Doing some upgrades

ive been wanting to upgrade for awhile now specs are:

p67 asus deluxe
i7 2600k @ 4.3
noctua d14
corsair-hx psu 1000w
corsair mem 8 gigs
WD 1tb
evga sli 570's 1.2 gig
win7 home premium


been looking to upgrade my cards to the msi twin frozr 680's 4g version: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127695


i have a few questions regarding these cards, first will my power supply be able to handle 2 of these? and will there be enough room for 2?

i also was looking to upgrade my memory to 16gigs was either looking at kingston hyper x predator series :http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104329&Tpk=KHX21C11T2K2%2f16X

or the corsair dominator platinum, prolly will go w/ the corsair but idk yet seeing tht i have the d14 to worry about, but it only rlly covers the first slot on the mb, atm my memory is in the second and fourth slot so maybe it would work?

regarding my OS, will i have to upgrade my OS also if im upping my memory to 16 gigs, and vram on the cards?

one last question to the forum guru's, i rlly wanna change the fans on the noctua d14, tht baige color has gotten old, i was curious if i could get some blue led replacement fans to match my color scheme tht would be nice i think, would rlly add to the setup

anyways tyvm DS rig is still kicking ass, hopefully these upgrades will keep it tht way for a little bit longer

Also, if you go with ram with tall heat spreaders make sure your case is wide enough if you have to offset, away from the mobo, the inside fan.   It could take an added inch or so spacing.

Edited by bprat22 - 20 Nov 2012 at 9:04am

If you have an inch now between regular ram sticks and the fan then it will be close with tall heat spreaders.   I would be surprised if they did fit without moving fan out a little.   You have to populate primary slots 1 and 3 first, counting from front to back I believe. They are usually a different color to let ya know.   

The tall spreaders look real nice but not needed unless you push ram overclocking.

I never checked out blu-ray players so no help there.    

Good luck and have fun.

Edited by bprat22 - 20 Nov 2012 at 1:45pm

ya if i was to go w/ the dominator ram it would be strictly for the looks cuz thts one sexy looking ram, plus it has like a faint blue accent glow when powered. im tryin to go w/ a blu theme. ive been tryin to find blue led fans or just blue colored fans to replace the ones on the noctua d14. anything blue im opened to suggestions, heard there where coolermaster fans ones on top for the hafx tht come in blue?

goin from slot closest to the cpu, i have slots 2 and 4 populated
and the inch of space is to the left of ram in slot 2 from the fan on the d12 if tht makes sense, its not a inch above

regarding moving the fan i dont see anyway of moving it in like u say, or out in my case.. only possibility i can see is to take it off which isnt really an option

maybe if i find replacement fans, tht are thinner thn the current noctua stock ones tht would add to the inch of clearance to the left of the closest ram tht would solve my issues, guessing tht i dont have enough room atm.

all i know is tht i want a blue theme and if i can find some mushkin ram or kingston blue ram sticks ill prolly end up goin with those (16gig)
another thing if i was to go w/ those msi 680's i need 8 pin connectors which i dont have since im rocking 570's atm, i was thinkin about buying those individual rapped ones in blue if thts a possibility, any1 know of a place tht sells those? i think tht would look pretty sweet

Edited by Aka - 21 Nov 2012 at 1:25pm

thnx bpratt,
didnt know tht about the fan of the d12, will have to look into tht thnx for the tip- just figured with the clip being on the outside of the fan and cooler was only one place it could go but i think i get wat ur sayin, ill have to mess w/ it i guess.

ya since the internal lights are blu in the haf and the front fan is blue mine aswel stick w. the overall theme i figured so ya anything blue im looking for.

in regards of the individual sleeved 8 pin connectors for the cards do u know wat i mean? and where i could look for those? and how easy would they be to install thm? im looking at my psu right now and all i see is tht the 6 pin connectors to the cards are coming out of a hole (all jammed through the hole pretty tight fit) on the psu..was wandering how i would unplugg these and replace thm any suggestions would be great thnx again