Hi,
After dragging my heels and being afaid to commit myself to a considerable spend on upgrading my system I am delighted to say that I am going to be placing an order this evening (or tomorrow morning).
What I wanted to understand was how should I put everything together?
This is my basket:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x Noctua Mounting Kit NM-I3 - Socket 775/1156/1366 £5.99
1 x OcUK Professional 2.5" to 3.5" SSD Adaptor Plate - Black £4.99
1 x Arctic Silver Alumina Thermal Paste (1.75g) £3.98
Total : £501.31 (includes shipping : £9.50).
Should I just treat this as a new build and just take all the old stuff out and start over or should I be doing it differently?
I'll likely be keeping the three 500gig HD's I currently have for the meantime (though I do have a 1TB HD that is 150miles away, so it will have to wait). Do I just install the SSD and put the new system on it and the format the current OS off the 500gig HD?
Regards
LEe
After dragging my heels and being afaid to commit myself to a considerable spend on upgrading my system I am delighted to say that I am going to be placing an order this evening (or tomorrow morning).
What I wanted to understand was how should I put everything together?
This is my basket:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £71.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01) £59.99
1 x Noctua Mounting Kit NM-I3 - Socket 775/1156/1366 £5.99
1 x OcUK Professional 2.5" to 3.5" SSD Adaptor Plate - Black £4.99
1 x Arctic Silver Alumina Thermal Paste (1.75g) £3.98
Total : £501.31 (includes shipping : £9.50).
Should I just treat this as a new build and just take all the old stuff out and start over or should I be doing it differently?
I'll likely be keeping the three 500gig HD's I currently have for the meantime (though I do have a 1TB HD that is 150miles away, so it will have to wait). Do I just install the SSD and put the new system on it and the format the current OS off the 500gig HD?
Regards
LEe
