Help me spend the Goverments money!

Idleman · 23 May 2012 at 18:23

As far as i know you can with OEM. Just get in touchwith Microsoft when you next upgrade your board.

khevolution · 23 May 2012 at 18:43

That's good to know, Still would like the retail version cause i may want to install it on my current desktop which i will be donating to my parents

Rusty0611 · 23 May 2012 at 19:30

Can't have it installed in more than one place at once...

khevolution · 23 May 2012 at 19:33

really? i was told differently

Stinger53 · 23 May 2012 at 19:37

khevolution said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Asrock P67 Extreme 6 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION ** £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (GFC-00025) £124.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 550Ti DirectCU 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £68.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Windowed Case - White £49.98
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £41.99
Total : £783.40 (includes shipping : £11.25).

I know its a bit over priced but im hoping we can find a way of cutting cost a bit

why the p67 mother board. get the new z77 ones http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-390-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

khevolution · 23 May 2012 at 19:41

Might have to change that cheers, also give me an extra £50 to play with

Rusty0611 · 23 May 2012 at 20:02

OEM = 1 time install only (Microsoft may activate it again on another machine for you if you're fortunate)

Retail = as many installations as you like but only 1 at a time

khevolution · 23 May 2012 at 20:06

Oh i had been told very different infomation then that. thanks

TheVoice · 23 May 2012 at 20:08

khevolution said:
Just because if i choose to upgrade in the future i dont want to go through the expense of buying another OEm copy, i would rather be able to buy a copy i can reuse

Bear in mind that Windows 8 isn't that far off.

khevolution · 23 May 2012 at 20:11

from the very brief reading i've done into windows 8, i cant see me upgrading OS too soon, it looks like its trying too much to be an iphone with all them tiles

Rooster212 · 23 May 2012 at 20:24

i've activated Windows 7 Home Premium OEM on my build more times than i would care to mention, I had to use manual activation over the phone one time, but i've installed 4-5 times!

Am I lucky or something? :confused:

Rusty0611 · 23 May 2012 at 20:37

Rooster212 said:
i've activated Windows 7 Home Premium OEM on my build more times than i would care to mention, I had to use manual activation over the phone one time, but i've installed 4-5 times!

Am I lucky or something?

More often than not they'll do it. But it's not worth taking the risk if you can't afford/don't want to chug up for another copy if they don't.

khevolution · 23 May 2012 at 20:40

Rusty0611 said:
More often than not they'll do it. But it's not worth taking the risk if you can't afford/don't want to chug up for another copy if they don't.

As lucky as some people sound when it comes to this, i dont really want to take the risk

Rusty0611 · 23 May 2012 at 20:45

Technically you shouldn't do it as well as an OEM key is supposed to be one use only. You aren't thieving or anything by trying to get it activated on another machine but I do think it's against the T&C that you originally accept (without having read them like most other people

)

Not that it matters once it's activated

johnny sublime · 23 May 2012 at 21:02

if you can stretch £11

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £129.95
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £113.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** £61.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8) £59.99
1 x BeQuiet Shadow Rock Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £36.98
Total : £711.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).

MORE SPEED · 23 May 2012 at 21:18

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 PC Game £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 32-Bit - OEM (GFC-02021) £79.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £68.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £52.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £44.99
1 x G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ) £39.95
1 x Samsung SH-S222BB/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £763.85 (includes shipping : £12.50).

If you were wanting to go Crossfire later on, go for a 650W+ PSU like http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-037-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

Also, to save some costs, you could use Windows 8 Consumer Preview for now.

khevolution · 23 May 2012 at 21:39

johnny sublime said:
if you can stretch £11

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £129.95
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £113.99
1 x AMD Bulldozer FX-4 Quad Core 4100 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £86.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £72.00
1 x Fractal Design Define R3 Midi Tower Case - Black Pearl £69.98
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £62.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** £61.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8) £59.99
1 x BeQuiet Shadow Rock Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £36.98
Total : £711.36 (includes shipping : £13.75).

I thought the bulldozer CPU wasnt all it was hyped up to be?

Buchanan0204 · 23 May 2012 at 21:48

khevolution said:
I thought the bulldozer CPU wasnt all it was hyped up to be?

It isn't!

Rusty0611 · 23 May 2012 at 21:51

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 PC Game £167.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (GFC-00025) £124.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £56.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £756.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Rusty0611 · 23 May 2012 at 21:52

I've gone for Sandy bridge as it was £15 ish cheaper than Ivy Bridge and the performance difference is small (< 5%) and only noticeable where a game is CPU limited anyway (BF3 isn't for example)

Motherboard allows Crossfire but not at optimal speed and would not be recommended either if you are going this route. Yu'll need a better board. HDD space isn't that much. If you have a large HDD in your Dell PC then if you can use this as well then that is better. Alternatively, for a little more:

YOUR BASKET
1 x VTX3D HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 PC Game £167.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £161.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Retail (GFC-00025) £124.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £68.99
1 x OCZ ZS Series 550W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £44.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £31.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £768.00 (includes shipping : £11.75).