Spec check please?

[ajf]

Finally time to think about replacing my E8400 system.
Used mostly for Lightroom and Photoshop, small bit of video editing and the occasional game.
Lightroom in particular seems to struggle a bit CPU wise on the E8400 system.

Will this all work together and have some overclocking ability:

OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-256G) - With FREE BattleField 3 PC (Retail) £179.99
£179.99

Intel Core i5-3450 3.10GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £154.99

Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £75.98

Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £47.99

I already have from old system:

Antec 300 case
LG Blu Ray drive
Arctic Cooler - will this fit i5?
Nvidia GTX260 - adequate for my needs currently.
2x Samsung 1Tb drives - not sure of model.

 

[stulid]

You are aware that you cant overclock that CPU as much as a "K" CPU with its unlocked multiplier?

Also that Gigabyte board is lacking Lucid Virtu, the D3H@£79.99 does.

Arctic Cooler - will this fit i5?

Does it have socket 1566 support? which is the same as 1155.

 

[ajf]

Thanks.
Bit rusty on the new stuff!
There is an 'S' version of this CPU otherwise looks like I have to go to the higher spec 3570K.

Also, what is Lucid Virtu?!

 

[stulid]

Lucid virtu is a program that can switch between a GFX card and onboard GFX core found in the CPPU when not gaming.

Lucid MVP as found on the Z77 chipset (except for the DS3H and possibly some other I don't know about) also has Hyperformance and Virtual Vsync.

This video explains it better,

 

[ajf]

Thanks, I'll have a watch and see what it does!
I just picked the board out of the list based on price to benhonest.

 

[Akagi]

My board has virtu, i have no idea if it is enabled or not, and frankly i dont care, and if it isnt enabled, i'm not missing it how would i know?