Need help deciding how much ram i need for a GTX 1060

jaysmoove13 · Jul 21, 2016

I am building a new gaming pc and im not planning on upgrading for about 5 plus years. i wanna use the new GTX 1060 founders Edition but i am not to sure about how much ram i should use. should i use 8gb or 16gb. Also is a i5 6600k CPU good enough for the card. im also in need for a LGA1151 motherboard but i cant figure out which to pick. heres my build

MB- not sure
CPU- i5-6600k
Ram- not sure
case - commander
Video- GTX 1060 founders edition
PSU- evga 750w gold

KaDeTime · Jul 21, 2016

For ram since you don't want want to upgrade in the next few years i would go for 16gb in two sticks of 8 ram just to have room in the future

king3pj · Jul 21, 2016

Yeah, 8GB is enough in most cases but I used 16GB on my last build to make sure I'm covered in all games. The price difference isn't that big and if you go with 16GB you will never have to worry about RAM in this build's useful lifetime.

Reaper_7799 · Jul 21, 2016

8GB is still fine but 16GB would be better, although you can always just add it later if you find you need it. 6600K is plenty and a nice cpu but why the founders edition? I'd opt for one of the aftermarket cards, they come clocked a little higher, have better cooling, board and components and many of them are cheaper in the US at least.

jaysmoove13 · Jul 21, 2016

Reaper_7799 :

I picked the founders edition because its the cheapest in canada and all the aftermarket cards are around $350 and most out of stock

Reaper_7799 · Jul 21, 2016

jaysmoove13 :

Gotcha, ya different in every country...nothin wrong with it, the temps on the 1060 are really low vs 1070/80 so you wont get any throttling or anything really.

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