| Windows 7: Are the following specs compatible? |
16 Jan 2012
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit 121 posts UK |
Are the following specs compatible? Hi, I'm upgrading my PC and I need help to see if these specs are compatible, any help would be appreciated  The specs below are what the upgrade will be when its all installed and complete, the ones in bold are the upgraded parts.
Antec 900 Case
3 old hard drives, 2 x 500GB and 1 x 1TB OCZ 120GB Vertex 3 SSD 2.5" SATA-III 6Gb/s Asus P8z68-V Pro Z68 Socket 1155 8 Channel HD Audio ATX Motherboard Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz CL9 1.5V Non-ECC Unbuffered Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Heatpipe CPU Cooler
Asus GTX 560 1GB
OCZ Stealth XStream 600W PSU
Would all of this be compatible? I like to get a second opinion on things like this. A main concerns for me would be the power usage, would it be enough?
Thanks | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit CPU Intel Core i7 2600k 3.8GHz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V Pro Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz Graphics Card Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 - 2GB GDDR5 Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays LG DM2780D Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU Corsair TX650M PSU Case NZXT Phantom Full Tower Case - Black Cooling 1 x Sickleflow, 2 x AF120 Quiet, 1 x 200mm Top, Corsair H70 Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 4 240GB SATA-III SSD
OCZ Agility 3 240GB SATA-III SSD
WD 500 GB SATA-II HDD
Hitachi 500 GB SATA-II HDD
Hitachi 1 TB SATA-II HDD
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB SATA-III HDD
250GB External HD Internet Speed 80 Down / 20 Up |
16 Jan 2012
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| | Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit 7,566 posts |
I don't see anything there that jumps out at me as being incompatible.
Did you pick that RAM after looking at the qualified RAM list at Asus for that motherboard? The RAM doesn't have to be from that list, but you might check. The voltage of 1.5 is what you want, along with non-ECC and unbuffered.
I'd try to steer you away from OCZ generally, for both SSD and PSU, but I'm not going to pound the table about it. I'd lean toward Crucial, Samsung, or Intel for the SSD and Seasonic for the PSU.
600 watts is more than enough. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333 Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202 Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD Screen Resolution 800 x 640 Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2 PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular Case Antec Solo II Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500 Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load |
16 Jan 2012
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit 121 posts UK |
Thanks for the reply, e-buyer came up as the recommended RAM for the board and I heard good things about it. Do you recommend any decent RAM to get for this mobo?
Thanks | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit CPU Intel Core i7 2600k 3.8GHz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V Pro Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz Graphics Card Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 - 2GB GDDR5 Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays LG DM2780D Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU Corsair TX650M PSU Case NZXT Phantom Full Tower Case - Black Cooling 1 x Sickleflow, 2 x AF120 Quiet, 1 x 200mm Top, Corsair H70 Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 4 240GB SATA-III SSD
OCZ Agility 3 240GB SATA-III SSD
WD 500 GB SATA-II HDD
Hitachi 500 GB SATA-II HDD
Hitachi 1 TB SATA-II HDD
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB SATA-III HDD
250GB External HD Internet Speed 80 Down / 20 Up |
16 Jan 2012
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| | Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit 7,566 posts |

Quote: Originally Posted by beagrie07 Thanks for the reply, e-buyer came up as the recommended RAM for the board and I heard good things about it. Do you recommend any decent RAM to get for this mobo?
Thanks No. None in particular.
The Sandy Bridge processors and motherboards seem to work well with a variety of RAM brands. Corsair is good stuff. You just need to confirm you have the right Corsair and I don't see anything in the specs you posted that say "not compatible".
I normally use Crucial RAM, but that's only because I can go to the Crucial website and enter my motherboard model--the Crucial configurator then spits out a guaranteed-compatible RAM choice.
That setup will use probably under 150 watts, plus whatever the graphics card uses. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one OS Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium, 64-bit CPU Intel Sandy Bridge i5-2500, not overclocked Motherboard Gigabyte H67A-UD3H-B3, full ATX Memory 4 GB Crucial DDR3-1333 Graphics Card none; graphics are integrated on CPU Sound Card onboard: Realtek ALC892; external: USB Behringer UF0-202 Monitor(s) Displays NEC 90GX2-BK 19" LCD Screen Resolution 800 x 640 Keyboard Leopold Tenkeyless with Cherry Blue switches, USB Mouse Logitech or Microsoft optical wired; either USB or PS 2 PSU Seasonic SS-560KM, modular Case Antec Solo II Cooling CPU: Scythe Big Shuriken; Case: Scythe Slipstream 800 & 500 Hard Drives System: Intel 320 Series SSD, 80 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD15EADS-00P8B0, 1.5TB Other Info Power consumption of this system, including monitor: 68 watts at idle; 144 watts at full load |
16 Jan 2012
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| | Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit 121 posts UK |
I found the RAM on the Asus website, downloaded the pdf of supported memory and
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 was on there  | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit CPU Intel Core i7 2600k 3.8GHz Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V Pro Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz Graphics Card Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 - 2GB GDDR5 Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays LG DM2780D Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU Corsair TX650M PSU Case NZXT Phantom Full Tower Case - Black Cooling 1 x Sickleflow, 2 x AF120 Quiet, 1 x 200mm Top, Corsair H70 Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 4 240GB SATA-III SSD
OCZ Agility 3 240GB SATA-III SSD
WD 500 GB SATA-II HDD
Hitachi 500 GB SATA-II HDD
Hitachi 1 TB SATA-II HDD
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB SATA-III HDD
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