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August 12, 2011 5:41:54 AM

I am new to PC build and planning to purchase following from newegg:

Motherboard: ASUS P6X58-E PRO LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
CPU: Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core
Heatsink: Intel BXSTS100C Passive/active combination heat sink with removable fan
Memory: CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000
Graphic: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
HDD1: Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal SSD
HDD2&3: Western Digital RE4 WD5003ABYX 500GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0
DVD: SONY Black 8MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner BWU-500S
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower XT TPX-775M 775W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE

And I am not sure whether CPU, heatsink, motherboard, PSU and Case are all inter-compatible. Please comment and help me on this selection:
- Is 775W PSU is enough to the system?
- Is heatsink OK for the CPU?
- Will motherboard will fit in the case?
- Is connectors of PSU is compatible to the motherboard and sufficient for storage devices?

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August 12, 2011 6:17:08 AM

The RAM you have selected is a dual channel kit . For an X58 motherboard you need a triple channel kit of 3 x2 gig sticks.
Other than that it all works

BUT
dont buy it

use a 2500K processor
a socket 1155 motherboard with a p67 or Z68 chipset
and 2 x2 gig of RAM

which will be cheaper and is more powerful
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August 12, 2011 6:46:29 AM

To Outlander_04,

Thanks man! Surely will consider your points.

But from Intel web I understood that both p67 and Z68 have no Intel® Virtualization Technology support. Am I right?

I will be using virtual machines on the system. What is your suggestion?
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August 12, 2011 7:39:43 AM

Outlander_04 said:
There are definitely people running VM's on computers with sandy bridge processors

http://ark.intel.com/products/52213



On the follwoing link I have seen "Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) No":

http://ark.intel.com/products/52816/Intel-BD82Z68-PCH

As a result I assumed that even though, CPU supports VT but Chipset not, VM's will not work on the system. Please correct me if I am wrong?
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August 12, 2011 8:42:17 AM

I dont believe that intel will create a cpu that supports virtualization , and then make no chipsets for that processor that will enable it .

Accepting that that particular mb doesnt , doesnt mean that other oem manufacturers mb's have the same limitation
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August 22, 2011 3:27:25 AM

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