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BlueSpartan

BlueSpartan

BlueSpartan

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Hello everyone

I need some serious help here are my issues

Bad case - Cit mars gaming case - bad cooling and too small I think
Amd 965be x4 - Runs at 65/66c when playing Gw2 - Case can't fit bigger fan
M3a ucc Motherboard - Thinking of changing to a intel cpu

So here is where I need help, I am thinking of buying a new:
1/ Case
2/ cpu for gaming - so suggestions of products would be good
3/Motherboard that can handle intel cpu's
4/possible aftermarket fan, if the intel one is too noisy

I have a budget of £300-350, I have several things also Can I move all parts in current system to a new system? will I have to reboot windows? how easy is it to do what I want to do. any help would be amazing.

Edit: thanks for all the suggestions think I have some tough choices to make
 
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Firstly welcome,

Your right, your case is poor. What PSU do you have? What GPU do you run?

My suggestions would be:

3570k: £185
Z77 dh3: £83
Corsair 300r: £60
Coolermaster 612s: £32

A tad over but worth it.
 
Doomedspeed said:
Firstly welcome,

Your right, your case is poor. What PSU do you have? What GPU do you run?

My suggestions would be:

3570k: £185
Z77 dh3: £83
Corsair 300r: £60
Coolermaster 612s: £32

A tad over but worth it.
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My psu is a oc'z 650 watt and my gpu is a gtx 560ti.. I have a lot of people recommend the coolmaster haf towers.
 
The HAF's do have good airflow, but they are expensive and not the best looking. a lot of other cases, including the ones we specced have good cooling and other features, while being more affordable.

I don't think the HAF 912 was that well reveiewed.
 
Doomedspeed said:
The HAF's do have good airflow, but they are expensive and not the best looking. a lot of other cases, including the ones we specced have good cooling and other features, while being more affordable.

I don't think the HAF 912 was that well reveiewed.
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Thanks, also I have never built a pc before nor removed parts from one. Is it easy/hard? what order to you put the parts in?
 
Decided to push the budget to £400...
Ok I have decided to go for the stock cooler can upgrade later and heard its not to bad :)

So its just a gaming case, Cpu, Motherboard and I was thinking maybe some new ram. so any final spec suggestions would be great guys.
 
With heatsink

if you dont like white case, the black / red is due in soon. could wait for it

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Aerocool Xpredator X1 Midi Tower Case - White/Black £49.99
1 x Xigmatek Dark Knight SD-1283 Night Hawk Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/1156/1155/775 and AMD FM1/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £34.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £29.99
Total : £395.45 (includes shipping : £11.25).



P.S theres lots of tut videos online that will help you build

if you get stuck post here and we will help
 
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There are ways to fiddle it so you dont need to. but i would. will save you hassle in future

+ fresh install on new machine will feel awesome :)

just backup data in preperation
 
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