new build soon.. need advise

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  1. CapKrunch

    CapKrunch Active Member

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    Hello everybody,

    My sandybridge 2500k have been SO good to me since it came out, and lately motherboard start to show couple of problems. It is time to for me to get new build. Skylake looks great but for the price, I could go for 5820k for little more bucks which seems better and I hope yall agreed with me.

    All I need is cpu - mobo - memory and I'll use the rest from my sandybridge system.

    CPU - 5820k
    MOBO - ASUS X99-A
    MEMORY - G. SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16gb (4x4GB) model F4-2800C15Q-16GVR


    I'm not expert with X99 build and if yall think I should swap or anything. Please let me know and I'll see what I can do.

    Budget is about 800 dollars

    Thanks
     
  2. Fender178

    Fender178 Ancient Guru

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    looks good to me. The 5820k is very good CPU and very Overclockable.
     
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    CapKrunch Active Member

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    got a question... wonder if I should go for 4x4gb ram or 2x 8gb? I'm not sure if x99 required quad???
     
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    Fender178 Ancient Guru

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    I would go quad channel because of it being x99 and all dual channel would defeat the purpose in having an x99 based system.
     

  5. CapKrunch

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    ok, I ordered those parts and thanks everybody for your time!

    Cheers!!!
     

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