what ram should I get?

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andy.fh9314

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Hello everyone, this is my first time building a game/work pc so any help will be appreciated!!! (PS: I use a 34" 1440P ultrawide)

i'll be starting my build in September, and I've finished my list, but I do have a few questions.

1. I'm getting a Ryzen 5 2600, whats the ram speed I should be looking at? Can I buy a lower speed ram and oc it?

2. Ram prices are stupid high, should I get a 8gb stick just to get through for now? If so, is it a good idea to get 2X4 or just 1X8?

3. Do i need more fans for the NZXT case?

4. Is my 520W power supply enough?

5. I see people installing drivers after installing windows, what are those?

Dont have to answer everything, thanks guys.

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/6zycRJ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/6zycRJ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Memory Express)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard ($103.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($182.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($128.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card ($569.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($88.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Case Fan: Cooler Master - R4-S4S-10AK-GP 60.9 CFM 140mm Fan ($14.80 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $1409.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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RememberThe5th
1. 2666
2. 2x4 is better in long term, in short term (if youre gonna buy another stick) 1x8.
3. Just 2 front intake and one exhaust, following natural way of hot air going up, cold staying down.
4. Thats a good psu, even tho 5 year old technology.
5 usually drivers that come with windows are generic, its always recommended going to manufacturers site of mobo and downloading latest drivers for your windows.

Also I personally recommend you 2TB hdd, cause most of games are 20GB+

And yes you can oc most of rams at higher speed with some minor tweaking.

I really recommend you get 2x8 cause youre doing 1440p, 8gb is bare minimum.
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1. 2666
2. 2x4 is better in long term, in short term (if youre gonna buy another stick) 1x8.
3. Just 2 front intake and one exhaust, following natural way of hot air going up, cold staying down.
4. Thats a good psu, even tho 5 year old technology.
5 usually drivers that come with windows are generic, its always recommended going to manufacturers site of mobo and downloading latest drivers for your windows.

Also I personally recommend you 2TB hdd, cause most of games are 20GB+

And yes you can oc most of rams at higher speed with some minor tweaking.

I really recommend you get 2x8 cause youre doing 1440p, 8gb is bare minimum.
 
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Agree with all the points made by Robert but on the RAM, I would go as high as possible to at least 3200MHz as Ryzen actually does make use of the faster speed ram and overclocking RAM is never as easy as it looks especially on Ryzen. Also 2 x 4GB or even better 2 x 8GB RAM as Robert has suggested...
 
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Ryzen 2nd gen doesnt need that fast ram, 2666 is pretty good, also with oc 2993 is possible.
1st gen ryzen was hungry for ram speed.

To mention, youre using 1440p monitor, 1070, also as you load games youre gonna hit ram limit, cause the game loads onto ram, and youre left with 6gb of ram cause windows take 1.5-2GB.
Games will stutter at ultra-very high eettings cause your rig will be capable of that.

As I said, short term, go for 1x8, for long term 2x4, since you have 4 slots of ram.
 
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Ryzen 5 2600 will be good with anything above 2666 MHz. I'd recommend 3000 MHz but 2666 is fine.
Get a 2x4 kit. It's better.
You don't really need more fans on that case. It come with 1 in the rear and 1 at the top
Your PSU is perfect.
The drivers let your parts communicate with the OS and they let them send and receive data. Without them your PC wouldn't be good.
 
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cyan1de_

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Better build than the one you got there around the same price with 2x4 8GB 2666 MHz RAM in Canadian Dollars.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor ($264.24 @ Amazon Canada)
Motherboard: Asus - Prime X470-Pro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($209.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($108.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($78.99 @ PC-Canada)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.50 @ Vuugo)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card ($569.99 @ Amazon Canada)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($88.75 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.79 @ Mike's Computer Shop)
Total: $1465.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-28 09:23 EDT-0400




 
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