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Gaming PC - Help me please!

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Apocalypto

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Hello everyone,

I am building a new PC especially for gaming.

Can anyone tell me if these specs below, if they match or not please especially the CPU Cooler please.


Case: NZXT H440 Designed by Razer
Motherboard: ROG STRIX X99 GAMING
CPU: Intel Core i7 - 6850K
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 1080 Founders Edition
RAM: Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - White
CPU Cooler - NOCTUA NH-D15
Storage: M.2 Samsung 950 Pro 512GB
Power supply: EVGA NEXG 750W 80 PLUS GOLD

Thank you very much!

Steven
 
You are going to want a quad channel memory kit. To get 32GB of RAM like you have now, you'll need to buy a kit of 4x8GB memory.
 
Hi,

Thank you very much for your fast reply!

Where should I put them the RAM - 4x8gb (next to each other) or 2x8gb one side and 2x8gb the other side?

Regarding the CPU Cooler - NOCTUA NH-D15 is it compatible with i7 6850K and ASUS X99 Strix motherboard please?

Thank you very much,

Steven

Arachnotronic said:
You are going to want a quad channel memory kit. To get 32GB of RAM like you have now, you'll need to buy a kit of 4x8GB memory.
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Apocalypto said:
Hi,

Thank you very much for your fast reply!

Where should I put them the RAM - 4x8gb (next to each other) or 2x8gb one side and 2x8gb the other side?

Regarding the CPU Cooler - NOCTUA NH-D15 is it compatible with i7 6850K and ASUS X99 Strix motherboard please?

Thank you very much,

Steven
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When you get the motherboard, check the manual. It will tell you how you should put the memory sticks in to achieve quad channel operation. Typically on X99, you will have two on each side, with a spacing in between each stick on each side.
 
Thank you very much for the information!

About the CPU Cooler -NOCTUA NH-D15 is it compatible with ASUS X99 Strix & i7 6850K please?

Thanks again,

Steven

Arachnotronic said:
When you get the motherboard, check the manual. It will tell you how you should put the memory sticks in to achieve quad channel operation. Typically on X99, you will have two on each side, with a spacing in between each stick on each side.
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Can I make a few general suggestions?

Are you going to overclock? If not, I suggest a 6700K-based build instead of this. The single-thread performance helps.

If you are going to overclock, I suggest a 6800 - edit: or better yet a 5820, not a 6850. If you don't want to SLI, the extra PCIe bandwidth doesn't matter. And if you do want to SLI, you should get Nvidia's new hard SLI bridge, and the extra PCIe bandwidth still doesn't matter.
 
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WHEN are you building? The Founders Edition cards are essentially more expensive for lesser cards. If you aren't building for a couple of months, you'll want an aftermarket 1080 instead.
 
Hi,

No I am not going to overclock it 😛 I know its useless for now having a 6 core CPU, but I had 3770K and I just want something different instead of the 6700K (4 cores).

Regarding the 6850K not the 6800K because of the clock speeds, the 6850 has more clock speed then the 6800K. and I am not going to SLI as well.

I am going with this CPU to last me a bit longer, what do you think?

Thank you,

Steven


Ken g6 said:
Can I make a few general suggestions?

Are you going to overclock? If not, I suggest a 6700K-based build instead of this. The single-thread performance helps.

If you are going to overclock, I suggest a 6800 - edit: or better yet a 5820, not a 6850. If you don't want to SLI, the extra PCIe bandwidth doesn't matter. And if you do want to SLI, you should get Nvidia's new hard SLI bridge, and the extra PCIe bandwidth still doesn't matter.
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in 2 weeks time I am going to build it. I will find the founders edition in stock right?

TemjinGold said:
WHEN are you building? The Founders Edition cards are essentially more expensive for lesser cards. If you aren't building for a couple of months, you'll want an aftermarket 1080 instead.
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