idk just had it over 2 years and thought it was necessary. The rest of my parts are 8.00GB Dual-Channel Unknown @ 1066MHz Memory, 4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (MSI), 2 931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 (SATA), and 650-watt Corsair. Looking to upgrade graphics to 1070 though.