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Case upgrade or not?

PCO77
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Ok here's the thing. I have 2 computers. 1 being my Ryzen rig and daily driver.  #2 is an older FX 8320 with a Rx 580. My son wants the FX rig but the case is a Deepcool tesseract and it's just bulky and ugly. My case is a diypc but I've done a lot of work on it. So... Do I buy myself a new case and put the FX in mine or just buy a cheap case for the FX?? I'm banging my head on this one. Lol here's both rigs. I will in fact go with the majority opinion. Thanks in advance. Happy Friday!

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Ryzen 7 2700, MSI Rx 5700 Mech OC, Cooler Master V850, MSI B450 Tomahawk, Ballistix Sport LT ddr4 4x16 32gb @ 3200Mhz, XPG Gammix nvme 256gb, XPG nvme 128gb, 

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no need to spend extra cash on a case , you can spend it for an ssd for the old pc or a  larger capacity SSD for the new one 

CPU:  i7 9700K / CPU Cooler: bequiet! Dark Rock Pro 4/Motherboard: Gigabyte z390 Aorus Pro Wifi/ RAM: 2 x Ballistix 8GB  DDR4

GPU:  ASUS ROG STRIX  RTX 2070 SSD:  ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB NVMe / HDD:  3TB WD 30EZRX

PC Case:  CM H500P Mesh White / PSU: Corsair RM850i -850w Gold  /Monitor :LG CX 55 + S27B970D

DAC: Audioengine D1 /Speakers : Focal Bird 2.1 /Headphones: Sennheiser HD 380Pro / B&W PX

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I wouldn't spend a dime on the old case. I don't know how old your son is but I would make him pay for any upgrades if he's old enough to work. Maybe even set up a shore/allowance type system if he's really determined to do upgrades and he can't work. Then once he gets his upgrades spend some time together with him when you transfer the parts over. Sounds like some great father son bonding time to me.

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Cosmos Sv2:

  • CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K @ 5.1ghz
  • Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z390-A
  • RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000
  • GPU: Asus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Turbo
  • Case: Modded Cosmos S (Cosmos Sv2)
  • Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME, WD Black SN750 2TB NVMe, 2x WD Red 2TB raid 1, 150GB Toshiba 2.5"
  • PSU: Corsair HX850
  • Display(s): Samsung LC32JG50QQNZA 32.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz, LG 29UM58-P 29.0" 2560x1080 75 Hz
  • Cooling: Custom Loop
  • Keyboard: Corsair K95 Platinum
  • Mouse: Corsair Dark Core
  • Sound: Oboard with Logitech something or other 5.1 speakers and HyperX Headset
  • OS: Win 10 Pro
  • PC Part Picker URL: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/NotSoEpicMods/saved/LYysZL

 

Old School AMD:

  • CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090T
  • Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth 990FX rev1.0
  • RAM: 16GB Patriot Sector 5
  • GPU: XFX HD 7950
  • Case: Cougar MX330-G Glass Window
  • Storage: 2x HyperX 3K 120GB SSD 
  • PSU: Corsair 650W
  • Display(s): Samsung 32"
  • Cooling: Hyper 212+
  • Keyboard: Logitech G110
  • Mouse: Logitech M100
  • Sound: HyperX Headset
  • OS: Win 7 Ultimate
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Maybe you could turn this into a fun little project for you and your son. Purchase the case you've clearly been eyeing. ? Then when it arrives turn it into a project for the two of you over a weekend. You get the case you want, he gets his computer, and it's both educational and time to bond. ?

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Well unfortunately I have to mail the computer that's why not wanted a smaller case. He's 12 but other kids in the house are known to break tech.  I might just stick to sending him my laptop. Idk. If I could sell off some old crap I could build him a Ryzen 5 rig. Idk

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