Upgrading from Pentium D to i7; what video card?

cheesy999 · Mar 15, 2011

Captain.Abrecan said:
Are there any technical differences between those operating systems?

the version just affects what programs/features MS bundles in, all programs will work on any version but different versions of windows have different features, all the way from starter with no desktop background to ultimate which has everything

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare/default.aspx will tell you the different features Microsoft includes in each version, only go for the higher version if you need the features it includes

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Mar 15, 2011

Heres what im thinking:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QF0VEK/?tag=tec06d-20

OKGEAR 18" SATA 6 Gbps Cable, Straight to Left Ang...

NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Steel / Plastic ATX ...

EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB... x2

CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EP...

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR... x2

Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Tu...

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for...

Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1CCA 2.5" 64G...

Captain.Abrecan · Mar 15, 2011

jsfitz54 said:
If you want to encrypt files Ultimate has "Bitlocker".

BarbaricSoul said:
I have ultimate(got it free). To be honest, I really don't use it's features much. Personally, I'd probably be satisfied with the Home edition

jsfitz54 said:
Home edition can only see 16GB ram.

Pro sees 128 or 164GB can't recall.

Yeah, it looks to be the same. I don't need enterprise search, virutal desktop, or the media player redirection. It also supports the full 192 GB RAM.

You guys are kicking ass today huh?

BarbaricSoul · Mar 15, 2011

Captain.Abrecan said:
You guys are kicking ass today huh?

TPU kicks ass everyday bro :rockout:

cheesy999 · Mar 15, 2011

CrAsHnBuRnXp said:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...K/?ref=prid-20
OKGEAR 18" SATA 6 Gbps Cable, Straight to Left Ang...
NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Steel / Plastic ATX ...
EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB... x2
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EP...
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR... x2
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Tu...
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for...
Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1CCA 2.5" 64G...

trade the crucial SSD for 2 of these OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II ML... in raid 0

and i think that would be a close to perfect build

slyfox2151 · Mar 15, 2011

jsfitz54 said:
Home edition can only see 16GB ram. If every you wanted to max out sys. memory???

Pro sees 128 or 164GB can't recall.

Pro is limited to 192GB of ram and so is ultimate,

Home is 8GB of ram - Premium is 16GB.

you will most likely want to buy the Pro or Premium version of windows 7.

For an i7 you will be wanting to buy a Triple ram bundle of anything from 3 6 9 12 GB of ram.... somthing in the range of 1600mhz @ 6 6 6 or 7 7 7 timings would be best.

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Mar 15, 2011

Check this out for Win 7 comparisons.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/compare/default.aspx

Note that it doesnt give everything. Like for example if you wanted to send messages to other computers in your household via the command prompt, you are NOT able to do that in Home premium. Only pro and ultimate.

cheesy999 said:
trade the crucial SSD for 2 of these OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II ML... in raid 0

and i think that would be a close to perfect build

It was just dumb luck i found that board on Amazon.

jsfitz54 · Mar 15, 2011

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cheesy999 · Mar 15, 2011

you also might want one of these COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatp... I7 2600's have clocked to 4.5 ghz+ on this cooler

Captain.Abrecan · Mar 15, 2011

CrAsHnBuRnXp said:
Heres what im thinking:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QF0VEK/?tag=tec06d-20
OKGEAR 18" SATA 6 Gbps Cable, Straight to Left Ang...
NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Steel / Plastic ATX ...
EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB... x2
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-850HX 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EP...
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR... x2
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Tu...
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit 1-Pack for...
Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1CCA 2.5" 64G...

Woah, that proc outperforms the $600 970? It must if it beats the 975...

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/20

cheesy999 · Mar 15, 2011

Captain.Abrecan said:
Woah, that proc outperforms the $600 970? It must if it beats the 975...

yeah, especially on programs that don't use all 6 cores of the 975 (most)

jsfitz54 · Mar 15, 2011

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CrAsHnBuRnXp · Mar 15, 2011

Captain.Abrecan said:
Woah, that proc outperforms the $600 970? It must if it beats the 975...

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/20

IIRC, the memory tests get around 20GB/s.

If you want 16GB, get G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DD... but it will be a bit more.

cheesy999 · Mar 15, 2011

OCZ RevoDrive OCZSSDPX-1RVD0080 PCI-Express x4 80G... this Product may also interest you if you don't want to learn how to set up a raid 0 array

it has internal raid built in

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Mar 15, 2011

cheesy999 said:
you also might want one of these COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatp... I7 2600's have clocked to 4.5 ghz+ on this cooler

You can clock sandy bridge CPU's to 5GHz on air with reasonable temps.

jsfitz54 · Mar 15, 2011

crashnburnxp said:
iirc, the memory tests get around 20gb/s.

If you want 16gb, get g.skill ripjaws x series 16gb (4 x 4gb) 240-pin dd... But it will be a bit more.

why does he want to run dual channel in a tri channel system???

just asking.

Captain.Abrecan · Mar 15, 2011

CrAsHnBuRnXp said:
IIRC, the memory tests get around 20GB/s.

If you want 16GB, get G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DD... but it will be a bit more.

I dunno if I will need more than the 12, I have been getting by with 4 (which I don't think get used all the way?) in XP for now. I don't render with the stuff, just modeling. Mostly barcentric subdivision by table data. Keeps the P&ID's clean.

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Mar 15, 2011

jsfitz54 said:
why does he want to run dual channel in a tri channel system??? just asking.

The system I built isnt tri channel. I built a sandy bridge system not an x58 system.

Captain.Abrecan · Mar 15, 2011

cheesy999 said:
OCZ RevoDrive OCZSSDPX-1RVD0080 PCI-Express x4 80G... this Product may also interest you if you don't want to learn how to set up a raid 0 array

it has internal raid built in

What about MB compatibility? Looks pretty shady, wish they supported it more.

jsfitz54 · Mar 15, 2011

Captain.Abrecan said:
I dunno if I will need more than the 12, I have been getting by with 4 (which I don't think get used all the way?) in XP for now. I don't render with the stuff, just modeling. Mostly barcentric subdivision by table data. Keeps the P&ID's clean.

I think you are safe with 3 x 4GB.

slyfox2151 · Mar 15, 2011

you should go with the sandy bridge chip, with either 2x2GB or 2x4GB.

if you can afford it, get the Revo drive, should be very fast

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Mar 15, 2011

slyfox2151 said:
you should go with the sandy bridge chip, with either 2x2GB or 2x4GB.

if you can afford it, get the Revo drive, should be very fast

I personally would say 2x4GB. But then again, I sometimes run close to 4GB memory usage. XD

cheesy999 · Mar 15, 2011

Captain.Abrecan said:
What about MB compatibility? Looks pretty shady, wish they supported it more.

if your motherboard sopports it (i have no idea :confused:

) then go for it, if not stick with the orginal ocz vertex raid 0 idea

its basically the same set up but with the 2 vertex drive method it uses your motherboards inbuilt raid controller and with the revodrive it uses the revodrives own raid controller

jsfitz54 · Mar 15, 2011

slyfox2151 said:
you should go with the sandy bridge chip, with either 2x2GB or 2x4GB.

There are other posts on TPU regarding SandyBridge builds if that is the way OP wants to go....and thats not bad advice to look in that direction. Just saying, in case he wants to look on site some more.

You may want to rethink motherboard and cpu... then memory.

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Mar 15, 2011

jsfitz54 said:
I think you are safe with 3 x 4GB.

Again, if he isnt going the x58 motherboard, then there is no triple channel ram being used.

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Upgrading from Pentium D to i7; what video card?

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