Hey everyone. After a long time away from PC gaming, I decided now was the time to get rid of my 5 year old, smoking pile of circuits and buy a new PC. I'm not really interested in riding the bleeding edge of technology, but it should run even the more demanding games of years past fine. After so much time though, I'm completely out of the loop in terms of PC tech, so while I did some research on quality via benchmarks and reviews, I was hoping for some input. Here's what I had in mind:
CPU: Intel i7 860
Motherboard: Asus P7P55D LE
RAM: GeIL 2x2GB DDR3-1333MHz, 7-7-7-24@1.5V
Video card: Sapphire Radeon HD 4890(not a Vapor-X, I read some models had a manufacturing error)
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-550VX
Anyway, one question I had was concerning the RAM and I was hoping some tech-savy GameSpotter could help me out. As I understand it, CL7 is better than CL9, yet at the store where I plan on buying this stuff, all the CL9 RAM by brands like Kingston or Corsair is more expensive than those GeIL CL7's. Is it just the brand name premium or are these GeIL ones a lot worse quality to justify the price difference? The more expensive ones (according to the retailer) even require 1.65V which I'd think is worse given their CL9 speed. Also, what's the difference between 7-7-7-24 and 7-7-7-21 for example?
Also, would it be a good idea / is it possible to run the OS (Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit) off of my current 2x160GB raid drives (waste of space, but whatever)?
All advice is appreciated, especially if someone had a bad experience with one of my components and thanks in advance.
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