2011 upgrade advice

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Ulijin

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2011 Haswell-E upgrade advice

Hi Guys,

I'm planning on upgrading my rig to 2011 Haswell-E. I'm doing video rendering and photo stuff a lot more than I used to.

Anyway I've been out of the game for a while so my component knowledge is pretty rusty and I need your expert help please!

I plan on buying the following:

This one I'm most unsure on!
Ram: Corsair Vengeance® LPX 32GB [4x8GB] DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz C15 Memory Kit - Black (CMK32GX4M4A2666C15)
x2 as I want 64GB total

These I'm almost set on...
CPU: 5930K
Mobo: Sabertooth X99
SSD: Samsung SM951 512GB

If anyone has any advice / corrections / suggestions please share!

The rest of my rig is 2 original Geforce Titans and a Corsair AX860 PSU

Thanks!
Ulijin.
 
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You know the 5820K and 5930K are identical save for a difference of 12 PCIE lanes right?

You definitely don't sound like you need the higher tier chip. Save yourself the $250 for something else like a better SSD.

Which motherboards are you looking at?
 
Asperatis said:
Corsair also has a 64GB DDR4 kit:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-426-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1390

It's 2400MHz instead of 2666MHz though, but I reckon a single kit outweighs this
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Hi Asperatis,

Thanks for the response. I spotted that kit. I'm only aiming for 64GB but you'd be right if I thought I would want to go to 128GB in the future before replacing this build.

I tend not to buy single kits anymore, always 2 identical kits and I'll explain why.

It could be just me but I've had 1 dimm (out of however many) go bad in my last 3 builds. Not straight away, but over time this seems to happen to me.

Corsair have a great RMA policy with one exception, whenever I've wanted to replace the 1 bad dimm they've insisted on me sending back the whole kit I purchased. This is fine if you've got extra RAM lying around which I sometimes do, but it's much easier to just remove half your ram and still have a working PC.

Why I always seem to have RAM issues I've no idea... I buy decent Mobos and PSUs. I don't vacuum my PC or introduce static. I've had my last 3 builds in 3 different locations hooked up to different sockets in my place. It remains a mystery, but I've learned to attempt to cater for this curse ;)

PCgamingnoob said:
You know the 5820K and 5930K are identical save for a difference of 12 PCIE lanes right?

You definitely don't sound like you need the higher tier chip. Save yourself the $250 for something else like a better SSD.

Which motherboards are you looking at?
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Hi PCgamingnoob,

The SSD is around the fastest on the market at the moment and will be using PCIE lanes along with SLI cards. Hence stumping for the 5930K. I'm not particularily price sensitive, but thanks for the advice.

Motherboard was in my original post ;) X99 Sabertooth.

Chrazey said:
Hey Ulijin, a tip for you... I recommend you use the multiquote (
multiquote_off.gif
) instead of double posting, or you'll have angry mods after you :)



If only everyone could be like you ^_^
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Thanks for the good advice! I'd forgotten that...


Cheers,
Ulijin.
 
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Hey Ulijin, a tip for you... I recommend you use the multiquote (
multiquote_off.gif
) instead of double posting, or you'll have angry mods after you :)

Ulijin said:
I'm not particularily price sensitive, but thanks for the advice.
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If only everyone could be like you ^_^
 
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