Hi all, first of all im a newbie to computer building.
So far I've bought:
ASRock X58 Extreme Intel X58 Socket 1366 ATX
Intel i7 920
Asus Geforce GTX 275
How can I find out wether the graphics card is compatible with the motherboard? Is the fact that the motherboard manufacter says that it supports DDR3 memory(the same memory that the graphics card uses) enough?
Also, what about cooling. I bought my i7 920 as used and I got the fan and basically the whole package with it with manuals etc. However the person said even though he hasn't used the cooler he sent it to me in the same package. So it is worth it to actually buy a better cooler than what was in the package, would it increase the lifespan of the processor significantly?
Lastly, since I plan on multiboxing at least 8-10 toons using this computer, I will probably need to hog about 2 or 3 sets of 4gb ddr3, wich also brings in the question of what microsoft windows version should I use? Atm im running with Vista 32 bit but I read from somewhere that it is not capable of using any more than 4gb of ram. So what kind of version of Windows would be capable of running 8-12 GB of DDR3?
Thanks