Okay, I have an XPS 8300 and I'm wanting to either upgrade or build a new PC.
Here's my question... I'm thinking about getting a new PSU and GPU right now and in two or three months get a everything for a new build except the GPU and PSU of course. The reason I want to split it up like that is because I want to use my credit card but I don't want to max it out right now. I need to keep some credit on it for travel at work. Before someone says anything, I have the money to do it all right now at once but I'd rather take advantage of 0% interest for 12 months and build some reward points on my card.
Now, first off, will an MSI 7950 TwinFrozrIII be okay in my case for a few months? I have basically no airflow in the Dell case. My current HD 6770 runs at 82C running at full load with 100% fan speed. I've read that the cooling is really good on TwinFrozr cards but that if you don't have good airflow it's actually worse than a card that vents straight out the back.
Next, wouldn't it be fine to just buy a case, mobo, RAM (Dell RAM sucks), and OS and just reuse my i7 and HDD?
Lastly, if I wanted, could I go ahead and buy a case when I buy my new GPU and PSU? Would I be able to transplant the XPS 8300 okay?
Thanks guys!
Here's my question... I'm thinking about getting a new PSU and GPU right now and in two or three months get a everything for a new build except the GPU and PSU of course. The reason I want to split it up like that is because I want to use my credit card but I don't want to max it out right now. I need to keep some credit on it for travel at work. Before someone says anything, I have the money to do it all right now at once but I'd rather take advantage of 0% interest for 12 months and build some reward points on my card.
Now, first off, will an MSI 7950 TwinFrozrIII be okay in my case for a few months? I have basically no airflow in the Dell case. My current HD 6770 runs at 82C running at full load with 100% fan speed. I've read that the cooling is really good on TwinFrozr cards but that if you don't have good airflow it's actually worse than a card that vents straight out the back.
Next, wouldn't it be fine to just buy a case, mobo, RAM (Dell RAM sucks), and OS and just reuse my i7 and HDD?
Lastly, if I wanted, could I go ahead and buy a case when I buy my new GPU and PSU? Would I be able to transplant the XPS 8300 okay?
Thanks guys!