Changing a previous build?

Just had a thought last night, wouldn't I need a 64-bit copy of windows 7 running to make use of the 8GB ram?
 
Did you buy a retail copy of Win 7? As my retail version has both 32 bit and 64 bit installation disks, so I would think they should work off the same product key.
 
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1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.38
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP 12x BluRay ROM / DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATA-II Optical Drive - Black (Retail) £61.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £59.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £40.99
1 x GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £35.99
1 x Akasa AK-CC4007EP01 Nero 3 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1) £23.99
Total : £644.29 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Used the OEM IB i5K as it is cheaper and you wanted an aftermarket cooler, it does only have 1 years warranty where as the retail CPU has 3 years. It uses less power than sandybridge and is clocked faster with a better IGP. THe IGP is used for quicksync so the IB again will top the SB for video encoding.

I'm a big fan of the nvidia 460 but the 6850 is on par and much cheaper. You can OC the 6850 to nigh on 6870 (£120ish GPU) performance very easily. The lucid MVP on the Z77 mobo will boost it's performance too :)

Case is a bargain, 4 120mm fans, fan controller and digital temp display with cablemanagement. PSU is overkill but is a modular PSU has all the power you will ever need and currently the 700W is cheaper than the 600W version ;) You spec'd an OEM bluray drive which means it's probably not going to come with playback software and a sata cable.

Hope this helps :)
 
Yeah that helps, i appreciate that you broke it down and explained your suggestions as i'm not in the knowledge in computer parts.

I wasn't aware you could overclock the graphics card either? I may even buy a 60GB SDD for my netbook and throw the 250GB HDD into the tower as well when it's built :)
 
I can't say if i will but i can't see myself playing games on it (my attention span isn't the longest!)

I will stick with the 3570 :)
 
The buying has begun, just bought the Zalman Z9 plus for a whopping £26 brand new :D
 
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Simon_89 said:
The buying has begun, just bought the Zalman Z9 plus off No LINKS for a whopping £26 brand new :D
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Best of removing the competitor link before a Mod spots it, as it is against forum rules. Just a friendly warning.

But, well done on getting a bargain.:D
 
Idleman said:
Best of removing the competitor link before a Mod spots it, as it is against forum rules. Just a friendly warning.

But, well done on getting a bargain.:D
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Sorry about that, edited it out :).

Yeah i'm pretty chuffed with the saving, seems to be some bargains out there if you dig deep enough:D
 
Got another Z9 Plus sorted :).

On a note with motherboards and RAM; how do i know if a motherboard will support dual, tri and quad channel ram etc?

Thanks :)
 
Dual channel = most boards
Triple channel = LGA 1366 boards
Quad channel = LGA 2011 boards

That's at the consumer end anyway. :)
 
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