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I'm gonna give you dudes a list and you tell me the first thing I should buy!!

 

1) Cooler: Upgrading from stock cooler (H80i)

2) MOBO: Upgrading from ASRock Z77 Pro3 Reason: Some Motherboard ports aren't working (ASRock Z77 Fatal1ty Professional LGA 1155)

3) HDD: Running out of HDD Space (4TB Seagate Barracuda HDD)

4) PSU: Currently have a generic 750W PSU w/ terrible cable management (Recommend me a good PSU with good cable management)

This is how bad my cable management is..

http://i.imgur.com/PWFBm1k.jpg

And.. YES, this is the best I could get the cable management...

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What ports aren't working?

That's a blurry photo--try and get a better oner.

Get a ssd if you don't already have one. 

A new psu is also good. 

 

What are your full specs?

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What ports aren't working?

That's a blurry photo--try and get a better oner.

Get a ssd if you don't already have one. 

A new psu is also good. 

 

What are your full specs?

Wanna recommend me a good PSU?

Plus I'm already grabbing the SSD you told me in the previous thread..

 

CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz

RAM: 16.0GB Corsair Vengeance Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 800MHz

MOBO: ASRock Z77 Pro3

GPU: 2048MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti (NVIDIA)

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For the cooler get a Dark Rock Pro 2, the motherboard MSI Z77 GD65, PSU that's your case not the PSU effecting the cable management and you can get it better than that easily

Is the Dark Rock Pro 2 w/ 2 SP120 better than the H80i w/ 2 SP120s?

Plus is that motherboard better than the one I listed/currently have?

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Wanna recommend me a good PSU?

Plus I'm already grabbing the SSD you told me in the previous thread..

 

CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz

RAM: 16.0GB Corsair Vengeance Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 800MHz

MOBO: ASRock Z77 Pro3

GPU: 2048MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti (NVIDIA)

More storage and a Hyper 212 Evo would be good.

For the psu, a cx500m or m12ii would do depending on whether or not you plan on dual gpus in the future

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx500m

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ss750am

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Is the Dark Rock Pro 2 w/ 2 SP120 better than the H80i w/ 2 SP120s?

Plus is that motherboard better than the one I listed/currently have?

It wouldn't matter. The Dark Rock Pro 2 doesn't fit in your case.

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Okay so overall, should I grab a PSU... storage or heatsink+fans first?

Psu, storage, then heatsink.

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Is the Dark Rock Pro 2 w/ 2 SP120 better than the H80i w/ 2 SP120s?

Plus is that motherboard better than the one I listed/currently have?

You won't notice a difference in performance by changing fans on either heatsinks maybe a little quieter, Dark Rock Pro 2 will perform about the same an is cheaper. You don't really need a new motherboard but yes it is
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Hmm, how about the mobo?

Shouldn't it be PSU, mobo, storage then heatsink?

What's the point of changing your mobo?

Ah, mkay! I'll just throw that H80i in there!

Why not just get a Hyper 212 Evo? If you want a better cooler, you could get the Havik 120.

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Read the OP, some of my ports aren't working..

Such as USB ports.

You never said which ports when I asked earlier.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1JM0FD2367

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That is amazing!! Didn't even know they sell those!! Woo :D

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I'm gonna give you dudes a list and you tell me the first thing I should buy!!

 

1) Cooler: Upgrading from stock cooler (H80i)

2) MOBO: Upgrading from ASRock Z77 Pro3 Reason: Some Motherboard ports aren't working (ASRock Z77 Fatal1ty Professional LGA 1155)

3) HDD: Running out of HDD Space (4TB Seagate Barracuda HDD)

4) PSU: Currently have a generic 750W PSU w/ terrible cable management (Recommend me a good PSU with good cable management)

This is how bad my cable management is..

http://i.imgur.com/PWFBm1k.jpg

And.. YES, this is the best I could get the cable management...

 

1) Get an H100i, you won't regret it. And it'll fit the Scout/Scout II

2) Don't stay AsRock, get an MSI Z77A-G45. $15 more and much better. Not to mention the PCB isn't the same color as feces. I have a Pro3 and while nothing is dead, it sucks as a board.

3) Get 2 4TB WD Green Drives, RAID 0 them.

4) Seasonic, Silverstone, Fractal Design or Corsair anything. Just get a modular PSU, and get sleeved extensions. Everything goes in the back of the case, and comes out the front (when looking from the side.)

 

Go PSU first, then cooler, then board and lastly storage.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 500GB Crucial P3 Plus, 4TB Silicon Power UD90 | GPU: AsRock Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Corsair SF850

Main Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X | RAM: 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 | Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VII Hero WiFi | Storage: 512GB SKHynix NVMe | GPUs: NVIDIA TITAN Xp 2-way SLI | Cooling: Thermalright Frozen Prism 360mm | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM850

File and Media Server (AOOSTAR WTR Pro): CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5825U | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Silicon Power DDR4-3200 SODIMMs | Storage: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x14TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC530

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