New Rig!

spinner90 · 28 Nov 2010 at 22:46

Hey all im new to these forums!
Im planning on building a new rig at christmas!

just need any advice i can get really, I already have A 1TB HDD, Windows 7, Monitor keyboard etc etc!
Here is what im planning on so far:

Case: Asus Vento TA-M21, Black, Gaming Mid Tower

PSU: 750W Antec TruePower New Modular

Mobo: MSI P55-GD65, Intel P55 Express, S1156, PCI-E 2.0(x16)

Memory: 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair XMS3 DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600)

CPU: Intel i5 760, S1156, Lynnfield Quad Core, 2.8 GHz, 8MB Cache

CPU Cooler: Corsair H50-1 Hydro Series

GPU: 1280MB Gainward GTX 470 GS Good, 40nm, 3400MHz GDDR5, GPU 650MHz, 448 Cores

DVD Drive: LG GH24NS50

Thanks for any advice

stulid · 28 Nov 2010 at 22:48

that will work.

RJC · 28 Nov 2010 at 22:49

Hello & Welcome to the Forums

Setup looks good.

roger_37 · 28 Nov 2010 at 23:10

RJC said:
Hello & Welcome to the Forums
Setup looks good.

+1 looks good.

MouthBoy · 28 Nov 2010 at 23:12

Copycat

It looks very good mate!

spinner90 · 29 Nov 2010 at 00:23

Thanks all for the replies!
Im getting all the bits before xmas apart from the GPU ive got to wait till xmas day for that! abit annoying but gives me something to look forward to i guess

skylineboy · 29 Nov 2010 at 02:02

hahah I totally know the feeling. Nice rig. Might have to get me one of those ;p

spinner90 · 30 Nov 2010 at 23:57

I'm not sure on something here, i bought windows 7 for my laptop, I'm guessing i cant use the same CD key on this system? unless i put my laptop back to vista would that work then?
Also what is the difference between OEM and Retail? Sorry for all the questions

Thanks!

ScottMC7000 · 1 Dec 2010 at 00:23

spinner90 said:
I'm not sure on something here, i bought windows 7 for my laptop, I'm guessing i cant use the same CD key on this system? unless i put my laptop back to vista would that work then?
Also what is the difference between OEM and Retail? Sorry for all the questions
Thanks!

OEM is tied to your motherboard ( if your motherboard fails and you buy a new mobo you can call Microsoft to activate it again). Retail is not tied to your mobo and therefor you can install retail on any new computer you buy. If you just have one license then you can only legally use that license on one PC, otherwise it automatically gets transfered when you activate it on the new PC.

As for OEM, it's what computer builder retailers install by default on a pc system, unless the user has requested ( bought ) the retail version.

James J · 1 Dec 2010 at 01:51

In regards to your graphics card choice, if your waiting til christmas to buy it, its definitely worth looking to see how much the 570GTX cards actually launch at price wise as they will really squeeze the price of the previous generation of nvidia cards!