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Hi this is the new PC that I want to build. Are there any improvements I could make. Thanks to Kshark, Reibu, aCOD Prodigy and CouthInk4 for helping me before making a build.

 

Note: I have nearly reached my budget so I can't make drastic changes.  :thumbsup:  :smile:  :yes:

 

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Just wondering, what are said features I will not use? Also to add to this the games I plan to play are Skyrim, Arma 3, GTA SA, 4 and 5. There are also other games I can't be bothered to list.

 

Anything else I can improve?

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File encryption, BitLocker, Windows XP mode, UNIX application subsystem, Location Aware Printing.

Home Premium is fine for everything (games work as fine as on other versions).

Professional and Ultimate are intended for companies.

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False. Professional and Ultimate are consumer editions, Windows 7 Enterprise is for companies. With that being said, I'd go with Ultimate anyway. I use it on all my machines and it has support for virtually unlimited RAM. 

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False. Enterprise is the same as Ultimate, only sold in packs. Professional, as the name suggest, is intended for professionals, not home users.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions
 

Windows 7 Home Premium

This edition contains features aimed at the home market segment, such as Windows Media Center, Windows Aero and multi-touch support.%5B11%5D

Windows 7 Professional

This edition is targeted towards enthusiasts and small-business users.%5B1%5D It includes all the features of Windows 7 Home Premium, and adds the ability to participate in a Windows Server domain.%5B1%5D Additional features include support for up to 192 GB of Random-access memory (increased from 16GB),%5B12%5D operating as a Remote Desktop server, location aware printing, backup to a network location, Encrypting File System, Presentation Mode, Software Restriction Policies (but not the extra management features of AppLocker) and Windows XP Mode.%5B1%5D

Windows 7 Enterprise

This edition targets the enterprise segment of the market and is sold through volume licensing to companies which have a Software Assurance contract with Microsoft.%5B1%5D Additional features include support for Multilingual User Interface (MUI) packages, BitLocker Drive Encryption, and UNIX application support.%5B1%5D Not available through retail or OEM channels, this edition is distributed through Microsoft Software Assurance (SA).%5B1%5D As a result it includes several SA-only benefits, including a license allowing the operating ofdiskless nodes (diskless PCs) and activation via VLK.%5B13%5D

Windows 7 Ultimate

Windows 7 Ultimate contains the same features as Windows 7 Enterprise, but unlike the Enterprise edition, it is available to home users on an individual license basis.%5B1%5D Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional users are able to upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate for a fee using Windows Anytime Upgrade if they wish to do so.%5B1%5D Unlike Windows Vista Ultimate, the Windows 7 Ultimate edition does not include the Windows Ultimate Extras feature or any exclusive features as Microsoft had stated.%5B1%5D

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False. Professional and Ultimate are consumer editions, Windows 7 Enterprise is for companies. With that being said, I'd go with Ultimate anyway. I use it on all my machines and it has support for virtually unlimited RAM. 

The edition of Windows 7 has nothing to do with if it can support unlimited amount of RAM, that has to do with what bit the OS is in. 32 bit OS can only use up to 4GB of RAM while 64 bit OS can use unlimited RAM. So you can go with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and still get the ability to use unlimited amount of RAM without having to pay for Ultimate, which unless you are going to be using some of the really advanced features is pointless to buy and a waste of a couple hundred dollars. As far as gaming goes though, most (if not all) games are written in 32 bit code so the game itself can only use up to 4GB of RAM even if your OS can support unlimited amount of RAM.

 

Bottom line, go with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, it supports unlimited amount of RAM and does everything you will need it to do. All the extra features that Professional and Ultimate have are just overkill and things that you will never use.

 

As far as the rest of your setup goes, at a glance it looks fine. The only thing I would look at is maybe getting a full tower case instead of the mid tower. I recently built my new PC that has the GTX 780Ti Classified Edition and I was going to get a mid tower as well because I didn't want something that was going to take up a lot of space however a friend of mine convinced me to get a full tower and I don't regret it because the 780 is a HUGE card and takes up a lot of space inside the computer. Just make sure that everything will fit inside your case. Also depending on what your budget is you might want to consider getting an SSD, nothing wrong with HDDs but my personal preference is SSDs because they are smaller, faster, and more secure (in terms of deleting personal data from them). I bought a 1TB Samsung internal SSD for my PC and it is awesome.

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Not really. Even with 64-bits, the Home Premium can support up to 16 GBs of RAM.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7_editions#Comparison_chart

Sorry, should have been more clear. I meant virtual memory, not physical memory.

 

Regardless, it is all pretty much irrelevant because all PC games are written in 32 bit so the game can only use up to 4GB of RAM no matter how much RAM you actually have.

 

EDIT: If you scroll all the way to the bottom of this link and look at Table 5 you'll see what I'm referring to. The 32 bit OSs only support up to 4GB physical and virtual memory where as the 64 bit systems support up to about 16TB of virtual memory (basically unlimited because who is going to need more than 16TB of memory lol).

 

http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/32-bit-and-64-bit-explained.htm

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Ultimate can support more :P 

 

@Yard1, that's my point. Enterprise is for companies. 

Further, 

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But this topic isn't about that, so let's drop it :)

*Sigh* I feel like I'm talking to myself. Read my post that is above yours, I am talking about virtual memory, not physical memory. Getting more than 16GB of physical RAM sticks is overkill anyway. My PC has 16GB and I probably don't even need that much.

 

My point being, I would not recommend to the OP (or anyone else for that matter) buying Windows 7 Ultimate, I would just go with Home Premium 64 bit and save yourself the couple hundred dollars or whatever the difference is.

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But if the Ultimate version has exactly the same features as Enterprise, doesn't that mean it is the same thing, ergo it is also intended for companies and not for home users?

I think what he is referring to is the fact that it is the same thing just meant for people at home on an individual license (maybe someone who works from home or runs their own small business, etc).

 

 

 

it is available to home users on an individual license basis
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