I found it on the QVL, I think ( KF556C40BBK2-64 ) so it seems like a good option.
How much extra?
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Upgrade 9yr old Titan Scythe 4770k OC PC
I found it on the QVL, I think ( KF556C40BBK2-64 ) so it seems like a good option.
How much extra?
Ah ok, I’m just wondering if it’s worth going for a lower latency kit and higher mhz if there’s any benefit or do you think it’s pointless? I’m just a bit miffed why they make all these different ram speeds when half the time the prices are all very similar. Price I believe is the same.
@tamzzy Getting the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 A-RGB as recommended. And the Bequiet Pure Power 1000w 12m atx 3.0 pcie5. Is there anything better now?
what make/model exactly have you bought?
I think I’ll stick with the Kingston Fury Beast 64gb kit as recommended, just need to finalise which variant etc. I looked at G Skill Z5 which I know OC doesn’t sell but I imagine is overkill/negligible anyway. Plus I’m assuming the extra £100 is better spent on getting the 13900ks or something if I was going to do that?
I think for the ssd I’m torn between 990 pro or WD SN850X. I’m tempted to go for the P5P as recommended which I might slot in at a later date but it looks like the other two might be that tad quicker for boot drive. I always wanted a 4TB really, but perhaps might start with just the 2tb and add others later I’m thinking.
What do you guys think?
And again, thanks for ALL the advice, it’s been indispensable and important as this is the first upgrade in over 9 years! I want to get it right!
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no those are the top tier. i'd stick with them
at 64gb, i suspect the limiting factor would be the memory controller, save your money
whichever is cheapest, not much between them tbh outside of benchmarks
obvs if you want to spend the dosh, 990 pro is fastest followed by 850x and then the p5p
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No real performance difference on moving to 6000mhz for your needs , the Kingston brother @tamzzy recommend offer excellent value for 64gb .
Could splash out an extra £10 for the RGB version
Kingston FURY Beast RGB 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 PC5-44800C40 5600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KF556C40BBAK2-64)
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Could splash out an extra £10 for the RGB version
RGB makes everything go faster
Oh yes they'll definitely be rgb! 
- out of curiosity, if I went for something like G Skill Z6 6400 with the lower latency timings, would I notice any performance difference then or if I tried to overclock the system? would it be right to say that if I don't overclock, then the 13900k is more than happy with the 5600 memory speed and wont utilise anything higher really? I've decided to go for 2x 2tb 990 pro's by the way.
- out of curiosity, if I went for something like G Skill Z6 6400 with the lower latency timings, would I notice any performance difference then or if I tried to overclock the system? would it be right to say that if I don't overclock, then the 13900k is more than happy with the 5600 memory speed and wont utilise anything higher really? I've decided to go for 2x 2tb 990 pro's by the way.There's not going to be any noticeable difference in performance between 5600 and 6400.
In the hardware unboxed video I watched (I think it was: Zen 4 v Raptor Lake memory scaling, link), there was a 3% difference in average fps between 5200 and 6000 and a 3% difference in average fps between 6000 and 7200. This was at 1080p, with a 4090.
In Guru3D's article (13900K memory scaling, link), there was a 3% difference in average fps between 4800 and 7200. This was at 1080p, with a 3090.
I'd expect the gap to close at 1440p, to nearly disappear at 4K and to be less noticeable, the slower the graphics card. I think you can see that here, in an older TPU article with a 12900K and a 3080, there's a 0.2% difference between 5200 and 6000 at 4K.
Are both drives heavy usage? I'd usually suggest you only get high-end drive with DRAM, for the boot drive and apps, especially if one drive is only used for games or light storage. The WD SN770 is still pretty fast and has decent endurance, but is less than £140 for 2TB.
not much difference
Thank you Tetras this is really helpful. Yes both drives will be in heavy use I expect. I’ll keep most games on same drive as the os and the other drive will be all the photography stuff. I might stick a third at a later date depending on need to store what Will be a lot of raw files too.
if they're heavy use you'd be better off with the 4tb drives imo - more for the tbw than anything else
Thanks again for Ram advice. I've gone for the Kingston Fury Beast 5600 kit as recommended. From links provided and everything else I've read there's no discernible difference going for higher clocked ram particularly for 64gb kit and yields a 1-2fps increase at best for over £100 more so it's utterly pointless! hurray!