Advice needed / Upgrading Pc

danny3

danny3

danny3

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Hi, I am a complete novice :confused: and wanted to upgrade my pc, it is about 2 years old and I bought it pre built, it has an Athlon ii x 4 630 processor 2.80 ghz, Biostar GF8200 E Motherboard with 2gb ram, Seagate barracuda 500gb hd, ATX 450W PSU.

New parts I have bought so far are a K380 Coolermaster case and a Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 motherboard, now what I want to ask is is it easy enough to put the athlon processor in to the new motherboard and the rest of my old parts in to the new case, i know I will have to buy ddr3 ram for the new motherboard, what else would I need? Would I need a graphics card?
I mainly use the PC for internet, word, watching films and photoshop, I did want to use some video editing software in the future, I am not really a gamer but would like to play fifa, Hope someone can help, Thanks in advance :)
 
Thanks, The make and model of the PSU is Winpower 450w, I currently have one stick of 2.00gb ddr2 memory but I havn't bought any memory yet for the new motherboard, what would you recommend?
 
The new case also comes with a USB 3 port at the front of the case, would this be easy to connect with this motherboard? also what brand of ddr3 Ram should I buy? and should I stick with 450w on a new better brand PSU, Many Thanks in advance
 
Thank You RJC and dacads, youve both been a great help, i'm a bit slow, youve already given me replies whilst im still typing :)
 
Hi Guys :)
Is the OCZ Technology 500W CoreXStream PSU ok for my build? as it fits in to my budget, also is Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module Kit a good fit for my build?
Thanks in advance
 
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Hello :)
I've been offered a Coolermaster Real Power M520 Modular ATX PSU, second hand but same price as the OCZ, should I go for this?
Thanks in advance
 
Sorry for late reply, just been watching the footie, I think its a couple of year old and it looks quite expensive though after googling it I believe Coolermaster bought out a mk 2 model wheras this is the earlier one, i've also been offered G Skill RipJawz X 1866MHz RAM 8GB (2x4GB), is this compatible with my motherboard and is this recommended i.e a good make?
 
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