building a pc for a bit of gaming (BF4 far cry and others) but mostly VM environment where i will be running a lot of VMs

Rich Piano

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Hi al first time asking a question but could you all give me advice on my current set up i am buying would love to know if i am on the right track with what i am buying.

-NZXT H440 Mid Tower Case
-Gigabyte GV-N970G1 Gaming-4GD GTX970 Windforce 4G SC Version PCI-E Video card
-CORSAIR RM SERIES RM650 650W FULLY MODULAR PSU 80PLUS GOLD
-Sabertooth Z97 Mark 2, Socket 1150, Intel Z97 Chipset, ATX
-Intel Haswell Core i7-4790 3.6GHz 8MB LGA1150
-Kingston DDR3 16GB (2X8GB)x2so 32gb all up) 1866MHz HyperX Fury series Blue Gaming RAM HX318C10FK2/16
-Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB 2.5" SATA3 7mm Internal Solid State Drive(for os only)
-WD 2TB Black Edition 64MB Performance SATA3 7200RPM Internal HDD Maximum performance for power computing 5 Years Warranty(for games, docs,music, mocies etc)
-SAMSUNG 850 EVO 500GB, 3D V-NAND, SATA III 6GB/S, R/W(MAX) 540MB/S/520MB/S, 98K/90K IOPS, 2.5(for vm eniroment as i do a lot of windows training)
-IBM Broadcom Ethernet Adapter 5719, 4 Port Upgrade
 
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Because if you want four DIMMs, buy memory that the vendor has certified to function as a set. Buying two sets, even of the same thing, doesn't give you that vendor guarantee.

Rich Piano

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hey with the ram why do you say don't buy two sets?
 

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Because if you want four DIMMs, buy memory that the vendor has certified to function as a set. Buying two sets, even of the same thing, doesn't give you that vendor guarantee.
 
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