[buellersdayoff]

https://www.pccasegear.com/wish_lists/865509/Intel%208core

Agree with the air cooling, a good single tower or big dual tower

[Joe]

Agree with the air cooling, a good single tower or big dual tower

But the RGBBBBBBBBBes? And no I totally didn't buy another 16GB of RAM the other day just to have all 4 slots filled with RGB RAM 

[rooshooter]

This deal is very tempting https://www.pccasegear.com/wish_lists/865509/Intel%208core at a lot less money than I thought it was going to cost, thanks Bueller ....almost at "add to cart" . I already have a good Be quite Airtower with dual fans that should do the job.

No offence Joe, but not a big fan of RRRRRRRBBBBBBBBGGGGGG .

[Bacchulum]

I agree roo, what's become of subtlety?

[Bird]

RGB is an absolute must have, with a glass case, no less!
It always gets an exclamation from visitors .

Especially when the keyboard & mouse are RBG, too.

[rooshooter]

lol Bird .

[buellersdayoff]

https://www.pccasegear.com/wish_lists/989928/Intel8Core
A slightly more refined choice rather than the pre-packaged kit. Save a few bucks from things you might not need...
Mobo doesn't have wifi but better vrm, more usb ports.
CPU same but doesn't have integrated graphics.
Memory is a bit slower but with tighter timings and the shorter heat sink should better clearance with most tower coolers, no arrgeeebeee lol. Depends on brand preference too.

[rooshooter]

Thanks Bueller, but following Bird's advice I would prefer to stick to Asus mobo .

I have ordered this one.
https://www.pccasegear.com/wish_lists/865509/Intel%208core
without the cooler. I will see how my cooler goes and if I won the the CPU oced lottery and then maybe upgrade to Liquid cooling.

[Bird]

Memory is a bit slower but with tighter timings ...

Funny thing there;  I remember reading an article & test a few years ago, where they've compared RAM modules.  Back then their conclusion was the ram "Speed" (the frequency) was of lesser importance for the performance, the timing was a much greater factor.   I wonder if this is still true, though.

[Joe]

Memory is a bit slower but with tighter timings ...

Funny thing there;  I remember reading an article & test a few years ago, where they've compared RAM modules.  Back then their conclusion was the ram "Speed" (the frequency) was of lesser importance for the performance, the timing was a much greater factor.   I wonder if this is still true, though.

We all know RGB is the most important factor. The girls love it.

[buellersdayoff]

Memory is a bit slower but with tighter timings ...

Funny thing there;  I remember reading an article & test a few years ago, where they've compared RAM modules.  Back then their conclusion was the ram "Speed" (the frequency) was of lesser importance for the performance, the timing was a much greater factor.   I wonder if this is still true, though.

Comparing the two kits 3200MHz and 3600mhz they'd most likely perform about the same because of the difference in speed and timings. From memory (pun) I think you're right but it was also application dependent, some like the speed some like the timings. It is also different for Intel and new Amd CPU's

[buellersdayoff]

Memory is a bit slower but with tighter timings ...

Funny thing there;  I remember reading an article & test a few years ago, where they've compared RAM modules.  Back then their conclusion was the ram "Speed" (the frequency) was of lesser importance for the performance, the timing was a much greater factor.   I wonder if this is still true, though.

We all know RGB is the most important factor. The girls love it.

First you get the RGB, then you get the power and then you get the women

[rooshooter]

LOL, I should have gone RRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGBBBBBBBBB .

From what I have read just recently Ram speed is not that critical to overall performance above a certain point.

[rooshooter]

All good with the new build, stable OC at 5.2 Mhz, with my tower air cooler ( ASUS AI overclock, not a manual OC, great mobo ). Can run with 23 AI cars and maintain 90fps at back of grid in VR ,at a resolution of 2900x2900 per eye. Had to format my HD , cloned disk would not boot, and then got error    "windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table. On EFI systems, Windows can only be installed to GPT disks."  when I attempted Win 10 install.  This took a while to fix . thanks for the internet.
Anyway I am extremly happy with the result thanks to all those who steered me in the right direction.

[buellersdayoff]

Sweet, worthy upgrade