by Robert » Fri Feb 05, 2016 8:41 am
Hey Tony, a great place to select components that go together is newegg.com. They allow selecting parts by specifications. Once you decide on a CPU, you can select mobo's based on CPU socket and then RAM based on whatever the motherboard spec is. Makes it easy to be sure everything will work together and they also have bundles pre-selected. You can make sure about USB 3 ports, see what brand peripheral chipsets for compatibility since apparently some have issues with the Rift, etc.
Not sure if they would be the best for you to actually buy from but you can certainly build a good shopping list, compare items, etc. There are also lots of reviews and the various manufacturers are active trying to help anyone with problems so you can see what things might have problems but also what manufacturers help out.
Just a thought. Good luck!
On DDR3/4, I went with 4 but I've heard some say it's not a huge advantage depending on the cache in the CPU and the kinds of applications you run. I'd check the reviews and tech articles to see what they about the choice.
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