Another PC component Thread

[Filip Johannes Grydeland]

Hey, I'm not a very great "pc guy" but I know something.
So what I am wondering is how does this preform in games like BF4? and ofc Minecraft, does it do well? And do I need 16GB?
nVIDIA's ACIV Black Flag (Voucher)
CyberLink PowerDVD 10 OEM CD
PC-box large
SteelSeries QcK mousemat,
Cooler Master Silencio 652 Midi Tower
Corsair CX 750M, 750W PSU
ASUS P9X79 LE, Socket-2011, KUN PC-PROD
Intel Core i7-3820 Processor
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 8GB CL9
Intel Air Cooling
Gainward GeForce GTX 780Ti 3GB PhysX
Crucial M500 SSD 2.5" 120GB
Seagate Barracuda® 1TB
Samsung DVD Writer, SH-224DB
ROCCAT Isku FX
AOC 24" LED E2461FWH
MS ROYALTY Windows 8.1 Nordic
MS COA Win 8.1 Nordic

 

[IhaveaMac]

I think it looks ok, but you'll want an aftermarket heatsink probably, the Intel ones aren't great...I'd also recommend 2x4GB of RAM, unless that's what you're buying. For straight up gaming, I think 8GB is fine. Not a pro, so I don't really want to give too much advice...

 

[Filip Johannes Grydeland]

I think it looks ok, but you'll want an aftermarket heatsink probably, the Intel ones aren't great...I'd also recommend 2x4GB of RAM, unless that's what you're buying. For straight up gaming, I think 8GB is fine. Not a pro, so I don't really want to give too much advice...

Do you mean the "intel air cooling" ? any better suggentions?
And why would I want two 4gb? what's the difference?

 

[IhaveaMac]

Do you mean the "intel air cooling" ? any better suggentions?

Yes. Most processors come with an Intel stock cooling fan, and they don't perform that well. However, the i7 3820 doesn't actually come with one, so you're certainly going to need an aftermarket CPU cooler. You could go for a closed loop water cooling system, but there are air coolers that do as well for less. I can't offer a solid suggestion, so have a read of this. It should provide some starting points for you.

And why would I want two 4gb? what's the difference?

If you run RAM in dual channel configurations, you double the communication between the memory controller and RAM, which can increase performance somewhat. However, if you want to upgrade to 16GB, then I'd recommend getting one stick of 8GB now, and then another one of the same model shortly after, if money is an issue.

I've noticed that the motherboard has room for 8 sticks of RAM, so alternatively you could get 2x4GB now, then add another 2x4GB set later and run a quad-channel configuration. Quad channel would give you even wider memory bandwidth. Personally I would do this.