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HandsomeOne

HandsomeOne

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Hey guys! I posted on this website some time ago but my circumstances drastically changed a while after that so in the end didn't buy a PC :(
Now I've sold my car + got an old office computer from work so I can re-use mATX tower, 500GB HDD and DVD writer and just buy the remaining parts :))

I've decided to go mostly for graphics power as I wanted to play 3D games (got 3D telly) and watch 3D movies.

So basically I know roughly what I would like but wherever I look there's no detailed dimensions of PC components so I don't know what would fit in my tower or PSU bay...
Is there like one standard size for PSU's/bluray drives etc?

My spec is as follows (any suggestions highly appreciated ;) )
i5 3350p
some corsair 80 plus bronze psu
asrock h77m mATX board
g.skill 8gb ram
asus gtx 660 (is that enough for real 3d gaming?)
windows7 (old office PC is still on win XP)

edit: my budget is about £600+ (roughly the price of components listed above)

Thanks for your help guys!
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x MSI H87M-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £76.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
Total : £620.45 (includes shipping : £11.25).



or nvidia gpu

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II OC Gamer 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4430 3.00GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x MSI H87M-G43 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £76.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020047-UK) £49.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
Total : £606.95 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £49.99
Total : £556.86 (includes shipping : £10.75).



There's a good chance you can use your old PSU, but you'd have to list the model / wattage. I'm also assuming you can re-use your O/S, but if you can't add the cost in, either 7 or 8. Ideally we need to know the case dimensions as that will dictate whether a M-ATX or full ATX board is more suited
 
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Hey guys! Thanks for such quick replies!
Since it's an office HP computer, the PSU is a no-name which even if it had 800w I'd be scared to use... :P
I should be able to re-use OS but I doubt that any new drivers are still compatible with windows XP... ;) so I think i'd have to get win 7/8 -depends which would be cheaper... :P
About the case dimensions - I checked the mobo spec i have in there now and it is indeed mATX
The telly is samsung 46'' model ue46eh6030kxxu
 
 
okay.... so I did some research and it seems that these PSU's suggested by you guys would not fit my mATX case... :( any suggestions on PSU bearing that in mind...?
 
Well it really does depend on the case. Some mATX cases will take a full sized PSU easily. The corsair builder range are slightly smaller at 140mm deep but in order to get one that fits you'll need to get the tape measure out.
 
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