x99 chipset DDR4 memory ?

[digitaldreams]

Hi Guys

After being utterly raped of my house, kids, pension and sanity in the sickeningly ignorant and biased family/divorce courts I'm thinking of upgrading to x99 from my old 3 channel x58 as a means of mental therapy before I go under/crazy.

With my old DDR3 board the memory situ became a bit vague, going for lower cl values didn't do you much good. Looking at the x99 boards they seem to say 2133 is the design speed, anything above (to 3000+) is 'overclocked' ??.

What is the score with the DDR4 x99 chipset ?, go for 2133 with the lowest CL I can find or is it better/safe safe to go higher MHz (overclock) ?, I don't like overclocking in general, prefer stability/reliability/long life without losing the advantage of the later chipset .

Sorry if confusing, brain completely shot.

Regards...

 

[digitaldreams]

Find the motherboard you want first and check on it's specifications for ram support you will find for example on the asus x99 delux it will read



That is telling you what the motherboard is capable of doing. i think this was also the case with other chipsets.

the OC is actually almost always ( it actually might be always ) in the form of a XMP profile that you just turn on and achieve the advertised speeds.

As always unless you are going for some form of overclocking world record ect ect it really does not matter what speed/timings you go for too much. It won't really effect real world performance at all. Get a kit you like the looks of and price tag to match.

The only thing to note is systems ( depending on the usage situation ) are starting to use quite a bit of ram now. running GTA V with a chrome browser with about 2-3 tabs open im using around 11GB of ram so i would say get 16GB minimum now.

Good luck with not going crazy... at least now you get to build beast systems without being moaned at.

Thanks Harry....I have a new partner (hell of a lot better than the last) so are still at risk of being moaned at LOL.....

A major issue I have identified is that I currently use a Soundblaster XF-i with front panel. There are no old PCI sockets on the new motherboards !. This would be a great loss to me. The front panel has midi (for my kids keyboard) and a very handy headphone socket and volume control etc. Why don't the likes of ASUS offer a similar front panel to connect to their motherboards !?. You are left fiddling around the back of your pc and with software controls (difficult in the middle of say Crysis3)... Damn.

 

[digitaldreams]

PCI gen 1/2/3 if that's what you are mentioning are backwards compatible so if the sound card is pci-2.0 it will work fine in a 3.0 port. And im pretty sure the motherboards still all have front panel audio connections on the motherboard for your case 3.5mm jacks to be plugged into.

If you want it to be really easy a external AMP/DAC would be great

The socket my XF-i is currently plugged into (white) looks nothing like the video card sockets that fill new motherboards....the locating bar (part way along the connector) is in a different location for a start. The XF-i sadly would be straight in the bin but it would be great to dump the sata 6gb/s, USB3 extension card though.

Regards

 

[digitaldreams]

As always unless you are going for some form of overclocking world record ect ect it really does not matter what speed/timings you go for too much. It won't really effect real world performance at all.

Has anyone done a real world test of the difference between 2133 and 3200 with the X99 chipset ?. Even 3D mark comparisons would be interesting...I'd guess the higher speeds also bring higher temps for the chipset ?. Anyone running at or close to 3200 on an X99 board have experience to share ?

Regards