New PC... final check before I buy

[CrippsCorner]

Hi so looking to buy a new PC tomorrow. Found this...

Extra Value Desktop PC, Pentium Dual Core E6300 2.8GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, DVDRW, No Operating System

Which seems like a good deal. Obviously I need an OS for it (not going Linux before anyone says it :nono:) so would I be best of going for OEM? Never bought OEM before. Also should I finally be getting on to 64-bit? Or is 32-bit still the one to go for, both the same price.

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 32-bit - English

Only other concern is the integrated graphics, would mind upgrading that, so was looking at this...

ATI HD 4770 512MB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card

Which I'm told should be run with a minimum 450W PSU. When I was searching on google I also found a page which said... "with one 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connectors recommended" don't really know about this. Found a 700W PSU which has "PCI Express - 1x PCI EXPRESS connector" is that the same thing?

Sumvision PowerX2 700W PSU - 2x SATA 1x PCI-Express

Or would I be better off with this one which actually mentions the 6-pin PCI Express power connectors...

Extra Value Titan 650W Neon PSU - 12cm Fan, 20+4pin, 1x SATA, 1x PCI-E

Thanks

 

[Growler]

If you are going with the system above I would recommend the 64bit version of windows 7 to make full use of the 4Gb of installed memory. 32Bit won't see above 3Gb of installed memory I believe

Also noticed they don't list the number or type of expansion slots available. Have you contacted them to check it will take the graphics card upgrade ?

 

[CrippsCorner]

I've seen the m/b specs somewhere else and they seem decent, and iirc someone else that bought this installed a 4870 and it was running fine

 

[David]

hmm i dunno about that, i think you get 3.3 usable and 32bit windows would prob make his life easier in regard to app/driver compatibility.

 

[Mike_182]

If you are going with the system above I would recommend the 64bit version of windows 7 to make full use of the 4Gb of installed memory. 32Bit won't see above 3Gb of installed memory I believe

Also noticed they don't list the number or type of expansion slots available. Have you contacted them to check it will take the graphics card upgrade ?

Compatibility with apps in 64-bit, the extended use of memory by 64-bit codesets and the complete lack of need to make using 64-bit on anything less that 6GB+-equipped systems an absolute waste.

Please, please check your facts before spouting it to people.

 

[CrippsCorner]

Have also seen this today...

Dell Inspiron Desktop base. 2.6Ghz dualcore, 3gig, 320GB, 7 Premium,dvdrw. £299 or less delivered

It only gives the option of 64-bit Windows 7 anyway.

 

[Mike_182]

Then upgrade the memory to 6GB+...

 

[ivegota16v]

64bit vs 32bit OS performance even in systems with less than 6Gb of memory gets better performance. There are quite a few benchmarks out there showing this

we also did in house testing of this when deciding to deploy 32bit or 64bit Win 7

system looks alright, though id like to see a new core i3.5 or 7!!

GP