About to go for a major upgrade of everyhing, and was given this advice :
Am happy to spend a bit more, am sticking with the CPU, but going for a slightly different mainboard (Gigabyte Z77X-D3H), a different cooler (Xigmatek Aegir SD) and have been looking at getting different/faster memory.
I want a minimum of 16GB, and am looking at around the £ 60,
I see several different brands of the dual channel strips but also seen a few good deals for 16GB of quad channel, like this "Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit" for £ 60, this week.
Is it worth going for quad channel over dual channel if all i'm doing really is gaming (high end games) and surfing. No photo/video editing or anything.
And is there a big difference between the PC3-12800 and the PC3-14400+ quad channel memory ?
Any advice on what memory to go for with a i5-3570K and a Gigabyte Z77X-D3H is greatly appreciated
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
1 x Xigmatek Achilles II SD1284 CPU-Cooler - 120mm (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366 AMD AM2/AM3/FM1) £23.98
Total : £332.34 (includes shipping : £9.50).
Am happy to spend a bit more, am sticking with the CPU, but going for a slightly different mainboard (Gigabyte Z77X-D3H), a different cooler (Xigmatek Aegir SD) and have been looking at getting different/faster memory.
I want a minimum of 16GB, and am looking at around the £ 60,
I see several different brands of the dual channel strips but also seen a few good deals for 16GB of quad channel, like this "Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Quad Channel Kit" for £ 60, this week.
Is it worth going for quad channel over dual channel if all i'm doing really is gaming (high end games) and surfing. No photo/video editing or anything.
And is there a big difference between the PC3-12800 and the PC3-14400+ quad channel memory ?
Any advice on what memory to go for with a i5-3570K and a Gigabyte Z77X-D3H is greatly appreciated
