I'm going to be ordering my parts for my rig and just wanted to run it past you guys. There's a couple of questions I'd like to clear up as well.
Firstly, what is the difference between an OEM operating system and a Retail Boxed OS. I know that the OEM one can only be installed on one computer, but if I say changed my CPU would I have to buy a new OS disk if I bought the OEM one?
Secondly, I heard that ATI graphics cards run best with AMD CPUs and Nvidia best with Intel. Is this true?
Anyways, here is my system:
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Socket AM3 3.2 GHz 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor
MOBO
MSI 870A-G54 Socket AM3 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
GPU
Sapphire HD 5830 1GB GDDR5 DUAL DVI-I HDMI Display Port Out PCI-E Graphics Card COD MW2 Game Edition
or
Gigabyte GTX 460 OC 1GB GDDR5 OC Edition Dual DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card
What sort of cable do I need to connect the Gigabyte to my monitor? An HDMI? Mini HDMI or VGA or DVI? Thanks =)
PSU
Antec EarthWatts 650W PSU - 80Plus Certified 12cm Fan 3x 12V Rails
HDD
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM
Optical drive
Sony Optiarc DDU1681S 18x DVD-ROM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black
RAM
Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz Memory Kit Unbuffered CL9
Case
Antec 900 Nine Hundred - Gaming Case with 200mm Top Fan - No PSU
I think that's it. I hope you can answer my questions. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks. =)
Firstly, what is the difference between an OEM operating system and a Retail Boxed OS. I know that the OEM one can only be installed on one computer, but if I say changed my CPU would I have to buy a new OS disk if I bought the OEM one?
Secondly, I heard that ATI graphics cards run best with AMD CPUs and Nvidia best with Intel. Is this true?
Anyways, here is my system:
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Socket AM3 3.2 GHz 8MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor
MOBO
MSI 870A-G54 Socket AM3 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
GPU
Sapphire HD 5830 1GB GDDR5 DUAL DVI-I HDMI Display Port Out PCI-E Graphics Card COD MW2 Game Edition
or
Gigabyte GTX 460 OC 1GB GDDR5 OC Edition Dual DVI HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card
What sort of cable do I need to connect the Gigabyte to my monitor? An HDMI? Mini HDMI or VGA or DVI? Thanks =)
PSU
Antec EarthWatts 650W PSU - 80Plus Certified 12cm Fan 3x 12V Rails
HDD
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM
Optical drive
Sony Optiarc DDU1681S 18x DVD-ROM SATA Optical Drive - OEM Black
RAM
Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz Memory Kit Unbuffered CL9
Case
Antec 900 Nine Hundred - Gaming Case with 200mm Top Fan - No PSU
I think that's it. I hope you can answer my questions. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks. =)