Computer help

I was thinking of getting http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] f29f036ae0

Would it be fine?

That's a pretty good case. I almost bought it, but it didn't fit in my budget.

I have the core 2 duo
This is the psu i belive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139005

The reason i'm upgradin is pretty much because my computer has turned off because of overheating. Therefor im also thinking of getting http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] u=C13-2527

I have that cooler, and it is really good! Your CPU is slow to today's standards and will most likely bottleneck that 560 ti.

Great case check cooler check could you recommend a nice cpu and a board thats not to high?

SLI is Nvidia's way of taking two GPUs and running them both together. Crossfire (CF) is the same thing for AMD.

OC is overclock. You make the CPU faster at the risk of damaging it. As long as you know what you are doing it should be fine. Read guides if you want to!

So, you will benefit form a quad core CPU, but to pick the right CPU and board, I need to know if you want to OC. With a Corsair h60 like that, you can OC pretty far. I have my 2500k running @ 4.5Ghz stable with that cooler!

And im not thinking of sli

Yeah, if you plan to grab another CPU (which you should if you can), then don't OC. Yes, the H60 will work with the LGA775 platform.

If you plan to upgrade, go with sandy bridge. I would pair these up: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157271 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115072

I have them both actually.

Is changing a case hard? I'll probably have to send it in to a computer specialist so they can do it.

You wouldn't be able to power on your system, hp uses different front panel connectors than regular ones.

Well if im changing the motherboard and case it kinda wont be a hp after

I was saying if you plan to get a new CPU, don't OC this one, just sell it for more because it has always ran stock and don't risk breaking it. Don't buy a board and then a CPU later. Just save for a 2500k or a IB 2500k equal and a z68/p67 board.

Nope. You just have to be careful! I CANNOT STRESS THAT ENOUGH! Touch the case with both hands every couple of minutes to release static electricity and be careful. (static electricity problem won't hurt the system, but just in case) As long as you know what goes where, you should be fine. I would suggest looking at your current machine first and making sure you know where everything goes. It pretty is simple. Watch some tutorials on youtube if you still are not sure.

Also, you said you were getting an H60 cooler, there will be a plastic piece on the back plate, DO NOT REMOVE IT! It is meant to be there. Just a word of advice.

Btw just ordered all your recommended parts from New egg so thanks alot

Even the 2500k and z68 board?! And as long as it is windows, it will work. I am not sure what EN means, but yeah, if it is windows, like it said, it will work. Also, I would highly recommend reading some guides, watching some videos, and then actually putting the PC together by YOURSELF to get some experience and a better view of the hardware.

So I knows that im going to have to move over my power supply, video card, RAM and hard drive from my old case to my new case after my motherboard is installed. But is there anymore things that i need to move over aswell?

Everything but the case. Also, if you don't have DDR3 RAM, like I said, you will need to buy some.

Oh, well yes. Of course. Sorry, if you got a new board and CPU, then don't bring the old!

Also, like I said, with LGA775, you most likely had DDR2 memory, which will need to be replaced with DDR3. It won't even physically fit, so don't try to force it either.

Well, SB chips like 1.35v - 1.5v memory, but 1.65v is OK. I use a 1.65v kit, but I lowered the voltage and it is still stable, so good for me, but that may not work for you. I would suggest a 2x4gb 1600Mhz @ 1.5v kit form either Patriot, Corsair, Crucial, PNY, Kingston, or Mushkin. ADATA is alright, but I would stick with the other I said. They are good high-quality DIMMS.

Like these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820226219 Great RAM right there!

Um, that board cannot take 4 sets of those. The board has 4 slots and 4 sets of those would take 8 slots. Or do you mean you bought two sets of them for 16gb total?

Okay, haha! Good! That is a LOT of RAM. I hope it all works great! Let me know how it goes when you assemble it all!

No problem!