Nah, I don't think it would've made a difference.  According to the bloke I spoke with at the current seller, DDR4 RAM, particularly in the lower-end MHz's, is in short supply across Australia, which is driving prices up and causing long delays with order placing and shipping.  So no, I don't think there will be too many overstocks with DDR4, and I certainly won't be putting used anything in this build.... unless I used it.

Apparently there are overstocks of DDR3 RAM, but that's no good to me.  I have all I need of that... 32GB in each of two machines.  Anyway, it is what it is, and I'll be happy when it arrives.

Yeah, it's in short supply worldwide, apparently.  However, here in Australia, PC builders are slugged to the hilt with import duties, sales tax AND GST [Goods and Services Tax].  In some cases, as much as 60% goes to the taxman.

And it's no good shopping overseas because our resident billionaire, Jerry Harvey, a self-serving bastard retailer, lobbied our government for years to impose taxes on previously non-taxed items from overseas sellers... and recently won.  Now everything we buy from overseas is taxed twice... once by the country of origin, then by Australia on the way in.... all because some bastard billionaire thought he was losing retail dollars.  Can't stand whiny-ass pricks like him, and on principle I refuse to even walk into one of his stores, much less purchase anything from one.

*Rant off*  Again!!!!  

On a happier note, I got an email to say that my RAM has been shipped by Australia Post and could arrive here by tomorrow.  We normally don't get mail on Saturdays, but due to the Christmas period we are getting weekend deliveries until Christmas eve, meaning I may not have to wait until after Xmas.

Thank you,  Same to you, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Although, I have read that for gaming, over 16 GB ram is overkill.

Now why would I do that, and miss out o the opportunity to agree  with you?

As for not being able to populate all your RAM slots, I had the same issue with my Intel i7 4790K rig.... wouldn't boot with all 4 slots populated.  I had no idea at the time as to why my rig would not boot up, but a friend who was visiting explained it, took out 2 of the sticks and fired it up.  I should have watched what he did after that (was busy with another guest) but he went into the BIOS, made some adjustments and rebooted with all 4 sticks in place. 

I imagine there would be some instructions on how to/do it somewhere on the net, it would just be a matter of typing in the right search terms, I expect

So this is the big beastie as it is with the Intel gear still installed.... just the HDDs have been removed.  I thought it'd be nice to show a before and after shot

The pics were done on Shaunna's iPhone 7 and aren't too bad considering the poor light, etc.

Something else, too!  In having a look recently at the updated Cosmos II, I'm so glad I got mine when I did.  Apparently the original is to be phased out and replaced with versions I think are nowhere near as good visually, aesthetically.  Yeah, there are some nice innovations, but the entire look has lost class and isn't as sleek looking.  Sorry CoolerMaster, but I'm sticking with the one I have.

Yeah, I think so!  Not absolutely sure just now, being I purchased it a while ago, but I have an idea that I opted for one stated in the specs it had data transfers of up to 32GB.  I'll have a look in the morning, though, to be sure, to be sure.  If not, it's a likely purchase in the nearish future.

Thanks for the BIOS tip, and changing from 2 lanes to 4, I appreciate it.  It's something that I would not have thought of during setup.  As for installing the OS under a UEFI BIOS, I've been doing that since Win 8 and have continued through Win 10.  There are some who reckon it's not a good idea [MS Back-doors and Big Brother, etc], but I've not had any issues running with it, so will continue to do so.

Well my RAM arrived today and now I will begin rebuilding this magnificent beastie.  However, because this will be my last build, and I want it to be top notch, posting pics of the end result will take a while since I've ordered various accessories [colour coded cable ties, routers; conduits; fans and lighting] to give it a truly professional look. Some of those items are coming from China, etc, so I may not get them until early in the new year.

Anyway, I've gone for a red and black colour scheme... again, and it will look fabulous [if I do say so myself]. With all that I'm adding to the previous setup, there will be a lot more leads and cables, so my plan is to have them well ordered and locked in place so there's absolutely nothing loose to interfere with airflow, etc.

Yeah, I know, many will say 'why bother, when the case is closed nobody will see it', but I'll know what's going on inside.... and I am a bit of a perfectionist.  Besides, I want bragging rights for one of the tidiest builds, LoL.  I mean, just look at the pic of the previous build.... tidy as and yet completely functional.  Yes, it's going to take me longer to complete, but that's not important.  So what if it takes me a day or so longer due to a bit of trial and error, as long as I get the result I want.

Now bugger off and let me get to work.      

 Running a Ryzen 5 1600 (6 core hypered to 12) on a rig running Oculus Rift, and a 12 core (hypered to 24) Xeon running HTC Vive, I love em both...lol.

I haven't really tested them otherwise. Just the VR stuff.

These two rigs are VR mainly, rigs. Steam VR and HTC Vive run well on the Xeon system.  Althought, for some odd reason, I get messages on both rigs that they don't meet the recommended requirements.

Not sure I get that, since they both surpass the recommended requirements. Bothe have 16 GB ram, and the Oculus system has a 3 GB Nvidia 1060 OC gfx card, the Vive system has an 8 GB Radeon card.

Well I've begun.... 'and about fechen time', I hear from the peanut gallery.  Well that's okay, I still have accessories coming from China, and they won't be here for a while, so it's not like I'm in a hurry, is it?

Anyway, I've stripped out the Intel CPU and mobo, etc, and now I'm cleaning out the case.... and it's dirty.  It seems no matter how well you clean and maintain your PC, dust and crap finds its way into places you can't reach/get at, and it's only when you pull everything apart that you notice just how much dust and crap it has collected.  One thing is for sure, this build will have better dust filters on every fan and grill.

So enough of that and back to business.  Tonight I plan to install the new mobo, CPU and RAM, then install the front panel items and return the HDDs/SSDs to their respective slots.  As I do not have all the cables, connectors and conduits, etc, I won't be able to hook it all up tonight, but I do have some and at least I've made a start.

Oh, and there's one thing I WON'T be doing.... and that's a Jafo,  Now you all may well ask, what's a Jafo, and that's quite simple.  A Jafo [in PC building terms] is when you hide a multitude of cabling sins behind closed side panels and pretend they're not there.  Well that's it.... and I ain't doing one.... hence all the bits n' bobs I ordered from China and elsewhere to make it a classy looking rig.

Actually....maybe I should unlock the panel and take a pickie...

Buyer beware tho. I bought a 1 TB flash drive there. It came from China. Took a month to arrive. Once it did, I stored less that 1 GB of data on it. After sitting on my desk for oh, about a month, maybe 2, I decided to plug it into the back of the PC and leave it there, as storage.

It somehow became a read only drive. After attempting to format (and failing because it was read only), hours of googling, etc, etc. I "challenged" the owner of my local PC parts, repair, sales shop (also a good friend) to fix it. Knowing that my "challenge" would make him do his best. This is a guy who has a chain of PC shops in my region.

He returned it to me, unchanged, and said that he couldn't fix the read only attribute, but he did discover that it had hacked software on it, making it "appear" to be a 1 TB when in reality it was a 64 GB. And with the read only crap, it has on it, all that it would ever have.

Just a heads up.

Re those fake thumb drives.....yes....they probably said 'made in nigeria' on them somewhere as they're a well known scam.

Re you posting links.....that's fine.....it's all about newbies doing it because they are spammers.....that's not fine....