If OCing, ripjaws are better. Otherwise either one is ok.
The dual channel advantage is very negligible. You need to be doing some really heavy memory intensive task for a long duration of time to notice some difference.
Personally I prefer multiple modules so that I always have atleast one if another goes bad.
@rohit.. +1 for the cabby.. Was gonna tell the exact thing.. CM sucks at cable management.. Better stick with Corsair 400R or NZXT phantom 410( costlier but truly worth it!)
I am using a CM Cabinet and it doesn't suck in cable management in anyway.
I didn't mean high-end ones which are above 7k or so.. I did hear a lot that CM Elite series sucks at cable management. it was not a generalization for all the CM ones
actually that mobo supports SLI or Crossfire so you can add 2 GPU's in later point of time.
build wise asrock are considered a bit behind Gigabyte[i dont know why]
but if you dont want SLI or Crossfire options in future Asrock can be safely relied upon
I didn't mean high-end ones which are above 7k or so.. I did hear a lot that CM Elite series sucks at cable management. it was not a generalization for all the CM ones
Its not true entirely, i have 3 PC in my neighbourhood which are Elite 310 311 Series which i have clear insight into and they are not at all as bad at cable management as you are referring to. Its not a jungle of wires slithering with each other, there is much space around PSU, BIOS, PCI E slots and HDD cabs to move in and out and connect H/Ws. Being mid-tower 310 and 311 are superb deals as VFM in their price range.
I would humbly state that there happened a enriched disscussion between Vicky, gameranad and Great Cilus that the whole point of CF/SLI "At a later point of time" is baseless unless that time-frame is within 2-3 months. Because as it was highlighted and i also truely believe that, if op is not going to add another GPU within a short period after this buy, then at the time when he'll feel the need of doing SLI/CF ( a real showstopper age of Games when op is unable to play games with single GPU), there will much much better GPU's avaialble as same price-point and buying an old card then would prove a poor idea. Also it also might happen that the old card will not be available on market. So if op wants to do SLI/CF, he must do it now or he can save up some cash and buy a mobo which may not support SLI/CF but is very good indeed in rest of the aspects.
i never suggested SLI
i just said that mobo supports it..
BTW i have read that thread too..simply the word 'great' cannot completely describe cilius and that thread shows why
I think he means Cilus is great and the thread proves it