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Deralinoux

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Hello everybody !

I've very recently put this machine together, and as you can see I chose Windows 7 for my OS because I was already very familiar with it and it was cheaper... It runs amazingly, but there obviously still is room for improvements when playing the most demanding games in 4k resolution (though I haven't got around to overclocking anything yet)

Recently, I was reading stuff regarding the different versions of Windows, for whatever reason, and it seemed that many people agreed that Windows 8 was much better at handling some parts of a computer's hardware in an optimized fashion... I really do not know anything in this field, but since I do own some high-end hardware, I was wondering if and how an upgrade would benefit me in gaming ?

Thank you for your answers and sorry for the noobiness !
 
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You don't have Win8-era parts, in some of these - they were designed with Win7 in mind. No doubt that Win8 considered this era of parts, too, and might indeed have improvements - but I doubt if you'd see 5% improvement in anything but the Start Up process, and you'll be spending a larger percentage in overall costs - so this doesn't seem to be a good value-equation. Only you can determine if that's worth your money.

I would also vote "wait for 9" at this point, but I'd also wait for months after 9's release, too, to see if the tenor of the airwaves was being filled with the inevitable fanboi cries or the sound of pitchforks and torches.
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Don't worry, of course I did :) I've bought the parts quite a while ago and built the computer up no problem, just had to remove a useless HDD bay for my GPUs... As for the power consumption, well my computer hardly ever runs at full capacity, and even then, my PSU can quite easily handle 8 more Watts... I did plan on getting a 1000W one, but there was absolutely none to be found without waiting a few weeks (I live in Switzerland), so I figured this one would work fine...

Thanks anyway for the tips !
 
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You don't have Win8-era parts, in some of these - they were designed with Win7 in mind. No doubt that Win8 considered this era of parts, too, and might indeed have improvements - but I doubt if you'd see 5% improvement in anything but the Start Up process, and you'll be spending a larger percentage in overall costs - so this doesn't seem to be a good value-equation. Only you can determine if that's worth your money.

I would also vote "wait for 9" at this point, but I'd also wait for months after 9's release, too, to see if the tenor of the airwaves was being filled with the inevitable fanboi cries or the sound of pitchforks and torches.
 
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Yes this does make a lot of sense ! I shall indeed wait&see for Windows 9, though by the time it comes out and gets reasonably "analyzed", I could also make simpler improvements in the hardware department ;)

Thank you all for your time and answers !
 
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I enjoy new OS deliveries. But that's why God invented "buying a spare HDD" so I can remove my good working HDD and install the blank one for use with the new OS. (I'm almost certain that's why God invented the Spare HDD. I could be wrong. But probably not in this case...)

By the way, the older-era hardware gets a lot of applause for what it does, compared to newer ones. In fact, with the exception of non-productive gaming titles, there simply aren't too many changes in productive software - databases, language compilers and editors, spreadsheets, letters to mom, etc. People are doing the same thing they've done since, well, about forever. This recognition is the biggest reason for the slowdowns in computer sales, I believe - people aren't using software too differently than they were 5-10-15 years ago.

And most people are using far less of it.
 
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