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Upgrading 3 year old prebuilt pc with new parts, need help with compatibility/optimization

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  • Cases
  • Optical Media
  • Compatibility
  • Systems
  • Prebuilt Systems
August 26, 2014 4:43:11 PM

I plan to upgrade the case, mobo, and optical drive of my current computer so that I can get a ggtx 760 i bought a while ago to work since it isnt compatible with my current motherboard.

My current specs are:
mobo: Gigabyte 2AC8
gpu: Radeon 7770 (gtx 760 will use with it)
cpu:fx6100
psu: 650W 80+ bronze rated
2GB + 2GB + 4GB RAM

What I wanted to do was replace the case (which is the prebuild case that comes with the line of HPs that come with the gigabyte 2AC8 mobo with this a Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower, get a new optical drive since the one in my current computer is broken, i plan on installing a Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer, and replace my mobo with a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+, so that I can get the gtx760 I bought to work. (I had a EVGA employee tell me that the 700 series cards dont work on this motherboard through customer support). Everything else I will uninstall from my current computer and put it in the new case etc. I am confident in my ability to do this, but I wanted to know if there were any incompatibilities that I should know about (I used pcpartpicker and everything should be compatible but you can never be too sure) or if there are any optimizations I can make or suggestions by anyone. Thanks for reading and thanks for any help.

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