• basically redoing almost all of my computer - need help choosing parts
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What I'm keeping is basically just the HDD's, ram and the processor. and these([url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815100049[/url] and [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820162024&cm_re=3.5%22_multi_card_reader-_-20-162-024-_-Product[/url]) I have a Win7 install right now, would I need to re-do that to put all of the new parts in? Feel free to suggest other parts, but try to keep close to the total price. less would also be cool. ($500) If you had to go cheaper on anything, I guess it would be the video card. I guess you could totally cut the mobo, but my brandless HP mobo seems to cheap to go with the rest of everything. Also, I can't find a manual for it so I can't hook up the system speaker and I also don't have a reset switch. This is due to the weird proprietary connections/setups in the HP I started with. case ($44.99) [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146059[/url] + this for my memory card reader($4.99) [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994080[/url] + these fans($14.99) [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103052[/url] +this controller for the fans($14.99) [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811998808&Tpk=N82E16811998808[/url] power supply (want it to be modular)($64.99) [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016[/url] graphics card:($194.99) [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127510&Tpk=msi%20n460gtx%20cyclone[/url] wifi adapter($19.99) [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704059&cm_re=tp-link_wireless_adapter-_-33-704-059-_-Product[/url] I also want 4 more gigs of DDR3(I have 4 already), but don't know how the specs on ram works. I don't know how to match the types (do they even need to be matched?) ~$50 Also, I need a motherboard. ~$100 I would guess at this, but don't know how to make sure everything is compatible. Here are some speccy screenshots of my current machine. (it's just a HP that I moved over to a slightly-better-than-stock-but-still-sucks case that I got as a gift.) [img]http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/2408/23144536.png[/img] [img]http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/7942/29578696.png[/img] [img]http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/4052/66760018.png[/img]
Can you go up to $600? You can get Z68, 2500K, 6870, HAF 912 and GX650 (not modular, though) for $600.
I think it's probably $550 max.
550w restricts you to a single card if you want to do CF/SLI in the future. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.688423[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128510[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948[/url] $430 (If you aren't using over 4GB, don't buy another 4GB.)
Are there specific types of CPU coolers for the different types of CPU's? Like would this cooler work with my processor? [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103932[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103075[/url]
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