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Yeah first time building a pc that's had to work.messed about in school taking them apart and changing ram and stuff but it never had to boot.I thought I'd have to buy a new case and power supply I was just getting ahead of myself.
 
Been looking at cases , cooling and psu . Thinking for the case the cooler Master silenco 352 , for cooling noctua nhs d9l and for a power supply I'm not to sure. Might get 650 watt to be safe
 
The Noctua is a decent cooler, in fact anything by Noctua is decent, just expensive. For what you need, a 550W PSU is all you need. Something like the Antec Truepower 550W or the EVGA GS 550W/XFX XTR 550W if you want a modular unit, will be more than you'll ever need, even with an OC'd 6600K and graphics card (which you won't be doing as it's a non-K 6600 and you've got a Quadro).

You're going to have to reinstall Windows regardless. Your existing sytem uses a completely different chipset and drivers compared to what you're going to be upgrading to. You can use a backup drive to restore all your documents, but you WILL have to reinstall Windows.

This is all such a bad idea... That case has nearly zero ventilation and you want to put a 90+W TDP CPU in it? It's just a bad move.

Please get yourself a proper case and power supply. If you need a new windows license you can get it for about 25 quid from kingwin.net.

Yes your existing case is pretty poor for ventilation and may not fit a modern ATX PSU. That Coolermaster case does have slightly better ventilation, but it's still not that great. TBH no m-ATX case has excellent ventillation and they're a pain to fit everything into.

My dad as one of these on his desk (I set it up for him). Whilst it's probably bigger than what you already have, it handles an FX 6300 (95W TDP) and HD 7950 no problem and is quiet as well. These have a combined thermal output higher than what you're going to be using.

You will need to buy a new Windows licence if the existing one refuses to co-operate (which is very likely).

As far as kingwin.net/cheap Windows keys goes, personally no. Although this may be totally legit (I've never used this site), I would buy a new, guaranteed genuine licence. Especially if you're going to use it for work purposes/wor is buying it. Windows 10 is very easy to download from Microsoft.
 
It's probably not any better than the coolermaster one.

Sorry, I should have been clearer. m-ATX cases tend to get hot because they're smaller than a regular ATX case and support fewer fans. TBH, a new case will be better than the original HP case your old system was in.

The guy I quoted was probably trying to say that using the HP case was a bad idea, apparently along with everything else.
 
Appreciate it's been a while since I last posted but I've finally ally got round to ordering some stuff and putting bits together.

So far

Mobo : asus h110 mk (crap I know)
Processor : i5 6600
RAM: 16gb Kingston ddr4
Cooler : coolermaster nepton 120xl

Got the cooler off a friend. Probably overkill but it was a decent price.next stop psu and drives.
 
Actually, for a non-gaming build, an H110 board is fine. It's not like you're overclocking or anything like that. With a non-K i5 6600, you really don't need a Z-series board.

16GB of Kingston DDR4 is good - Kingston is decent RAM. I haven't used the CM Nepton, but for what you want/need, that's fine.

You just need a decent PSU, a boot SSD and a storage drive.

These SSDs are pretty decent on a budget:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...d-state-hard-drive-suv400s37-2-hd-102-ks.html

This PSU will provide ample power and is by a top-tier OEM:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...0-plus-gold-power-supply-black-ca-003-sf.html

Bulk storage:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-s-64mb-cache-hdd-oem-wd10ezex-hd-366-wd.html
 
Actually, for a non-gaming build, an H110 board is fine. It's not like you're overclocking or anything like that. With a non-K i5 6600, you really don't need a Z-series board.

16GB of Kingston DDR4 is good - Kingston is decent RAM. I haven't used the CM Nepton, but for what you want/need, that's fine.

You just need a decent PSU, a boot SSD and a storage drive.

These SSDs are pretty decent on a budget:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...d-state-hard-drive-suv400s37-2-hd-102-ks.html

This PSU will provide ample power and is by a top-tier OEM:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...0-plus-gold-power-supply-black-ca-003-sf.html

Bulk storage:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-s-64mb-cache-hdd-oem-wd10ezex-hd-366-wd.html

Appreciate the help I'll get them ordered once I've got some money . In terms of graphics cards and stuff , is my motherboard compatible and if so what size card would you reccomend. If I do get a card how much would I need to increase power supply to
 
A good 550W PSU like the one I suggested, will run any current graphics card with no issue.

That board will support any PCI-E graphics card. If you're just after regular graphics, then the onboard would probably suffice. If you actually want to be able to use RealView graphics etc, then you'd need a workstation-class card.

It also depends what monitor/monitors you'll be using. If you want Display Port, then you'd need either an adapter or a separate graphics card.

If you really do want a workstation card, then get a SW certified one. Of the SolidWorks certified cards, at the entry level, the Quadro K2000 or K2200 are the best bet for Nvidia. There is a cheaper model, but it isn't certified from what I remember. The AMD FirePro series are a little cheaper - I'd suggest the FirePro W5100. Again, there is a cheaper model, but it's not certified.
 
A good 550W PSU like the one I suggested, will run any current graphics card with no issue.

That board will support any PCI-E graphics card. If you're just after regular graphics, then the onboard would probably suffice. If you actually want to be able to use RealView graphics etc, then you'd need a workstation-class card.

It also depends what monitor/monitors you'll be using. If you want Display Port, then you'd need either an adapter or a separate graphics card.

If you really do want a workstation card, then get a SW certified one. Of the SolidWorks certified cards, at the entry level, the Quadro K2000 or K2200 are the best bet for Nvidia. There is a cheaper model, but it isn't certified from what I remember. The AMD FirePro series are a little cheaper - I'd suggest the FirePro W5100. Again, there is a cheaper model, but it's not certified.

Think I will invest in a workstation card eventually but for now ill manage without one.as for playing games would a workstation card still be okay ? Just curious quote like the look of doom . Thanks for all the help
 
Games won't run as well on a workstation card, it's not what they're not really designed for. A Quadro K2200 for example is just slightly worse than a GTX 750Ti according to what I've read. A K5200 is apparently on a par with a GTX 770.

I'm not sure what the system specs for Doom are mind you.

If you can manage without a workstation card, then wait for the AMD Polaris release at the end of this month. It should be good balance of value/performance.
 
Almost there got my psu , hard disk and ssd . Having trouble wiring everything up. Think I need a sata connector to connect ssd to mobo.can anyone advise what these are called ?
 
XMP is for the RAM speed profile. It's a built-in profile programmed onto the RAM itself. For example, I've got DDR4 3000MHz, so I've set the XMP profile to the 3000MHz one. I also have the options of 2666, 2400 and 2133MHz.

Which RAM did you get in the end?
 
plenty of choices for a graphics card again it just depends on budget. The gtx970's have dropped in price.

Ive been tempted to get a 2nd one to go sli but My thoughts are my lad needs an upgrade from his 7950 so I could go for a 1070 and hell get my 970.
 
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