Best RAM for Core I7 975, with Gigabyte mobo
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More important than what ram, is what cooling.
The current processor will clock almost identically to the 975. Unless you're going well under ambient all you're doing is ****ing a grand up against the wall. Since you currently have a rather poor clock on the 920 I suspect you are not part of the phase/peltier crowd and would therefore be spending a grand on exactly the same performance you have now. What's the point?
Similar arguments for the second 295gtx. Quad sli is not going to help much over one of the cards, and the new generation of graphics cards is out very shortly which makes it the worst investment possible for a computer.
Cannot recommend which RAM ???? without some idea of why the ocz is inadequate.
The current processor will clock almost identically to the 975. Unless you're going well under ambient all you're doing is ****ing a grand up against the wall. Since you currently have a rather poor clock on the 920 I suspect you are not part of the phase/peltier crowd and would therefore be spending a grand on exactly the same performance you have now. What's the point?
Similar arguments for the second 295gtx. Quad sli is not going to help much over one of the cards, and the new generation of graphics cards is out very shortly which makes it the worst investment possible for a computer.
Cannot recommend which RAM ???? without some idea of why the ocz is inadequate.
In that case the UD5 is an excellent choice. Most people on here will recommend the patriot 1600mhz, but I personally use and like the corsair 1600mhz dominator.
That processor is a very unwise buy. Just because it costs five times as much does not make it five times quicker.
A 920 at 3.33ghz is exactly the same speed as the 975 at 3.33ghz, with the slight change that the 920 will be there through bsck so have higher memory bandwidth and so perform marginally better than the 975. If he's determined to buy a monster cpu, point him at the 950. However this is still a daft purchase over the 920 D0 stepping.
That processor is a very unwise buy. Just because it costs five times as much does not make it five times quicker.
A 920 at 3.33ghz is exactly the same speed as the 975 at 3.33ghz, with the slight change that the 920 will be there through bsck so have higher memory bandwidth and so perform marginally better than the 975. If he's determined to buy a monster cpu, point him at the 950. However this is still a daft purchase over the 920 D0 stepping.
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No, well depends on what you are doing really but more often than not NO!!
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Yeah man. Really don't let you're friend buy the 975. The 920 can do the job just as well.