8:30 it should be noted that CPU’s will work with almost any ram speed but it will run at the fastest speed that they both accept. The same thing applies to SATA, PCIE and Networking. They are all forwards and backwards compatible. So a 1600MHz stick in a 1066MHz cpu will run at 1066. And a 1333Mhz stick in a 1600MHz cpu will run at 1333Mhz. This will leave a little bit performance on the table So if you see a good deal for 1333/1600MHz memory don’t worry about speed. Also you can get most 2nd gen i5 CPU’s from AliExpress for a little under 20 dollars. Even the i5 2500K costs under $25. Might take a couple months to arrive though.
Good stuff, experience really is good to have, so I agree that your first build should not be your dream build. Having years of expertise myself, I can tell you that you can miss one simple thing and when it fails to boot it can be scary. Only an hour or so ago I swapped out my brother's motherboard and it failed to boot, re-seated the RAM and GPU and nothing. Only to realise when going through the manual that i forgot to plug in the CPU power connector.
LOL. We are all impatient sometimes. Trouble shooting is part of most of my builds. I'm still not beyond sticking the video cable into the motherboard instead of the graphics card. Most of my mistakes are foolish and from being too eager to hit the power switch.
8:30 it should be noted that CPU’s will work with almost any ram speed but it will run at the fastest speed that they both accept. The same thing applies to SATA, PCIE and Networking. They are all forwards and backwards compatible.
So a 1600MHz stick in a 1066MHz cpu will run at 1066.
And a 1333Mhz stick in a 1600MHz cpu will run at 1333Mhz. This will leave a little bit performance on the table
So if you see a good deal for 1333/1600MHz memory don’t worry about speed.
Also you can get most 2nd gen i5 CPU’s from AliExpress for a little under 20 dollars. Even the i5 2500K costs under $25. Might take a couple months to arrive though.
Good stuff, experience really is good to have, so I agree that your first build should not be your dream build.
Having years of expertise myself, I can tell you that you can miss one simple thing and when it fails to boot it can be scary.
Only an hour or so ago I swapped out my brother's motherboard and it failed to boot, re-seated the RAM and GPU and nothing. Only to realise when going through the manual that i forgot to plug in the CPU power connector.
LOL. We are all impatient sometimes. Trouble shooting is part of most of my builds. I'm still not beyond sticking the video cable into the motherboard instead of the graphics card. Most of my mistakes are foolish and from being too eager to hit the power switch.