Building a new I7 4770K PC, need suggestions on MB and Ram

[Billiumss]

Makes sense guys! I know Gskill has been mentioned, any other good brands out there?

Just find a CL9 rating? I guess I need to learn more about RAM... lol

 

[EarthDog]

To me, ram is ram is ram my man. Some may have better return rates but ram is ram for 95% of users (not benchmarkers!). If it is DDR3 1600-2133 CL9 1.5v, looks good and is cheap, get it.

 

[Mandrake4565]

To me, ram is ram is ram my man. Some may have better return rates but ram is ram for 95% of users (not benchmarkers!). If it is DDR3 1600-2133 CL9 1.5v, looks good and is cheap, get it.

Agreed!

 

[Billiumss]

I ordered all the parts a week ago, here is the list of goodies I bought:

Intel I7 4770K CPU
Asus Z87-A Motherboard
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) F3-1866C9D-16GXM Ram
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD
WD Black 1TB HDD
LG WH14NS40 Blu Ray Burner
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler
EVGA 600 B 80 PLUS BRONZE Power Supply
Artic MX-2 Thermal Compound
Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit


I have it all assembled but I'm having an issue with adding a Raid 1. Will explain more in another post.

Bill

 

[wingman99]

Why do you need Raid 1?