The hell didn't stop there.
I had to buy 32 gb of G-Skill to find 16 gb that would work. They wouldn't warranty the ram that was only a few weeks old.
Needless to say I don't recommend buying G-Skill ram.
The good thing is when I got done the system works great.
Ha I message you about what's up with G-Skill notation in your system spec's and you didn't reply
I went Corsair but was interested in the why you didn't recommend them = now I know :)
It was just a profile message not a pm so :/
No problem I took it to heart and didn't use G-Skill
Your a wise Bear so no need to question :)
One advantage to an X99 system is you probably wouldn't need to upgrade for quite some time. The downside is it will be seriously expensive. You could easily wind up spending as much, if not more, for the DDR4 RAM as you would on a Z97 system. Those little sticks must be made of platinum plated gold.
For just gaming, an X99 system would probably be overkill unless you want to run quad GPUs. At that point, be prepared to mortgage the homestead and sell your kidneys, liver, and first born.
Hee-hee well I did already get the ram 4x4gb it wasn't too bad only 100 more than G-Skill was
Corsair 280.
Dominator® Platinum Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz C16 Memory Kit (CMD16GX4M4A2666C16)
So not quite the cost of the board :) I believe it was 325.?
Amazon.com: Asus Sabertooth X99 ATX DDR4 3000 (o.c.) Intel LGA 2011-v3 Motherboards: Electronics
Only 20 left in stock better hurry309.
My next ram will be Corsair. Yes it cost more but cost isn't everything. Considering I can only use have of the G-Skell I bought 16 gig of Corsair it would of cost less.
I've never had anything from Kingston fail on me, be it RAM, SD cards, or USB sticks (2.0 and 3.0). They also have a lifetime guarantee on most of their products.
There`s nothing wrong with what you have for gaming, except maybe 3 things.
1 You need a decent set of ram, I had 16 GB of Corsair Vengeance 1600 MHz running at 1866 just fine on that board. Get yourself a good set of 1866, either a 4x4 or 2x8 kit of Corsair Vengeance or GSkill Trident X.
2 You need a 980, 970`s have known memory issues.
3 Where do you have Windows ? On the Kingston or the Crucial ssd ? The Kingston is too small.
The 3570K is absolutely fine.
2x8 Vengeance® �
4x4 Vengeance® �
TridentX - 16GB (8GBx2) 1.60v Dual Channel DDR3 Memory kit (F3-1866C8D-16GTX) - G.SKILL Memory
or a 4x4 16 GB 2400 MHz kit will work great too.
TridentX - F3-2400C10Q-16GTX - G.SKILL DDR3 Memory
Yea hopefully I used a sweet spot on the 2666mhz ?
I guess I can always dial it down to 2400mhz not sure how but I guess that's included in the fun part of tweaking :)
The testing stat's by I believe ASUS used Corsair so I figured it was a better choice to stay in that brand ?
CPU wise of course the stat's came from the i7 5960x @ 1k.us out of my budget but that I suppose is a later upgrade along with Oh yea Add"More"Ram
Probably only 2 more sticks though 2x4gb
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