same speed RAM with similar timings, you'll never be able to tell the difference while playing. Benchmarks would be the only place you'll see differences. But for the record, the G.Skill is cheaper and has better timings than the others.

FYI: That 850 EVO drive is an mSATA drive -- it's no faster than a regular SSD. You definitely want the 950 Pro.

And if you've built your own computer before, then mounting a couple of little heat sinks with the included thermal tape (or simply pointing a fan) shouldn't be "trouble" for you. If you do either one of those, you prevent the overheating and you will have no issues with it burning out.
 
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The performance would be the same unless you go with the PCI express version, so if you're concerned with the overheating issue, I would go the 2.5" route. SSD's in the 2.5" form factor are generally cheaper anyway. That way you could locate it somewhere closer to one of the intake fans in the HDD tray.
 
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Couple more questions sorry!

1. I was looking at the 950 Pro, to work at it's peak it needs to be plugged into a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot
according to Asus webpage my motherboard
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/MAXIMUS-VIII-HERO/
has two PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (CPU) and one PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (PCH)
now my main concern as I'm going to go sli down the road, is that I read somewhere that using this in the PCI slot can take lanes away from your other components such as the graphics card? I just want to make sure this wont' cause a problem when I have 2 gpus and this plugged into the slot, also which slot would be best for it?

2. You said the Pro comes with the thermal tape, what about the heat sinks? Which would you recommend if it doesn't come with them.

3. Is the performance increase even noticeable with a 2.5" SSD vs the M.2 in a PCI-e?
Thanks
 
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1. It requires an M.2 slot that's using the x4 Gen3 lanes. Your board has that (at the bottom, just below the SATA connectors), and will give maximum performance. Your CPU will supply the lanes necessary for your SLI setup without disturbing the performance of the M.2 drive.
2. The thermal tape is included with the Raspberry Pi heat sink kits, not with the drive. It's actually pre-mounted for you -- you just peel off the cover and stick the heat sink to the chip. You need a total of three heat sinks.
3. My old system had a Crucial MX100 512GB SATA SSD, and this feels faster. I suppose it could be me doing a self-fulfilling prophecy type of thing...
 
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