first build First timer making a new desktop

[ic3panda]

Just now, ThatSoundGuy said:

Also, if I want 16 gbs of RAM, is it better to have 4 sticks of 4 gbs of RAM, or 2 sticks of 8 gbs of RAM?

it will be better to have 2 sticks of 8gb. in case you want to upgrade to 32gb. u can just add another 2 sticks of 8gb

[ThatSoundGuy]

2 minutes ago, ic3panda said:

it will be better to have 2 sticks of 8gb. in case you want to upgrade to 32gb. u can just add another 2 sticks of 8gb

What about 32 gb of RAM? Should I still distribute it as two sticks of 16 gb?

[ic3panda]

Just now, ThatSoundGuy said:

What about 32 gb of RAM? Should I still distribute it as two sticks of 16 gb?

if you are planning to go until 64GB in the future, then yes it is wise to distribute it to two sticks of 16gb for 32gb. otherwise just go with 4 sticks of 8gb.

[ThatSoundGuy]

5 hours ago, Hunter7263 said:

Honestly I would spend the extra money on the Z170 chipset and get a Skylake 6700k cpu. The difference in CPU performance is particularly important but chipset supports things like m.2 and usb3.1. I know I'm looking forward to my shiny Samsung 950 pro which people are getting 2700mb/s reads and like 1500mb/s writes on.

Would this be the better build? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4ggxnQ

[ic3panda]

Just now, ThatSoundGuy said:

Would this be the better build? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4ggxnQ

nice build. i'd say its good enough

[ic3panda]

1 minute ago, ThatSoundGuy said:

Would this be the better build? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4ggxnQ

i would not choose razer products tho, try corsair products. i had razer products before. it didnt last me long. the material they use, it wears out pretty quick.

[Hunter7263]

I concur with ic3panda

[ThatSoundGuy]

Wow, thank you guys so much for helping me with this build. I will probably change my keyboard and mouse, but why Corsair?

[ic3panda]

Just now, ThatSoundGuy said:

Wow, thank you guys so much for helping me with this build. I will probably change my keyboard and mouse, but why Corsair?

alot of good reviews from youtubers. also i'm personally using the corsair strafe RGB and m65. pretty good build quality.

[Jonathantje]

5 hours ago, ThatSoundGuy said:

Also, if I want 16 gbs of RAM, is it better to have 4 sticks of 4 gbs of RAM, or 2 sticks of 8 gbs of RAM?

I would recommend 2 x 8 so you can upgrade to 32gb ram in the future. 4x4 is a tiny bit faster but you won't notice the difference. 

[ThatSoundGuy]

7 hours ago, Jonathantje said:

I would recommend 2 x 8 so you can upgrade to 32gb ram in the future. 4x4 is a tiny bit faster but you won't notice the difference. 

Ahhh, for me I assumed it would be better cooling since more sticks of RAM has more surface area, but then again I've never heard of anyone's RAM overheating

[Jonathantje]

Just now, ThatSoundGuy said:

Ahhh, for me I assumed it would be better cooling since more sticks of RAM has more surface area, but then again I've never heard of anyone's RAM overheating

If you have at least 1 fan you should not even think about ram overheating.