This is my first pc build. I will be using it for general gaming. Need some help...

[Glordit]

I made a mistake because i do have 8gb of ram. 2 dimms 4gb each :P sorry. and is the brand really important because im not sure i have the best RAM brand...

Really no "best" RAM brand anymore they all made originally from Hynix or Samsung. I always just get Corsair Select Series or Kingston, since they are usually cheap.

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i got the crucial ballistix

[rootworm41]

I am really confused. He can get whatever RAM he wants. Just get RAM that looks good with your motherboard or is cheap...or both.

[Mb12]

I am really confused. He can get whatever RAM he wants. Just get RAM that looks good with your motherboard or is cheap...or both.

+1, As long as you like the looks!

[gox]

ry, I ordered an "upgrade kit" comprising of my motherboard, ram, and cpu from computersonly.co.za and then they told me that they no longer have the 3.4ghz 4670k and instead gave me the 4430... was this a huge loss for me? they gave me an extra 4gb ram and paid for shipping?

In my opinion you lost out a lot, but see what the others say
The major loss is not the so called 0.4ghz difference, its the fact that the 4670K has the "K" designation which means it has an unlocked multipler, aka it is overclock friendly. The 4430 cannot overclock much/at all if I understand it correctly.

Won't make much of a difference now, but in say a year or so, if you wanted to "upgrade" your system, and you had the 4670k, you could have bought a cooling kit (say corsair H80i) and overclocked the 4670k to say 4.4-4.5ghz, for an easy 10% performance gain.

The price difference is around R600-R700 between the two CPU's, so depending on what 4gb of ram and shipping costs, although I doubt its R700.

Perhaps get the input of a few more clued up folks here? - this is just my understanding of it

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i dont know a word of what you said...
i am becoming less in touch with this **** every day

[rootworm41]

In my opinion you lost out a lot, but see what the others say
The major loss is not the so called 0.4ghz difference, its the fact that the 4670K has the "K" designation which means it has an unlocked multipler, aka it is overclock friendly. The 4430 cannot overclock much/at all if I understand it correctly.

Won't make much of a difference now, but in say a year or so, if you wanted to "upgrade" your system, and you had the 4670k, you could have bought a cooling kit (say corsair H80i) and overclocked the 4670k to say 4.4-4.5ghz, for an easy 10% performance gain.

The price difference is around R600-R700 between the two CPU's, so depending on what 4gb of ram and shipping costs, although I doubt its R700.

Perhaps get the input of a few more clued up folks here? - this is just my understanding of it

In my opinion the 4GB does not make up for it as he didn't only loose the value of the CPU but the Z87 motherboard as well. He could have spent more on the GPU instead. You have a valid point and that is why I choose the "K" series.

[B1nary]

The price difference is around R600-R700 between the two CPU's, so depending on what 4gb of ram and shipping costs, although I doubt its R700.

Perhaps get the input of a few more clued up folks here? - this is just my understanding of it

The price Difference between the cpu's is about R600 is what they gave you sufficient? I wouldn't have been happy with it no. Other than the obvious loss in base clock speed You cant overclock, but unless your an enthusiast I wouldn't be bugged by the time you might want to overclock because the cpu is to slow its time for a new pc in any case.

[rootworm41]

The price Difference between the cpu's is about R600 is what they gave you sufficient? I wouldn't have been happy with it no. Other than the obvious loss in base clock speed You cant overclock, but unless your an enthusiast I wouldn't be bugged by the time you might want to overclock because the cpu is to slow its time for a new pc in any case.

The point is they cheated him. Do I believe they ever had a 4670K...nope.

[Glordit]

In my opinion you lost out a lot, but see what the others say
The major loss is not the so called 0.4ghz difference, its the fact that the 4670K has the "K" designation which means it has an unlocked multipler, aka it is overclock friendly. The 4430 cannot overclock much/at all if I understand it correctly.

Won't make much of a difference now, but in say a year or so, if you wanted to "upgrade" your system, and you had the 4670k, you could have bought a cooling kit (say corsair H80i) and overclocked the 4670k to say 4.4-4.5ghz, for an easy 10% performance gain.

The price difference is around R600-R700 between the two CPU's, so depending on what 4gb of ram and shipping costs, although I doubt its R700.

Perhaps get the input of a few more clued up folks here? - this is just my understanding of it

Would never spend R800+ on water cooling to get a whole 10% increase. Would be such a waste.