Revamp my System

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Maxed Out

Maxed Out

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Guys,
wanting to replace aging mobo, processor, ram and graphics card.
Have a Full Tower Thermaltake case with a decent 750w psu.
Existing setup Intel Q6600 and GTX 8800 are watercooled with a Swiftech dual rad cooler.
I do a fair bit of Photoshop, some video editing and occasional gaming.
Looking at Intel I7-3770 Ivybridge (not sure if my old Q6600 cpu water block is compatible)
Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H Intel mobo
32gb Corsair Vengeance low profile DDR PC3 12800 C10 1600mhz
Nvidia KFA2 Geoforce GTX670 2048mb.
Aqua Computer AquagraFX - GTX 670 Water Block
Will be running win7 64bit and installing 2 new 2gb Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB SATA drives, along with a 75 gig Velociraptor for Video. (No raid setup).
Looking for a heads up and should I go for an ssd in the setup?
Cheers
 
A few points.

Make sure you get a 'K' version of the 3770 so it will let you overclock.

You will probably need a new water block, the mounting holes are different between socket 775 and 1155.

What version of Windows 7 do you have, Home, Professional, Ultimate ect as this will limit the max amount of RAM Windows can use.

An SSD for a boot drive is a very good idea, they make the computer feel much more responsive. These are the ones we usually recommend, 120GB is the smallest that you realistically want to go.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-146-SA&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427
 
Will be installing Win7 Ultimate.
I now have an ssd on the shopping list.Will have a look at the cpu water block as well.
Is there any preferred thermal paste I should get?
Cheers.
 
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