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Castiel19

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Not too long ago, I posted something like this and got a view replies. I took the baselines of what people said, and reviews on the parts they recommended. I then chose what parts I wanted further more, and got these. I want to play games like Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Battlefield 4, Grand Theft Auto V, and Subnautica. Anything else alike to those games will most likely be in my interest. Anyways, here's what I chose:

CPU: Intel i5-6600k
GPU: MSI GTX 960 4GB
PSU: EVGA SupoerNOVA G2 550W
CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
MoBo: Asus z170-A
RAM: G.Skill Aegis DDR4-2133 (8GBx1(I know dual channel is better, but I left room for upgrades))
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer
Case: Deepcool KENDOMEN Red ATX Mid-Tower

Any help from anyone reading this is GREATLY appreciated, as I want to start buying soon. I'm very cautious about what I buy, I don't want incompatible parts laying around. Thanks for reading!

P.S. All the tags may be annoying, but if anyone has a PC build similar to mine and needs help as well, it's easy for them to find this and read up.
 
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Decent machine, it will perform well in games at 1080p and 60fps.

If you are aiming for 120fps+ you will definitely find yourself turning down the graphics settings a little.

Most modern games you will be able to play at a high-very high setting.
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Decent machine, it will perform well in games at 1080p and 60fps.

If you are aiming for 120fps+ you will definitely find yourself turning down the graphics settings a little.

Most modern games you will be able to play at a high-very high setting.
 
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Your build looks good, but I don't think you should use just one stick of RAM for a couple of reasons. You will lose some performance in single channel as you stated, and you may or may not ever upgrade it to 16 GB. If you do, there's no guarantee that the new stick will be compatible, even if it's identical. A new stick may have the same model number but use different chips if manufactured at a later date. I would either buy an use an 8 GB kit now and then sell it and buy a 16 GB kit later if you need it, or just get the 16 GB kit now and not worry about it.
 
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I'd honestly be more surprised if the second stick of RAM caused problems.

For example, when I upgraded to 16GB, I simply added two more 4GB modules. it worked perfectly, just plug and play. and the RAM sticks are about 4 years apart in purchase date.

If you buy the same spec RAM, you will have no issues adding more later on.
 
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While I have had good luck mixing and adding memory. I have seen times when even the same memory from a newer or the same batch simply was not 100% stable.

It is a luck of the draw(In my case it was a Z68 system with a 2600k and 4 x 4 gigabytes[2 kits] of Corsair XMS3). I had used 2 x 3 channel kits(same XMS3, but the 3 stick packs) on my X58 system before that with no issues at all.
 
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I plan on doing animation and 3D Rendering and such, but much later on. So I think you're right-getting an 8GB kit would be ideal. Thanks for saving my butt in the future.

 
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