Newbie Building a new computer and need some help

R-evans · 12 Dec 2012 at 20:54

Bacon? said:
8GB RAM is fine for gaming. If you went higher you would need to be looking at expanding the OS because Home Premium can only take 16GB and 16GB RAM plus 2GB VRAM = 18GB.

Oh and I personally would get the 7950's because of the 3GB VRAM which could be handy over 3 screens. What power supply will you be using for a multi gpu setup?

Just browsing this thread. You mentioned about the RAM limit with OS, is this the same for mobo? Just wondering because I have 16GB RAM and am looking to get 2GB DDR5 video card. If my mobo only takes 16GB (which it does) will it not work?

MarkJr · 12 Dec 2012 at 21:16

If you're on a budget like £2000 get some Corsair Vengeance RAM!

Idleman · 12 Dec 2012 at 21:20

R-evans said:
Just browsing this thread. You mentioned about the RAM limit with OS, is this the same for mobo? Just wondering because I have 16GB RAM and am looking to get 2GB DDR5 video card. If my mobo only takes 16GB (which it does) will it not work?

You will be fine.

killix · 12 Dec 2012 at 23:28

MarkJr said:
If you're on a budget like £2000 get some Corsair Vengeance RAM!

what one do you think i should get?

Idleman · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:07

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-307-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-336-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Either of these will do. The set I specced earlier have gone back up in price, end of the week only sale.

killix · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:24

Idleman said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-307-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-336-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517

Either of these will do. The set I specced earlier have gone back up in price, end of the week only sale.

What is it about these that make them good does ram work better the more MHz it has or?

Thanks sorry for all the questions

Idleman · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:38

killix said:
What is it about these that make them good does ram work better the more MHz it has or?

Thanks sorry for all the questions

The only difference between these and the ones I specced is slightly lower timings. But in every day use you would`nt notice the difference.

killix · 13 Dec 2012 at 01:32

Idleman said:
The only difference between these and the ones I specced is slightly lower timings. But in every day use you would`nt notice the difference.

so what do you think about http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-321-CS ??

Idleman · 13 Dec 2012 at 01:40

You don`t want high profile ram with an air cooler. Besides you will not see any benefit between those and the ones I have already listed. You would just be wasting money.

killix · 13 Dec 2012 at 02:13

Idleman said:
You don`t want high profile ram with an air cooler. Besides you will not see any benefit between those and the ones I have already listed. You would just be wasting money.

ahh okay well i wont need it for now, is it hard to do water cooling? just curious.

Thanks a lot

Idleman · 13 Dec 2012 at 02:25

killix said:
ahh okay well i wont need it for now, is it hard to do water cooling? just curious.

Thanks a lot

To be honest, if I were you I would learn a bit more about computers before venturing into water cooling. It can be very expensive and even more so if you don`t know what you are doing.