Mini ITX Build - Australia

PopeXIII

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Hey guys this is my first mini itx that im building. I just wanted to ask a couple of questions. Any recommendations is appreciated. Trying to keep the budget under $1100.

1. Is 550W enough to power this system?
2. Are all the parts compatible with each other?

PSU - Corsair CMPSU-VS550 550W ATX Power Supply, 120mm fan, 2x (6+2)pin PCIE, 4x SATA, 4x Molex, Single Rail Design

Case - BitFenix Prodigy-WB Storm Mini-ITX case, White Body Solid Front Panel, Blue Mesh

CPU - Intel i5 3570 i5-3570 Core i5 Processor,3.4GHz, LGA1155, Quad Core 4 Threads, 6M Cache, Integrated Graphics, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz, 22nm, with FAN

DVD - LG GH24NS95 24xDVD+-R,12xDVD-RAM,DL,BLK,SATA,OEM

Hard Disk - Seagate ST500DM002 500G Barracuda , 7200RPM, SATA3 6GB/S, 3.5", 16MB

RAM - Corsair CMV8GX3M2A1600C11
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz C11 DIMM, Unbuffered

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H77N-WIFI
H77 / 2 x DDR3 / 1 x PCI-E3.0 / 2 x SATA3 / 4 x USB3.0 / HDMI / DVI / 2 x GBLAN / RAID / Mini ITX

OS - Microsoft GFC-02153-64bit
OEM Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit English 1pk DSP OEI DVD (only sold w/ new system or to a system builder) OEM

GPU - Gigabyte GV-N66TOC-2GD
GF GTX 660Ti OC EDITION PCI-E 3.0 2GB 192-bit DDR5, Base: 1032 Boost: 1111 / 6008 MHz, 2x DVI , HDMI, DP, Fan

Thanks in advance!
 
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Yes, that is more than enough power. Are you thinking of adding a graphics card? That case is really well built and ventilated, I've seen people use $400+ cards in there, no problem.

Where's your RAM?
 
I saw this in my motherboard description – "To support DDR3 1600 MHz, you must install an Intel 22nm (Ivy Bridge) CPU." Does this mean that in order to use my ram I have to have an Ivy bridge CPU?
 
Is this the motherboard that you mentioned? http://ijk.com.au/branch/ijk/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=141342

I found another sentence that made me curious,"* Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed." Does this mean that only the 32 bit version of the operating system can be installed?

Thanks!
 
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