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Clock Speed and Physical Memory

DrewTaylor
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Okay. So I am pricing out GPUs for my first build. I will be running an R7 1700 on an x390 MOBO w/ 16G DDR4 @2400Mhz. My PSU will be bronze rated @ 600W.

It's a relatively modest setup, but I think it has a decent amount of room for upgradability in the future.

 

I only have a 60Hz monitor as of now (1280 x 768)

 

I have roughly $250-$300 left for a GPU. I see similar pricing on GPUs w/ 2-6Gb of physical memory, but all of them have different clock speeds. I'm pretty lost. It's a lot to take in and I want to make a good investment. I will be playing a lot of sandbox/open-world games as well as FPS, if that helps.

 

My question is: What is the relation between clock speed and physical memory, specifically? Should I go for the higher clock, or more physical memory?

 

Also, if you have any cards that you can suggest to me, it would be a great help. 

 

Right now, I have my eye on this Zotac GTX 960 Amp Edition... Am I on the right track? Lol. 

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I'd say go for a 1080p 60Hz or more IPS monitor first. Any further upgrade to the GPU won't be visible with a screen like that

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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I am definitely in the market for a new monitor ASAP. I just wanted to build the core system first. 

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