Am I picking the right memory?

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Ferio121

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Hello Everyone,

I'm going for a second build with the following components

CPU; 6700k or I7700K (leaning to 6700k due music production)
Motherboard; Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD5

I want 32gb of memory so I've found G skill F4-3000C14D-32GVK

Do you guys think this memory is the best value for in combination with the motherboard/cpu?

If not, what would you choose?
 
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Dunlop0078
Yes I was assuming you were using this for music production, as you said. No I doubt there would be any difference in the performance of any music production software between 3000mhz CL14 and 3000mhz CL16 ram. If you want more cpu cores I would look at ryzen over intel X99, certainly a lot better value for money. However I have no idea if the software you use will benefit from anything with more cores and threads than an i7 7700k.
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The 6700k will not be better than the 7700k for music production, they are essentially the same cpu but the 7700k has higher stock clocks and tends to overclock a bit better. If you go with the 6700k you could probaly save some money by going with a Z170 board instead of Z270.

That ram is very good, 3000mhz CL14 is pretty fast. But it is expensive, you would likely not notice much of a difference going with a say 3000mhz CL15 or CL16 kit.
 
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Case: Fractal design Define R5
CPU: 7700K
Cooler: Noctua D-15
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-UD5
Memory: G skill F4-3000C14D-32GVK
Graphics: GTX 970 (may upgrade in future)
Disk1: Samsung 500gb evo 840
Disk2: Seagate 2tb
Disk3: Seagate 2tb

I'm also thinking to go with 6800K (and different mobo), since it has 6 cores and for music production I heard that is better?



I'm not using it really for gaming, but for music production. Would I notice a difference then? If not, better to choose a cheaper Cl16 then?

 
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Yes I was assuming you were using this for music production, as you said. No I doubt there would be any difference in the performance of any music production software between 3000mhz CL14 and 3000mhz CL16 ram. If you want more cpu cores I would look at ryzen over intel X99, certainly a lot better value for money. However I have no idea if the software you use will benefit from anything with more cores and threads than an i7 7700k.
 
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