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Fewer memory sticks lets you upgrade easier as stated, but more memory sticks gives you less loss if a stick fails (which has never happened to me but friends have mentioned it). RAM is ridiculously cheap right now compared to a couple years ago so I'd definitely get at least 8 GB.
Oh and Sandy Bridge isn't locked to 1333 speeds. Many motherboards support faster, possibly with some configuration.
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Ruff_Hi Wrote:+$110 over the 2550K - too much for me.
FYI - some price pictures are attached above in this thread.
I mean, stick with the 2500K.
I guess NH is right about the RAM but if you want to pick another speed, consult:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4503/sandy...est-ddr3/8
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8gigs is more than enough, don't bother with 16.
Don't worry about memory failing, if it does spend $15 on a new stick 
Like with Windows Ultimate you'll know if you need a 2600K. It's only useful for Hyperthreading, which in an era when midrange processors already have four physical cores means a pretty small group.
Don't worry about memory speed. Any standard stuff is fine. We're talking like a 1% speed difference here in real-world applications.
Speaking of the real-world, I'll reiterate that upgrading to even an 80gig SSD and using that for Windows and games will be the best bang for the buck upgrade you ever did. My hope PC has a SSD and my work computers don't, and the latter feel broken. There's something magical about never having to wait for something to finish loading before opening something else.
All that said, you should be happy overall with what you spec'd out. It should meet your needs fine. Enjoy the case!
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kjn Wrote:An SSD will do wonders. If you have an old hard drive from your computer and budget is tight, it might be better to put that one in your new computer together with the SSD. I looked at an SSD but for my usage, I think I can do without it. My HDD on my dell (the 5 yr old beast) failed (or started to fail) last year so I now have 2 x 1TB drives in it - I will be porting those over to the new PC. Luckily, I caught it mid-fail so I didn't lose anything.
Quote:Are you going for the integrated network and sound from the mobo
Yes - I will be watching streaming vids and stuff and my speakers are good but not great - so any sort of sound card won't be worth it. My router is about 10 inches away from the back of my case so I don't need wireless.
I have finally decided to put down some cash and register a website. It is www.ruffhi.com. Now I remain free to move the hosting options without having to change the name of the site.
(October 22nd, 2014, 10:52)Caledorn Wrote: And ruff is officially banned from playing in my games as a reward for ruining my big surprise by posting silly and correct theories in the PB18 tech thread.
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About processors.
- There are Ivy Bridge (a better Sandy Bridge) about to start selling really soon.
- If you don't overclock, the models with -K are not needed.
Useful information http://www.tomshardware.com/
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flug_auto Wrote:About processors.
- There are Ivy Bridge (a better Sandy Bridge) about to start selling really soon.
My impression from Ivy Bridge (or for that matter Sandy Brigde) is that they are mostly improvements in power efficiency and in integrated graphics. An old 2009-vintage Core 2 Duo is still a quite capable CPU, and can easily handle most tasks in a desktop.
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I would ignore IB for now, maybe even wait a little bit to get a SB for cheaper.
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I wouldn't say Sandy Bridge was mostly improvements in power efficiency and in integrated graphics...
But yeah Ivy Bridge is probably not going to be that much of an improvement, especially in the beginning before the manufacturing process has matured.
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Ivy Bridge is cooler + lower power, and very slightly quicker. For those that care about these things (not Ruff), it seems like a much worse overclocker.
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sunrise089 Wrote:8gigs is more than enough, don't bother with 16.
That depends on what you do on your computer. I don't regret one bit that I went with 16 GB. RAM is cheap, buy a lot of it while it still is.
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