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Deo_volente

Deo_volente

Deo_volente

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Due to my recent bereavement, yesterday, i find myself in the position of needing to do the upgrade i was planning to my system about 6 months early.

I’m looking to purchase the following but just looking for some advice as to if they will be happy together and make the basis of a good gaming rig for the foreseeable future.

For the cpu I’m thinking of going with the 6600k (would like the 6700k but common sense is telling me it would be a bit overkill just for gaming + is around £100 quid more). Also will need a cooler and some new thermal paste if anyone has any good suggestions (a bit out of the loop atm).

Motherboard wise I’m looking at the ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming (or maybe the Maximus VIII Ranger if it’s worth the extra £30 odd quid). I will probably dabble in trying to OC the cpu if it makes a difference to the choice.

For the memory I’m thinking of the Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3000MHz Dual Channel kit.

The above will be paired with my 780 gfx card for now (just waiting on the 1080 Ti/Titan to materialise b4 i make the call on a new card) and an EVGA P2 750 psu.

Also going to need an operating system this time around. What does Windows 10 Pro offer over the regular version?

Cheers all :)
 
What case+psu do you have?

Win10 home is all you need for games, if you dont even know (I would have to google it also) what pro has over home then chances are you dont need it.
 
Win 10 pro's extra features are aimed at small to medium business networking. The average home user has no need for it at all. Win 10 Home has everything you need.
 
stulid said:
What case+psu do you have?

Win10 home is all you need for games, if you dont even know (I would have to google it also) what pro has over home then chances are you dont need it.
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The case i have is the Phanteks Enthoo Luxe and the psu is the EVGA Supernova 750watt P2 (i got the power supply yesterday in the hopes it was just my old one was dodgy with the reasoning if i did need a new setup that my old 600 watt OCZ Stealth X Stream 2 probably wouldn't cut it anymore + it was about a stealthy as a jumbo jet landing on your face).

As regards win10 i really have no clue about it but seem to remember something about win7 home being limited to the amount of ram it supported (although i think it was something like 32 gig so more than enough i guess).
 
robfosters said:
Win 10 pro's extra features are aimed at small to medium business networking. The average home user has no need for it at all. Win 10 Home has everything you need.
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I think not having group policy editor in Home is a fundementail flaw. And trying to add it via registry hacks and downloads can completly bork the OS
 
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