Final Build Check

Smithy0115 · 12 Apr 2011 at 19:08

Hi,

Would my final build work or not? This is mainly based on Stulid's suggestions in my other thread.

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £161.99
(£134.99) £161.99
(£134.99)
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5870 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
(£124.99) £149.99
(£124.99)
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 (socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £139.98
(£116.65) £139.98
(£116.65)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular Power Supply £76.99
(£64.16) £76.99
(£64.16)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £74.39
(£61.99) £74.39
(£61.99)
Coolermaster HAF 912 Plus Case - Black £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM 1yr Warranty (ST31000528AS) £39.98
(£33.32) £39.98
(£33.32)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM3 / 775 / 1155/ 1156 / 1366) £17.99
(£14.99) £17.99
(£14.99)
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Sub Total : £680.23
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £12.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £138.55
Total : £831.28

Also what does OEM mean?

Thanks,
Smithy

RJC · 12 Apr 2011 at 19:12

OEM on the CPU is you only get the chip with no fancy box, no cooler and only 1 year warranty, compared with 3 on normal retail CPUs.

OEM on the software is more suited towards system builders and is only installed on the motherboard it was originally installed / activated on.

Smithy0115 · 12 Apr 2011 at 19:25

RJC said:
OEM on the CPU is you only get the chip with no fancy box, no cooler and only 1 year warranty, compared with 3 on normal retail CPUs.

OEM on the software is more suited towards system builders and is only installed on the motherboard it was originally installed / activated on.

I understand the hardware one but not the software. So you can only install the OS once with OEM but you can install it multiple times with a retail copy?

RJC · 12 Apr 2011 at 19:28

Sorry, you can reinstall on the same system but if you change the motherboard you will require a new license.

Retail allows you to change systems without any limitations belongs you uninstall from the prevoiuse build / system.

Smithy0115 · 12 Apr 2011 at 19:29

RJC said:
Sorry, you can reinstall on the same system but if you change the motherboard you will require a new license.

Retail allows you to change systems without any limitations belongs you uninstall from the prevoiuse build / system.

OK, I get the theory behind it. So would it be better getting the retail 2500k for just £8 more?

EDIT: poor wording on my part.

RJC · 12 Apr 2011 at 19:52

Smithy0115 said:
OK, I get the theory behind it. So would it be better getting the retail 2500k for just £8 more?

EDIT: poor wording on my part.

For £8 more I would have gone for retail, so yes

Smithy0115 · 12 Apr 2011 at 20:09

RJC said:
For £8 more I would have gone for retail, so yes

Thanks. BTW I have a retail copy of windows 7 and installed it on a mac (gasp) using Parallels. I deleted the VM without uninstalling the OS first. Would I be able to use that copy?

RJC · 12 Apr 2011 at 20:12

Smithy0115 said:
Thanks. BTW I have a retail copy of windows 7 and installed it on a mac (gasp) using Parallels. I deleted the VM without uninstalling the OS first. Would I be able to use that copy?

That should be fine, when you change systems on the retail package you don't really need to do anything particular, deleting the install would be fine, if you get my gist

cammy5477 · 12 Apr 2011 at 20:15

Smithy0115 said:
based on Stulip's suggestions

stulid's

Smithy0115 · 12 Apr 2011 at 20:17

RJC said:
That should be fine, when you change systems on the retail package you don't really need to do anything particular, deleting the install would be fine, if you get my gist

Trouble is that I tried to reinstall it once and it rejected the product key. Is there any easy way to check that it works?

Smithy0115 · 12 Apr 2011 at 20:25

cammy5477 said:
stulid's

Ooops

, edited.

RJC · 12 Apr 2011 at 20:25

Only thing I can think off you may of entered the code wrong :eek:

As when you install and enter the license code it will accept it as the disc does not know how may times it's been used at this point, its when you go onto activate after the installation which can fail.

Smithy0115 · 12 Apr 2011 at 20:27

RJC said:
Only thing I can think off you may of entered the code wrong As when you install and enter the license code it will accept it as the disc does not know how may times it's been used at this point, its when you go onto activate after the installation which can fail.

That must have been it, it didn't activate. Is there any way to fix this?

RJC · 12 Apr 2011 at 20:34

If it does not activate over the Internet you can use the automatic telephone service which should be shown as a option.

Smithy0115 · 12 Apr 2011 at 20:39

RJC said:
If it does not activate over the Internet you can use the automatic telephone service which should be shown as a option.

Ill test it tomorrow and see if it works.