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ct1615   05-12-2009 at 12:08:51 AM

I currently have a Dell E521 but I have upgraded the CPU, PSU, Ram, GPU and sound card to the following. I game at 1440 x 900 resolution (Samsung 19inch LCD) on XP.

Athlon x2 6000 Windsor
PC Power and Cooling 470w
2GBs 800mhz Ram
Asus 9800GT
Creative Sound Card

The set up currently works great, I play Far Cry2 on high settings with 4AA @ 40-70FPS and Crysis on mostly high settings with 2AA @ 30-40FPS.
The issue is I would eventually like to move to a tri or quad core CPU and rather then build a new PC from scratch. I would like to carry over as many parts as I can. So basically bring all the parts stated above as well as my hard drive, DVD drive, and DVD -R/RW burner. Then add all these parts to a new motherboard and case. Has anyone done this before with a Dell hard drive before? Are there any issues I should be aware of?

I'm also looking at the following cases and motherboard, any recommendations/reviews?

Cases
Antec 300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] ntec%20300
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811119047

Motherboard
ASUS M4A78 Plus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131381




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AKM880   05-12-2009 at 05:14:12 AM
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You might want to look at the 780G/90GX chipset motherboards, heard they are really good. There is also a CoolerMaster 330, which is a nice but cheap case.

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ct1615   05-13-2009 at 02:54:39 AM
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thanks for the reply AKM

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Bronze Home Brew badge aford10   05-13-2009 at 03:01:14 AM
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You shouldn't have any problems moving those parts into a custom case. The problems usually lie when going the other way, and upgrading the parts inside a retail case.

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