6700k,mobo,cooling.

[Aridn]

That's the case I have! I also have that same cooler, but will be swapping it would with the Dark Rock 3 from Be Quiet!

I really, really, like that s340.

I looked at that one, but the price to performance of the hyper 212 evo is just too good, plus if I wanted to I could paint the top fin any color O want to match any kind of scheme.

Pics cuz why not

[Pterodactylus]

I looked at that one, but the price to performance of the hyper 212 evo is just too good, plus if I wanted to I could paint the top fin any color O want to match any kind of scheme.

Pics cuz why not

Yeah, the price is right on the 212 evo - but it's ulgy.

Chrome at work hates your link, I'll try it at home later today.

Cheers.

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The gigabyte mobo is good, although I wouldn't get too excited about the "professional sound audio suite" it's just some unimpressive creative audio program with a terrible interface. I just use the Realtek drivers.

As far as your aio cooler, what kind of overclocks are you looking to push for that a very marginal 1 degree Celsius is worth $50?

And last, you never mentioned ram. Are you "upgrading" from an x99 chipset and already have DDR4 ram handy?

No I don't have ram handy I was going to buy new ram as well. As far as 1 degree it's a matter of looks, like I said if I cared about temps I would just get the DH15 air cooler. I have the DH14 currently and it's so ugly...Money is not a concern.

[Aridn]

No I don't have ram handy I was going to buy new ram as well. As far as 1 degree it's a matter of looks, like I said if I cared about temps I would just get the DH15 air cooler. I have the DH14 currently and it's so ugly...Money is not a concern.

Then I think what you have picked is fine.

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Then I think what you have picked is fine.

What ram would you recommend I was going to go with G-skill since it's what I currently have and it's worked thus far.

[Pterodactylus]

What ram would you recommend I was going to go with G-skill since it's what I currently have and it's worked thus far.

I'm very please with my G-skill ram, and they have a lifetime warranty.

You'd get the DDR-4 obviously with the z170 board.

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Hmm, doesn't look like they offer a sniper line in the DDR-4.

Looks like G.SKILL TridentZ is the way to go from G.Skill (since money is no issue).

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I'm very please with my G-skill ram, and they have a lifetime warranty.

You'd get the DDR-4 obviously with the z170 board.

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Hmm, doesn't look like they offer a sniper line in the DDR-4.

Looks like G.SKILL TridentZ is the way to go from G.Skill (since money is no issue).

Yeah trident is the one I was looking at, 16g I guess currently have 8.
What is the difference between the one you linked and this one besides one is 3200 and one is 3400?
http://www.neweggbusiness.com/produc...=9b-20-231-929

[Pterodactylus]

Yeah trident is the one I was looking at, 16g I guess currently have 8.
What is the difference between the one you linked and this one besides one is 3200 and one is 3400?
http://www.neweggbusiness.com/produc...=9b-20-231-929

Gains that are likely unnoticeable, and a higher price tag.

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Gains that are likely unnoticeable, and a higher price tag.

lol so almost double the price to go from 3200 to 3400? That's the only difference?

[Pterodactylus]

lol so almost double the price to go from 3200 to 3400? That's the only difference?

There are small performance gains - I doubt they are very noticeable, but they are measurable. When I recommend ram to people in builds, I'd never recommend this ram. Not because it's bad, but that money can be spent elsewhere. It's the RAM I would get if money were not an issue (and I had a compatible mobo). You said money wasn't an issue.

[Aridn]

I haven't done much research on ddr4 clock speeds, but I know that on ddr3 going from say, 1600mhz to 2400mhz provided no noticible gains in gaming. I can't imagine ddr4 is much different. Just make sure you get the lowest cas latency

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I haven't done much research on ddr4 clock speeds, but I know that on ddr3 going from say, 1600mhz to 2400mhz provided no noticible gains in gaming. I can't imagine ddr4 is much different. Just make sure you get the lowest cas latency

It's just for overclocking right? 1600mhz and 2400 mhz is a noticeable difference, 3200 and 3400 though?

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There are small performance gains - I doubt they are very noticeable, but they are measurable. When I recommend ram to people in builds, I'd never recommend this ram. Not because it's bad, but that money can be spent elsewhere. It's the RAM I would get if money were not an issue (and I had a compatible mobo). You said money wasn't an issue.

It's not but double the price for no reason is just silly.

[Remilia]

I haven't done much research on ddr4 clock speeds, but I know that on ddr3 going from say, 1600mhz to 2400mhz provided no noticible gains in gaming. I can't imagine ddr4 is much different. Just make sure you get the lowest cas latency

Skylake in particular benefits a bit from increased memory clock speed, about 8-10% from a 2133 CL15 to a 2666-2800CL15 in games. Diminishing returns still applies though.
Haswell however does not gain anything like you said.