machinestate
New Member
- Joined
- Jan 21, 2013
I need a new AMD rig, looking to spend around $1000, and I plan to overclock. I've been pricing hardware and here's what I'm thinking about doing:
mobo: MSI 990FXA-GD80
cpu: FX-8350
gpu: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950
psu: Coolmax ZP-850B
cooler: Thermaltake CLP0575
memory: Mushkin 993991 (4x4GB) PC3-16000 9-11-9-27
case: Antec Three Hundred
storage: 500gb HDD w/OS from existing rig, but considering a 256gb SSD...
A few questions -
1) How can I make sure the cpu fan/sink won't obstruct the dimms before I buy? I've had that problem in the past.
2) Does anyone know how wide the memory modules are with the ridgeback heatsinks? I'm also worried about these fitting because the dimms are so close together - I had to really cram them together in my current rig with mushkin memory and an msi mobo, and if they were a few mics wider they wouldn't have fit.
3) Any other potential issues that I'm missing?
Thanks, glad to be here!
mobo: MSI 990FXA-GD80
cpu: FX-8350
gpu: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950
psu: Coolmax ZP-850B
cooler: Thermaltake CLP0575
memory: Mushkin 993991 (4x4GB) PC3-16000 9-11-9-27
case: Antec Three Hundred
storage: 500gb HDD w/OS from existing rig, but considering a 256gb SSD...
A few questions -
1) How can I make sure the cpu fan/sink won't obstruct the dimms before I buy? I've had that problem in the past.
2) Does anyone know how wide the memory modules are with the ridgeback heatsinks? I'm also worried about these fitting because the dimms are so close together - I had to really cram them together in my current rig with mushkin memory and an msi mobo, and if they were a few mics wider they wouldn't have fit.
3) Any other potential issues that I'm missing?
Thanks, glad to be here!