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Hello all, I searched through the forums and read golden builds and recent posts, but I am still a little uncertain about a couple of things. I want to dual boot, with OSX as the main OS and with the option of holding down a key during startup to boot into Win7. With the OS's on different SSD's. Any help will be much appreciated, and I will post a guide for noobs as myself as soon as i get it build. Here is the build that I have chosen:
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770
MOBO: GA-Z77X-UD5
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB(2x8) DDR3 1600MHz
GFX: EVGA GeForce GTX 660Ti
CASE: Corsair Carbide 500R
PSU: Cooler Master GX 750W
SSD's: 2x Samsung 840 Series MZ-7TD120 SSDs (One for each OS)
HDD's: 2x Seagate Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s 1TB HDD (For non SSD apps and files, one for each OS)
COOLER: Corsair H60 Hydro Series
FIREWIRE CARD: Syba Low Profile PCI-e 1394b/1394a (2B1A) Card, TI Chipset Ekstra Regular Bracket
OS:Mountain Lion+ Windows 7
Questions:
First of all, are these parts compatible with each other, and will they work out of the box? I want the install to be as easy as possible.
CPU: How to install HD4000? With MultiBeast?
CASE: Will it fit?
SSD's: I've read that I have to install the Win7 drive first, to prevent Win7 from creating files in /Partitions folder or something. And also that I have to format the Win7 drive first. When formating the drive, do I need to make a partition? And if I have to format it before installing Win7, and Win7 must be first OS to be installed, how do I do it? From another computer? And do it need to do it to the OSX SSD too?
GPU: 750w is plenty right?
Mountain Lion: Can I use a friend's mac to buy, or will it be bound to his account or something?
Thanks in advance!
CPU: Intel Core i7-3770
MOBO: GA-Z77X-UD5
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB(2x8) DDR3 1600MHz
GFX: EVGA GeForce GTX 660Ti
CASE: Corsair Carbide 500R
PSU: Cooler Master GX 750W
SSD's: 2x Samsung 840 Series MZ-7TD120 SSDs (One for each OS)
HDD's: 2x Seagate Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s 1TB HDD (For non SSD apps and files, one for each OS)
COOLER: Corsair H60 Hydro Series
FIREWIRE CARD: Syba Low Profile PCI-e 1394b/1394a (2B1A) Card, TI Chipset Ekstra Regular Bracket
OS:Mountain Lion+ Windows 7
Questions:
First of all, are these parts compatible with each other, and will they work out of the box? I want the install to be as easy as possible.
CPU: How to install HD4000? With MultiBeast?
CASE: Will it fit?
SSD's: I've read that I have to install the Win7 drive first, to prevent Win7 from creating files in /Partitions folder or something. And also that I have to format the Win7 drive first. When formating the drive, do I need to make a partition? And if I have to format it before installing Win7, and Win7 must be first OS to be installed, how do I do it? From another computer? And do it need to do it to the OSX SSD too?
GPU: 750w is plenty right?
Mountain Lion: Can I use a friend's mac to buy, or will it be bound to his account or something?
Thanks in advance!