16GB RAM for Skylake build

Arterion · 7 Oct 2015 at 13:28

Hi all,

Looking to build a Skylake machine with 16GB RAM. Not especially bothered about overclocking, not in the short term anyway.

Planning to go for the i7-6700K on a Asus Maximus VIII Gene Micro-ATX board. Unsure what speed RAM is optimal for this, bearing in mind there's no requirement for overclocking headroom.

Could someone point me in the right direction, please?

Thanks!

Simon Belmont · 7 Oct 2015 at 13:38

These would be more then enough for gaming. The best all around and cheap too

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-229-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=2553

Arterion · 12 Oct 2015 at 12:06

Simon Belmont said:
These would be more then enough for gaming. The best all around and cheap too

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-229-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=2553

Brilliant, thanks for the info

stulid · 12 Oct 2015 at 12:22

Does it have to be mATX?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-526-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=3078

That board comes with 8GB of RAM for free, add the extra stick to make 16GB for £35 extra.

kayomani · 12 Oct 2015 at 12:38

I've just a similar matx rig and bought the gigabyte gaming 5 as I was seeing reports of stability issues with the Asus boards.

Simon Belmont · 12 Oct 2015 at 12:58

kayomani said:
I've just a similar matx rig and bought the gigabyte gaming 5 as I was seeing reports of stability issues with the Asus boards.

That's why I skipped Asus Skylake boards and went Gigabyte. Love my Gigabyte Gaming 7 z170.

Arterion · 12 Oct 2015 at 13:23

stulid said:
Does it have to be mATX?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-526-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=3078

That board comes with 8GB of RAM for free, add the extra stick to make 16GB for £35 extra.

Compelling from a price point-of-view. Thanks for bringing that to my attention! Now to find an ATX case I like...

guddler · 12 Oct 2015 at 17:10

If it helps in some way, I'm currently having problems with the Kingston memory you originally mentioned and that Maximus Gene VIII motherboard:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18696565

As yet though I don't know if it's me, the memory, or the motherboard, or indeed some combination of them

Arterion · 12 Oct 2015 at 17:26

guddler said:
If it helps in some way, I'm currently having problems with the Kingston memory you originally mentioned and that Maximus Gene VIII motherboard:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18696565

As yet though I don't know if it's me, the memory, or the motherboard, or indeed some combination of them

Sorry to hear you're having issues man, hope you get them sorted soon! Think I'll steer clear of the Asus boards for the time being.

Arterion · 3 Jun 2016 at 12:09

Think this has run its course, can a mod close this, please?