Upgrade from Core2Quad to i7 need some help

Karami

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Hi All

what im currently running is this set up:
Core2Quad 2.6Ghz
DDR3 Ram 4gb x 2
MoBo Gigabyte G41M-Combo s-series
Gigabyte GTX 660ti
Thermaltake Litepower 700w
1 x 110GB SSD
1 x 1tb WD Green
Thermaltake Level 10 VN10001W2N
(its all over 4 years old apart from the Case and GPU)

its slow its old and its not for me anymore
Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501
CORSAIR HX1050
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139034
Thermaltake Level 10 VN10001W2N
Gigabyte GTX 660ti

i would say that i use it for 25% Game, 25% Video/Bd Movies 25% Office work and 25 % video rendering and Photoshop

and 90% of the time i will have 3 out of 4 things going at the one time

will all these parts work well together or should i be changing things?
(ie like the ram on the cpu ram speed is 1600 but the mobo is a max of 2800 does that mean the mobo can support 2800mhz ram but the cpu will only do 1600mhz unless overclocked?)

i am stuck on these 3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231589
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231591
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231628


i also plan on getting another GPU as i am slowly getting back into gaming more and more
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125441

or would everyone recomend me getting the GTX670 over two GTX660ti

thanks in advance everyone
 

Karami

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and avoid 1,65v ram as it will kill intel cpu


sweet thanks for that AMD
so out of the following what should i get?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231466
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231628&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=4176827&SID=h28w350fyc4a

and is there anything else you would change?


(Sorry it was ment to be the Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz)
 

Sooth1

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Those are some nice parts, you may consider if you want to spend that much on your motherboard and psu. You could save some money there. Unless you're planning on 3-way SLI in the future. If you need more graphics power, SLI 660 TI will perform well in most games. That would be a good route since you already have one.
 

the first one is 1,25v low power ram... same, even your PC wont boot :)
this one is right :)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231628&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=4176827&SID=h28w350fyc4a
 

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