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Originally Posted by LSainsbury
What RAM would I need for a "ASUS Z97-PRO Intel Z97 (socket 1150) Motherboard"?
Not really up on RAM technology at the moment - I've seen cheap RAM and expensive RAM - the more expensive is faster I guess so need something middle ground.
Any recommendations?
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Any standard DRR3. Speed is a relative non-issue, and if you're not overclocking the maximum speed supported by any Intel processor is DDR3-1600. There's no real cost advantage to go below this and no real performance advantage to go above this so just get what's cheapest. Even the cheapest RAM will easily overclock to one or two speed grades above what they're rated at.
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Originally Posted by damien c
The only time you will see the need for faster ram is benchmarks and possibly photo editing, but not 100% sure about the last part.
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Makes very little difference in photo editing, actually RAM bandwidth has the biggest impact in "RL scenarios" on file compression.
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Originally Posted by LSainsbury
Novatech currently have this graphics adapter on offer for £209
My current build spec has this graphics adapter as a potential upgrade.
I see Overclockers have it listed as £299 but Amazon have it also listed at £209 - I'm not sure what the saving /offer is from Novatech, but is it worth the extra £50? |
The R9 290 is excellent performance for the price and it always has been, but is a serious compromise on power efficiency and noise. Aftermarket coolers are a lot quieter but it's still a card that sucks 30% more power than a GTX 970 while being 10% slower. But it's the fastest card you can get for the money. £299 is definitely overpriced for that card, I bought one for £260 six months ago.
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Originally Posted by Smilie
I would say yes
but i play games a lot on my PC
the 290 is a huge improvement over the 270X
but i think the 290 needs a lot of power
so you might need to get a more expensive PSU for it as well
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It does use a lot of power, yes, but a 500w PSU will be fine (again, excluding ridiculous overclocks, but hardcore overclockers should really know enough to not have to ask)