Does this build look ok?

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herbert42

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hi, this is my second computer im going to build and before i buy everything i just needed to know if everything is compatible and whatnot. thanks.

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=19-115-202

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-127-510 (i'm going to get 3 of these and run them SLI)

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-188-069

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-231-311

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=17-139-009

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=11-119-160

i never picked out a hard drive yet. i was hoping i could just get the hdd from my old pc and put it in there, but im not so sure it's that simple. here's my old HDD. it's got windows 7 64 bit.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181

and i was going to overclock the CPU and i was planning on buying a different CPU cooler and i wasn't so sure if this (link below) would work. it says it doesn't support socket LGA 1366 but it also says it will work with i7 processors and im confused :confused:
 
One thing I noticed is that your old HDD is 3Gb/s while your new mobo is 6Gb/s. That would cause some of your motherboard's capabilities to not run at it's max speed. Though I may be wrong on this point, and if so, I hope someone corrects me.
 
Why not a better single video card? Get a GTX 570/580 or a HD 6970

The Board is Tri channel, but you have dual channel set picked out.

Why socket 1366? I would get a Socket 1155 with a Z68 chipset. And a i5 2500K or i7 2600K.
 
StrangleHold said:
Why not a better single video card? Get a GTX 570/580 or a HD 6970

The Board is Tri channel, but you have dual channel set picked out.

Why socket 1366? I would get a Socket 1155 with a Z68 chipset. And a i5 2500K or i7 2600K.
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well, i dont really know a whole lot about motherboards. im not entirely sure what kind of motherboard i would be looking for. could you recommend anything??
 
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consider he said three of that 200 dollar one i'd get the 580, or double up on that 570, but i think the 580 will still win, or go 6990
 
StrangleHold said:
Change to this. Can keep everything else.
Board.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128507
Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070
Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231455
Video card. Depends on how much you want to spend.
GTX 570
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130613
HD 6970
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102915
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alright, thanks. that board is especially good because i can get a smaller (and probably cheaper) case. the motherboard i picked was an E-ATX and that's just ATX :)

i dont know if this is a stupid question or not, but what exactly is a "sandy bridge??" i saw it on the CPU. it says "Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge." i've been hearing that term quite a lot. is it a brand or something?

NEVER MIND THE SANDY BRIDGE THING.. I JUST LOOKED IT UP

but i do have another question... could i still use my old HDD?
 
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Yes the harddrive wil be fine. You can upgrade to a 6.0 later on if you wanted. Do a clean install of the OS.
 
StrangleHold said:
Yes the harddrive wil be fine. You can upgrade to a 6.0 later on if you wanted. Do a clean install of the OS.
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is there any way i could transfer the HDD with everything on it? if im not mistaken, doing a clean install of the OS would wipe everything. plus, would windows 7 even activate with the same CD i already used, or would i have to buy another copy of windows?
 
Is the OS a OEM copy, if so you could run into a activation problem. ( if so, you can always call them and say your board took a crap and this is a replacement)

If its a retail your fine. They will reactivate it.

Before you swap over. Go into Add and Remove and uninstall all the drivers. That way when you try to boot it on the new system there will not be as many drivers conflicts. If it still wont boot you could try to run a repair install.

But either way you will probably get hit with reactivation because of all the hardware changes.
 
StrangleHold said:
Is the OS a OEM copy, if so you could run into a activation problem. ( if so, you can always call them and say your board took a crap and this is a replacement)

If its a retail your fine. They will reactivate it.

Before you swap over. Go into Add and Remove and uninstall all the drivers. That way when you try to boot it on the new system there will not be as many drivers conflicts. If it still wont boot you could try to run a repair install.

But either way you will probably get hit with reactivation because of all the hardware changes.
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so when i switch over, DON'T do a clean install? if i leave everything on there will it just boot up when i set the HDD as the boot device in the BIOS? or does it still need some sort of installation?
 
Uninstall all the drivers before you take the drive out.

When you install it in the new computer, see if it will boot. If not, then do a repair install. A repair install will leave your programs and files in place

When it boots either way then install the drivers for your new hardware.

If you have some photos/music and files that are important, you can burn them to a CD/DVD first for a backup.
 
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StrangleHold said:
Uninstall all the drivers before you take the drive out.

When you install it in the new computer, see if it will boot. If not, then do a repair install. A repair install will leave your programs and files in place

When it boots either way then install the drivers for your new hardware.

If you have some photos/music and files that are important, you can burn them to a CD/DVD first for a backup.
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alright. i understand. thank you.
 
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