this an alright spec for sandybridge?

supergt

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hey guys, so im waiting till the 9th to upgrade from my 4 year old PC ! (was meant to upgrade months ago to i7 but didnt get round too it)

im going to uni on the 7th so i wanted to order the parts i could since delivery is a problem at my accomodation so didnt want to carry a lot from the depot there!

anyway here it is

CPU: sandybridge

mobo: same

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit

(already got HD)

SSD: OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive

GPU: XFX ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

CPU cooler: corsair H50

case: coolermaster haf x

PSU: Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply



going to flash the 6950, and will want to go crossfire at some point (will PSU handle it?)

no need for a disc drive!

everything look ok?
 
PSU will be fine.
Sandybridge will be dual channel, and do you really need that much? Unless you're doing encoding 4gb is enough.
 
but the ram is so cheap :( and want to future proof it as much as possible, also 3x4gb will be the same if i got 6gb which is 3x2gb no? lol
 
yeh but theres no way in hell ill upgrade from 4gb of RAM to 4gb of ram 4 years later so that would be out of the question :P would be 6 or 12.
 
supergt said:
yeh but theres no way in hell ill upgrade from 4gb of RAM to 4gb of ram 4 years later so that would be out of the question :P would be 6 or 12.
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There's nothing to stop you having 8GB (2x4GB) if you want more.

That will be plenty for anything you want to do with the PC and you'll be running in the proper dual channel mode.

Just make sure you have a 64 bit O.S.

Also Corsair's website says the H50 is compatible with socket 1155:

http://www.corsair.com/cooling/hydro-series.html
 
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thanks for the link! i just dont see the harm in getting 12gigs especially of this decent ram while i have the cash and its cheap!
 
supergt said:
thanks for the link! i just dont see the harm in getting 12gigs especially of this decent ram while i have the cash and its cheap!
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I give up :rolleyes:

Sandybridge is not designed to run with 3 RAM slots filled.

At best you'll have 8GB running in dual channel and 4GB running in single channel, at worst it may cause issues.

If you're so keen to have more then 8GB (though I've no idea what for) then fill all 4 RAM slots with 16GB.
 
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