RussianSensation
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Not too sure why people are so concerned about DDR4.
Cheapest 1 x 8GB DDR4 2133 is $102
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/memory/#t=14&sort=a10
Cheapest 1 x 8 GB DDR3 1600 is $73
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/memory/#t=11&Z=8192001&sort=a10
You are looking at about 40% more GB for GB assuming you are not going to buy the stupid expensive kits. Its $30 more.
If you want a 4x4 DDR4 Kit (quad channel) it will cost you $203
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...D=3938566&SID=
The cheapest 4x4 DDR3 kit (1600 mhz) is $155.70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...D=3938566&SID=
Paying about $47 more. A 2 x 8 kit for DDR3 is about $127, you are paying $76 more.
Its more money but its not hundreds of dollars more unless you are paying hundreds of dollars (32-64 GB) of RAM anyway. For a full 64 GB you are looking at $631 for DDR3 and $816 for DDR4. $185 difference or 29% more. The $185 when you look at how much the build is going to cost anyway becomes much smaller.
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/memory/#t=11&Z=65536008&sort=a10
In a few months DDR4 will have dropped much more.
Its bad if you already have DDR3 but for a new system the reduced costs of HW-E along with the performance increases cancels it out.
Excellent post. The negativity of DDR4 seems overstated for someone building a new rig from scratch. For gaming buying anything over 8GB is a waste anyway; so you can just start off with 2x4GB. Even in dual channel the platform will not be memory bandwidth bottlenecked unless we are talking about server loads.
5820K is only $299 at MC and the mobo and DDR4 premiums are easily justified in my eyes given how long modern Intel systems last (nearly 4 year old 2600K is still fast). A 6-core Haswell that will probably hit 4.4-4.5Ghz over 4790K that tends to hit 4.7Ghz is way safer bet over 4-5 years. Let's face it the extra 200-300mhz will do little for games but when future games take advantage of more than 4 threads, the 6 core will pull away by far more than 10%. If 4.4Ghz HW-E is too slow for games, 4.7Ghz version won't save the day. Those who ran X58 systems will really like these new CPUs.
I remember when Core 2 Duo E8400-8600 were really popular but in the long run they turned out to be a far worse choice than the Q9550. In that comparison, not only was the price difference greater to go with Q9550 but the clock speed difference was more than 200-300mhz and Q9550 was still the better buy. In addition, there are more PCI lanes for M.2 SSD + Tri-Fire/SLI.
As soon as DDR4 reaches parity with DDR3, it will be very hard to recommend the 4790K platform imo. I think 4790K is a better choice for non-overclockers but for overclockers, for me the 5820K is now far more preferable long term.
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