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HoweOh

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Hi, I asked for advice recently on hardware to buy for building a new PC from my old one. The advice I received was very helpful, but since I'm about to invest around £300 into these items, I wanted to make sure that it would actually work.

The computer I've got currently is an Acer Aspire XC-605 (I think it's this: http://www.pcnation.co.uk/product.aspx?id=20080&af=11). It has an Intel i5-4440 processor, 8GB of RAM, 2TB and an Intel HD Graphics 4600 built into the CPU.

I want to upgrade the graphics card, but in order to do this I'll need to get a new case, motherboard and power supply. The video card I want is this: uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvn960ixoc2gd

I've been recommended the following items, but I would like it if someone could verify that these would work in conjunction with my current hardware:

Power Supply: XFX Core Edition PRO450W V2 (http://www.ballicom.co.uk/p1450sx2b...o450w-v2--power-supply--450-watt.p868436.html)

Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro-ATX (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asro...-(x16)-quad-crossfirex-vga-dvi-hdmi-micro-atx)

Case: CiT Vanquish Gaming Black Midi Tower Case (http://www.cclonline.com/product/15...66/?siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-OLusU0s6f5svpr4j.3XutA)

As I said before, I'd be grateful if someone verified whether or not the hardware would all be supported by each other.
 
Do yourself a favor and get either a 500 watt or even a 550 watt power supply so you can upgrade video card later if need be. The gtx 970 would need a 500 watt power supply.

You do realize that you won't be able to reuse the same copy of windows you have on your acer hard drive right?
 
johnb35 said:
Do yourself a favor and get either a 500 watt or even a 550 watt power supply so you can upgrade video card later if need be. The gtx 970 would need a 500 watt power supply.

You do realize that you won't be able to reuse the same copy of windows you have on your acer hard drive right?
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Okay, thanks for the advice with the power supply.

Yeah, I know that, but I can get Windows free, that's fine.
EDIT: It's not illegal, don't judge me :) I go to a 'Microsoft Academy' school or something, so we get free Microsoft stuff. It's basically a PR stunt.
 
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Maybe an SSD would be a good edition? John can correct me, but I think a 120gb SSD would boost your PC quite a bit and you can generally pick one up for $50-$75. (Around 50 pounds I believe).
 
kam said:
Maybe an SSD would be a good edition? John can correct me, but I think a 120gb SSD would boost your PC quite a bit and you can generally pick one up for $50-$75. (Around 50 pounds I believe).
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Yeah, that sounds like a pretty good idea. Probably not now, but that's definitely a thing to consider in the future.

Any other advice? :)
 
HoweOh said:
Yeah, that sounds like a pretty good idea. Probably not now, but that's definitely a thing to consider in the future.

Any other advice? :)
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As long as you go with what John said with the PSU, you should be fine. Maybe even a 650W PSU would be better, so you can upgrade even further in the future (cpu, ram etc).
 
kam said:
As long as you go with what John said with the PSU, you should be fine. Maybe even a 650W PSU would be better, so you can upgrade even further in the future (cpu, ram etc).
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Okay, thanks.
I've found two 650W PSUs but one of them is £25 ($39) whilst the other was £64 (100). Any advice on which to go for?
£25 one: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/650w...-gC3sDY8MxAALB7UBjyt4fHrxcL-TvHEX8aAufe8P8HAQ

£64 one: http://www.ebuyer.com/584149-cooler...F8P8HAQ&reevoo_page=2#reevoo_embedded_reviews
 
johnb35 said:
Upgrading cpu and ram is negligible compared to upgrading a video card.
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I know, I was saying because he's getting a GTX 960 will last him for quite a while, so the CPU would be the next best thing, don't you think? Correct me if im wrong :)
 
HoweOh said:
Okay, thanks.
I've found two 650W PSUs but one of them is £25 ($39) whilst the other was £64 (100). Any advice on which to go for?
£25 one: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/650w...-gC3sDY8MxAALB7UBjyt4fHrxcL-TvHEX8aAufe8P8HAQ

£64 one: http://www.ebuyer.com/584149-cooler...F8P8HAQ&reevoo_page=2#reevoo_embedded_reviews
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The cit one is garbage. Even a GTX 980 only requires a 520 watt power supply. 550 watts to 600 watts is fine.
kam said:
I know, I was saying because he's getting a GTX 960 will last him for quite a while, so the CPU would be the next best thing, don't you think? Correct me if im wrong :)
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But still power draw on a new cpu would be minimal. You can go here and see what wattage is needed for certain video cards.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

Take in consideration that this is for the whole system, not just the video card.
 
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You don't have to stay with XFX though. If you get a 650 watt power supply that would make you good up to even a single Titan, which are pretty expensive. Its your call though.
 
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