Some PC hardware help

[BlackBear101]

I've been trying to plan my build after many suggestions and help on this forum, and I've almost decided on it.

 

But I have a few questions

 

I plan on using the masterbox 5 with the hyper 212x and the i5-6600k

Would the Corsair vengeance RED LED ram (  https://goo.gl/D0RT5a) fit with that specific cooler? Or should I just stick with the Corsair lpx ram  ( https://goo.gl/E1zks5 ) instead? Seeing as where I'm from they cost the same.

 

Also, I couldn't decide on which motherboard, and why one is better over the other (idk much about these as it's my first build) 

 

I first had decided on the gigabyte GA z170x gaming 3 ( https://goo.gl/GEza77 ) but later on the price went up by about 40% , I saw the GA z170x gaming ultra ( https://goo.gl/iIHJTE ) which was cheaper.

 

What's the benefits of one over the other? 

 

Also could someone confirm if this is the 8gb version of the RX 480 by Asus? The title and description seems to be all contradicting. https://goo.gl/k5BGZV

 

 

[Walt]

2 hours ago, BlackBear101 said:

I've been trying to plan my build after many suggestions and help on this forum, and I've almost decided on it.

 

But I have a few questions

 

I plan on using the masterbox 5 with the hyper 212x and the i5-6600k

Would the Corsair vengeance RED LED ram (  https://goo.gl/D0RT5a) fit with that specific cooler? Or should I just stick with the Corsair lpx ram  ( https://goo.gl/E1zks5 ) instead? Seeing as where I'm from they cost the same.

 

Also, I couldn't decide on which motherboard, and why one is better over the other (idk much about these as it's my first build) 

 

I first had decided on the gigabyte GA z170x gaming 3 ( https://goo.gl/GEza77 ) but later on the price went up by about 40% , I saw the GA z170x gaming ultra ( https://goo.gl/iIHJTE ) which was cheaper.

 

What's the benefits of one over the other? 

 

Also could someone confirm if this is the 8gb version of the RX 480 by Asus? The title and description seems to be all contradicting. https://goo.gl/k5BGZV

 

 

For the RAM i say go with the Corsair lpx ram it's 200MHz faster then the Corsair vengeance RED LED ram. 

 

For the motherboard I say go with the GA z170x gaming 3 it's cheaper and you don't need all the extra features (I think). Like LED, better Ethernet, extra PCI m.2 and sound

[Walt]

3 hours ago, BlackBear101 said:

Also could someone confirm if this is the 8gb version of the RX 480 by Asus? The title and description seems to be all contradicting. https://goo.gl/k5BGZV

It's the OC 4GB version  

[BlackBear101]

6 hours ago, Walt said:

For the RAM i say go with the Corsair lpx ram it's 200MHz faster then the Corsair vengeance RED LED ram. 

 

For the motherboard I say go with the GA z170x gaming 3 it's cheaper and you don't need all the extra features (I think). Like LED, better Ethernet, extra PCI m.2 and sound

But I heard ram speed doesn't matter as much, was more worried about if the led ram would fit with the hypers ram clearence.

 

And the gaming 3 is more expensive than the other one.. so idk what you checked.

 

And are you sure about the video card? The reason I wanted someone to confirm is because the title says both 4gb and 8gb. The pictures show 8gb. The description says 4gb. But the product information says 8gb.

Hence the confusion.

[brob]

Corsair Vengeance LED memory modules are 49mm tall. Clearance under a Hyper 212X fan is ~37mm. Unfortunately the Hyper 212X fan overhangs the memory slot closest to the cpu.

 

With just 2 sticks of memory one can usually use the 2nd & 4th memory slots rather than the more conventional 1st & 3rd. However, check the motherboard documentation to confirm support for this.

 

I would suggest either going with lower profile memory modules or going with a cpu cooler like the Cryorig H7 Universal or Noctua NH-U12S which do not have memory clearance issues.

[BlackBear101]

3 hours ago, brob said:

Corsair Vengeance LED memory modules are 49mm tall. Clearance under a Hyper 212X fan is ~37mm. Unfortunately the Hyper 212X fan overhangs the memory slot closest to the cpu.

 

With just 2 sticks of memory one can usually use the 2nd & 4th memory slots rather than the more conventional 1st & 3rd. However, check the motherboard documentation to confirm support for this.

 

I would suggest either going with lower profile memory modules or going with a cpu cooler like the Cryorig H7 Universal or Noctua NH-U12S which do not have memory clearance issues.

Okay I guess I'll have to settle for the non led since the cryorig h7 (wanted it after finding out about it earlier) isn't available here, unless I want to pay double price. 

 

Thanks for the informative reply! Any help on the motherboard doubt? 

[Walt]

11 hours ago, BlackBear101 said:

Any help on the motherboard doubt? 

Owh sorry in my country (the Netherlands) the ultra is 20 euro (21 dollar) more. But on pcpartpicker.com I see the ultra is 5 dollar more. So grab the ultra one.

 

The differences:

Normal                                                         Ultra                          

Storage: 2x M.2, 3x SATA Express, 6x SATA-600      M.2, 2x SATA Express, 6x SATA-600, U.2 

Network: Killer E2201                                                 Intel

USB slots: 7x USB 2.0, 6x USB 3.0, USB 3.1,          6x USB 2.0, 6x USB 3.0, USB 3.1, USB 3.1

                   USB 3.1 

LED: No                                                                      Yes

 

[Walt]

15 hours ago, BlackBear101 said:

And are you sure about the video card? The reason I wanted someone to confirm is because the title says both 4gb and 8gb. The pictures show 8gb. The description says 4gb. But the product information says 8gb.

Hence the confusion.

In the reactions on the product there are this 2 reactions:

 

[BlackBear101]

16 hours ago, Walt said:

In the reactions on the product there are this 2 reactions:

 

Thanks alot for all the help!