So I just bought all this...and...whoops...

white_falcon

Hi guys, so I finally ordered the rest of my PC off Komplett:

I got the following:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=329724 - Mobo

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=114450 - 2x500gig HD's

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=314330 - Cold Cathodes

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=330169 - Quad Core

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=336564 - CD drive

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=340157 - CD drive 2

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=333974 - 4 gigs ram

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=336401 - Power supply

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=316737 - Raptor 150gb

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=335481 - Soundcard

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=309100 - Mouse

And I have these already:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=327331 - Graphics card

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=338806 - Monitor

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=326306 - Case


Now....the problem being...I stupidly ordered this off Komplett:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=331408 - Its windows Vista, but its the system builder version. So can anyone tell me what the hell that is and how its any different to the normal version of Vista. I basically just wanted Vista 64bit, which it appears to be, but eh...it says Microsoft don't support it...

yoyo

It is a OEM disk, you can only do a fresh install of vista (A upgrade from XP is disabled) and for technical support microsoft will not help you, if you have problems with serial or faulty disk you will be supported

Nick

white_falcon

yoyo wrote:

It is a OEM disk, you can only do a fresh install of vista (A upgrade from XP is disabled) and for technical support microsoft will not help you, if you have problems with serial or faulty disk you will be supported

Nick

Ah...so eh..that means its just normal Vista, you just cant upgrade from XP etc.? As in if I was to install this on my PC when I put it together, it will work like normal vista yea?

Skittle

Yes, it'll run fine. I ordered the OEM version of Vista 64-bit Ultimate and it ran fine.

white_falcon

Skittle wrote:

Yes, it'll run fine. I ordered the OEM version of Vista 64-bit Ultimate and it ran fine.

Phew cool thanks

py2006

Have you set it all up yet? Show us a pic!

white_falcon

py2006 wrote:

Have you set it all up yet? Show us a pic!

got it all today. im sitting in work now waiting to go home at 4.30 and get it all and put it together. pics will be up 2nite or tomorrow. wahoooo!

py2006

white_falcon wrote:

got it all today. im sitting in work now waiting to go home at 4.30 and get it all and put it together. pics will be up 2nite or tomorrow. wahoooo!

My stuff arrived too!! Apart from the case which I ordered seperately!! Oh the wait!!!

white_falcon

wahoo, so i have it all on my bed


here goes nothing. how much do u want to bet it wont work lol

py2006

white_falcon wrote:

wahoo, so i have it all on my bed


here goes nothing. how much do u want to bet it wont work lol

Ah dont say that! Fingers crossed!

Skittle

Have you built a system from scratch before? If you have then I'm sure it'll work fine. I built my first system there two months ago and everything worked to my surprise. I was so sure that I would have damaged my motherboard trying to install the Thermaltake Ultra 120 Extreme heatsink. I also dropped so many screws onto the motherboard (not while it was switched on), that I was afraid I'd break something on it.

dazftw

Note with OEM software it will be tied to your motherboard and it wont work with any other motherboard after that.. Hence whys its alot cheaper

white_falcon

dazftw wrote:

Note with OEM software it will be tied to your motherboard and it wont work with any other motherboard after that.. Hence whys its alot cheaper

hey man, ur from waterford. u from the city? wud u b able to help me set up the PC if it goes tits up by any chance? its nearly done, but if it doesnt work i dont suppose ud b able to help me wud ya?

im sure twil be fine, but i suppsoe we'll find out in about 2hrs lol