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    New PSU doesn't fit, should I buy a new case?

    Thank you. I am going to buy either an adapter or splitter so I can plug in the front fan too.
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    New PSU doesn't fit, should I buy a new case?

    Thank you. I purchased a Corsair spec-02 case. Lots of room and I have the PSU installed. I will gut the other case on Thursday afternoon. The new case comes with 2 fans (front, back) but my mobo only has one case fan connector. Is it better to pull air into the case or pull it out of the...
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    New PSU doesn't fit, should I buy a new case?

    I have an ASUS M32AD and I purchased a new Corsair RM850i PSU and video card. The Footprint of the PSU is barely too large to be functional. So, I either need to return the PSU or buy a new case. I have wanted this PSU foe a while and it finally went on sale at Fry's so I purchased it. If I get...
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    New Build for Light Gaming & Excel <$2K

    Kewl - Thank you again for your input!!!
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    New Build for Light Gaming & Excel <$2K

    That was my son that bought the GPU. I was just mimicking what he got because the game looked so good on it. Fry's had a R9 390x Strix on sale that I almost bought but I didn't. I can add an extra HDD later if I need one and the SSD I was just going to use as a boot drive. Is the Intel SSD more...
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    New Build for Light Gaming & Excel <$2K

    Kewl! Thank you very much for the input!
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    New Build for Light Gaming & Excel <$2K

    First off - this is my first post here. I have been lurking on this site for years and have had many questions answered without having to post. I haven't built a system since around '98 or so, things have changed somewhat. I use Excel on a daily basis and currently have a Asus M32 i7 4790 16Gb...