Hello Ladies and Gentlemen! I've figured it's been a while since I've posted for help on something, (sadely my last post didnt work out ) But with all seriousness I thought the Xtreme Idiots would be deffinetely the place to turn to in this sort of help
If you are willing to help of course, I am working on modifying my Dell Case and getting a new GPU and PS.
So I know alot of you have experience on these things and I have a few questions if you are willing to look into this more.
Current Rig:
Operating Syste: MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU: Intel Core i5 760 @ 2.80GHz Lynnfield 45nm Technology
RAM: 3.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard: Dell Inc. 0G3HR7 (CPU 1)
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5450
Hard Drives: 244GB Seagate ST9250315AS (SATA) 488GB Western Digital WDC WD5000AAKS-75V0A0 (SCSI)
Optical Drives: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH50N
Audio: Logitech G930 Headset
Im planning on getting the
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V
Aaaaand the
EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P3-1469-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
Although I'm still deciding, so if anybody has any better ones that they know of!
Im thinking of maybe a Evga 550 TI 2 gig instead but I think the 560 would be more worth it.
But onto the case modification thing!
(Pics below of my rig)
I think its a medium ATX case (it deffinetely isnt as small as my schools computers ) and has limited airflow so I got some fans from a friend and got them running, I'm going to be making a vent system for the side so I can put three fans blowing into it and maybe a fan on the inside (Im not sure if thats safe) The two fans on the front are for blowing air out while there is a fan on the back that also blows air out, i'm planning on double fanning that since the internal one isnt very fast.
Now, some people may think im insane for doing all of these modifications. Well, a 560 wont operate well in a 1 slow Air-out fan environment.
Buuuut, now for the Power supply! I've seen some reviews on Newegg of people putting there PS's ontop of their case, and i'm thinking that may be a good idea because almost all PS's over 600 watts have a fan on the top, and I dont need any more hot air inside of my case. So I can just mount that thing on the top and do some mounting modifications and take out my 350 watt PS and lead my cords through there and put a fan in its place. (I have no idea if this is possible)
So really my question is, will this all work? Or am I just that insane to even begin thinking so? lol.
THANKS!
So here are some pics of my medium sized Dell Rig (I hate dell, and I hate apple, My comp just acts like a mac sometimes and ehem... doesnt support things LOL)