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Recently I've found out that my HP motherboard, PSU, proccessor heatsink and case only work with each other. Meaning if I want to upgrade my system I'm going to need to upgrade all of it in one go... I've bought myself a Corsair Carbide Spec-03 as I've been wanting to upgrade for a while and that was my case of choice. I was told it would all fit. Obviously it doesn't, the PSU isn't ATX which is what the case requires. So I tried to find a new PSU, just to find that no other PSU will fit the motherboard... My future plans is to ditch my GTX 750 for a MSI R9 390 8GB. So I'm here to ask. Could someone give me the best possible suggestions for a new motherboard, PSU (that will work with a r9 390) and heatsync for my setup?
I already have
1 TB Harddrive
250GB SSD
2 x 8GB DDR3 RAM
An Intel i7 second generation chip (I have no idea which one.... and I can't check since my PC is in parts at another house)
An optical disk drive
A GeForce GTX 750 (which in futur is to be replaced with an MSI R9 390 8GB)
And I do believe that is.
I don't have a budget since I'm not buying the parts now and this is to know where I have to go too, but I'm not looking for absolutely the best of the best but at the same time not the lowest... Somewhere in the middle.
One more thing... It needs to be Heavily red and black themed since my whole setup is red and black.
Thank you.

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12 minutes ago, Webber said:

Recently I've found out that my HP motherboard, PSU, proccessor heatsink and case only work with each other. Meaning if I want to upgrade my system I'm going to need to upgrade all of it in one go... I've bought myself a Corsair Carbide Spec-03 as I've been wanting to upgrade for a while and that was my case of choice. I was told it would all fit. Obviously it doesn't, the PSU isn't ATX which is what the case requires. So I tried to find a new PSU, just to find that no other PSU will fit the motherboard... My future plans is to ditch my GTX 750 for a MSI R9 390 8GB. So I'm here to ask. Could someone give me the best possible suggestions for a new motherboard, PSU (that will work with a r9 390) and heatsync for my setup?
I already have
1 TB Harddrive
250GB SSD
2 x 8GB DDR3 RAM
An Intel i7 second generation chip (I have no idea which one.... and I can't check since my PC is in parts at another house)
An optical disk drive
A GeForce GTX 750 (which in futur is to be replaced with an MSI R9 390 8GB)
And I do believe that is.
I don't have a budget since I'm not buying the parts now and this is to know where I have to go too, but I'm not looking for absolutely the best of the best but at the same time not the lowest... Somewhere in the middle.
One more thing... It needs to be Heavily red and black themed since my whole setup is red and black.
Thank you.

EVGA 750W PSU and....well....we need to know which i7 it is...........

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1 minute ago, jkeasley said:

EVGA 750W PSU and....well....we need to know which i7 it is...........

Thank you, I'll try to get it as fast as I can. Could I ask what the differences are between the versions of the PSU you reccomended? There's like B1, G1, G2 and GQ? Thank you.

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28 minutes ago, Webber said:

Thank you, I'll try to get it as fast as I can. Could I ask what the differences are between the versions of the PSU you reccomended? There's like B1, G1, G2 and GQ? Thank you.

No clue...I just recommend the 750W 80+ Gold Supernova

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29 minutes ago, Webber said:

Thank you, I'll try to get it as fast as I can. Could I ask what the differences are between the versions of the PSU you reccomended? There's like B1, G1, G2 and GQ? Thank you.

Get this one: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-120g10750xr

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