Hello,
I bought a new GPU a while back attempting to upgrade the stock one in my dell, but some capacitors on the motherboard seem to be preventing me from seating it properly. Seeing this months computer setups on the front page inspired me to try and fix this dilemma by getting a new mobo and all that while keeping as many stock parts from my old PC as possible. The "puppy" layout this month seemed decent enough for me without breaking the bank.
The new parts I'm thinking of getting are:
Case - NXT GAMMA Classic
Power Supply - Corsair CX500
CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
Motherboard - ASUS M5A97 R2 AM3+ 970
I wanted to mix that with my Dell's stock hard drive, 4G of RAM, DVD drive, and an XFX Radeon HD 5770 graphics card. Does it seem all right to mix and match my old parts with these without any craziness happening? I haven't really built a PC before, so I'm reluctant to buy anything without knowing it will be compatible.
(I wanted to give links for the parts, but sadly I can't since this account is fairly new. They're all on the front page of MMO Champ if you want some clarification.)