Memory Question

[Everest87]

Hi all!

First post here in these forums but i have been a reader for some time.
I'm asking this question as my searches haven't really answered what i'm looking for.
I am going to be doing a new pc build come september 23rd (payday ) and everything looks like this.

AMD Phenom II x6 1100t- come september maybe bulldozer if it arrives
Asus crosshair V 990fx
Sapphire ATI radeon HD 6990
Coolermaster HAF 932 advanced
Corsair Force series 3 120GB SSD
Western Digi Velociraptor 300GB
Corsair hydro h100-fancied making my own but this is my first build for myself so wanted to keep it simple for now, may add later.
OCZ zx 1250w-room for later expansion i thought.

Ok to the problem i have, memory! dun dun dun. Ive looked at the G.Skill 2133mhz stuff which is compatible with the motherboard but am I able to get to that speed or am i wasting my time/money and should i go with a different make/model/speed. If so what do you suggest? The pc will be used mainly for gaming so if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be much appreciated.

Also any constructive criticism on the build what could be changed/improved is most welcome.

Regards

 

[Surveyor]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

My honest opinion is that you should change pretty much everything.

Sandybridge 2500K with S1155 motherboard. Stomps on an X6 1100T.
8GB of 1600MHz RAM. That's as fast as you need.
2 HD 6950's or other GPU's of your choice. Virtually the same performance as a HD 6990 and three quarters the price.
Samsung F3 1TB HDD. WD Velociraptor is a complete waste of money.
Case is a personal choice.
CPU cooler up to you but there are air coolers which will do the job for less.
PSU is overkill unless you were going to get 2 HD 6990's which is pointless.

I suggest you start a thread in General Hardware, "Spec me a £xxxx gaming PC" or whatever it's for.

Set out exactly what you want. Just a base unit or if you need an operating system, keyboard, mouse, monitor etc.

As it looks like a gaming PC state what resolution you'll be playing games at.

 

[evilpenguin]

1100t's on the 990 boards can throw a major major mental. if you want an amd get a 1090t and clock it. as for ram, the kingston genesis grey stuff is good for the price and pretty reliable. as for the psu.... no way will you need that. i run a pair of 580's on a 750w.

finally... the h100.... i would save a bit more cash and got for a proper watercooling build if you need that much cooling, otherwise a 5-6- quid air cooler will probably outperform it

 

[Everest87]

Ok guys thanks for the input about this, seems i might have more homework to do and il look into a sandybridge system, either way i will be getting something as this old packard bell ipower (which i thought was great 4years ago) isnt good enough anymore.

Again many thanks