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cookiebun

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Intel Core i7 8700K Unlocked Coffee Lake OEM CPU/Processor
AORUS Gaming 7 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Corsair 32GB ( 4x8) DDR4 Vengeance LPX 3000MHz Memory
Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 8GB AMP! Extreme Turing Graphics Card
Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB M.2, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB

shadowsports

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Re: New upgrade
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2018, 08:39:56 pm »
Greetings,

http://download.gigabyte.eu/FileList/Memory/mb_memory_z370-aorus-gaming-7.pdf

Both of your selections are compatible.  I recommend going with a "k" series unlocked CPU.  I would suggest going with 3200Mhz RAM.  While you will lose a little clock speed (16-18-18-36 vs. 15-17-17-35), its more common than 3000Mhz memory and will offer better "future proof" compatibility should you decide to upgrade again.   

I'm using 3200Mhz LPX RAM with this chipset and unlocked CPU.  Its working perfectly.  SPD detects at 2133, XMP took me right to 3200Mhz.  Stable and overclock-able if you wish. 


« Last Edit: January 04, 2018, 09:16:52 pm by shadowsports »
Z390 AORUS PRO (F10) \850w, 9900K, 32GB GSkill TriZ RGB - 16-18-18-38, RTX 3080Ti FTW3 Ultra, 960 Pro_m.2, W11
Z370-HD3P (F5) \750w, 8350K, 8GB LPX 3200 - 16-18-18-38, GTX 970 FTW SC, Intel SSD, 2TB RAID1, W11
Z97X-UD5H \850w, 4790K, 32GB Vengeance, RTX 2080 FTW

cookiebun

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Re: New upgrade
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2018, 12:01:52 am »
Hi I was going to get the 

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-core-i7-8700k-s-1151-coffee-lake-6-core-12-thread-37ghz-47ghz-turbo-12mb-cache-1200mhz-gpu-95w 

How is this ram,

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/16gb-(2x8gb)-corsair-ddr4-vengeance-led-pc4-25600-(3200)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-16-18-18-36-blue-led,
one last thing will I be able to use my  Coolermaster Hyper T4 Intel and Amd Socket Heatpipe Cooling Fan or will I need a new cup cooler.
Intel Core i7 8700K Unlocked Coffee Lake OEM CPU/Processor
AORUS Gaming 7 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Corsair 32GB ( 4x8) DDR4 Vengeance LPX 3000MHz Memory
Zotac NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 8GB AMP! Extreme Turing Graphics Card
Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB M.2, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB

shadowsports

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Re: New upgrade
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2018, 05:04:51 am »
Use the QVL for your board.
Z390 AORUS PRO (F10) \850w, 9900K, 32GB GSkill TriZ RGB - 16-18-18-38, RTX 3080Ti FTW3 Ultra, 960 Pro_m.2, W11
Z370-HD3P (F5) \750w, 8350K, 8GB LPX 3200 - 16-18-18-38, GTX 970 FTW SC, Intel SSD, 2TB RAID1, W11
Z97X-UD5H \850w, 4790K, 32GB Vengeance, RTX 2080 FTW