Hello all, I'm a total noob when it comes to PC upgrading in general so try to bear with me and my lack of knowledge on any of this. By extension, I'm also new to these forums so my apologies if this isn't the most pertinent place to post this or my formatting is clunky. Preface aside, here's the deal.
Recently I decided to get myself a graphics card in order to play games currently off limits for my lacking PC, and on a whim without any real prior research (stupid I know) I got a 8GB Raedon RX 580. Now here's the immediately obvious problem with that choice, my current PC (an Intel Core i3-7100) has a case that's way too small for this humongous card. No matter which way I turn it there's no way it'll fit, it's clear that even removing the hdd case wouldn't make a difference as whatever part that's underneath is just as wide and would prevent the cards placement.
I do however own an older PC (Intel Pentium g620 for the record) with a case that's significantly larger, and one of the solutions I've mentally toyed with and am wondering if it's possible, is to take the motherboard and transfer it over to the older case (obviously removing the one it currently has) while still retaining the newer PCs usability on top of being able to use the GPU with the newfound clearance it'd give me. Google searches have suggested it to be possible, but I'm really shooting in the dark here on all this and I'd like to know if this is all an exercise in futility.
This brings me to couple other less burdensome albeit more costly solutions I thought of that I'd also like input on. Should I instead just find a card that's compact enough to work with my PC that suits my needs rather than go to all that aforementioned hassle? In case you're curious the only game I have on my radar to play right now is Soul Calibur 6. I want to have it run smoothly when playing online versus others. I'm not looking for anything state of the art on that can handle ultra settings, performance above all else. Lastly, what I also thought of doing is saying screw it and buying a new PC all together with a big enough case as well as just being more cut out for the rig I want. Various threads I looked through on here have given me the impression my PC is lackluster for gaming generally and I'd probably be better off future proofing by getting an i5 as it supposedly is better for reasons not entirely clear to me with regards to the "cores". In any case, input on this would be helpful for my technologically inept self. Thank you.
Recently I decided to get myself a graphics card in order to play games currently off limits for my lacking PC, and on a whim without any real prior research (stupid I know) I got a 8GB Raedon RX 580. Now here's the immediately obvious problem with that choice, my current PC (an Intel Core i3-7100) has a case that's way too small for this humongous card. No matter which way I turn it there's no way it'll fit, it's clear that even removing the hdd case wouldn't make a difference as whatever part that's underneath is just as wide and would prevent the cards placement.
I do however own an older PC (Intel Pentium g620 for the record) with a case that's significantly larger, and one of the solutions I've mentally toyed with and am wondering if it's possible, is to take the motherboard and transfer it over to the older case (obviously removing the one it currently has) while still retaining the newer PCs usability on top of being able to use the GPU with the newfound clearance it'd give me. Google searches have suggested it to be possible, but I'm really shooting in the dark here on all this and I'd like to know if this is all an exercise in futility.
This brings me to couple other less burdensome albeit more costly solutions I thought of that I'd also like input on. Should I instead just find a card that's compact enough to work with my PC that suits my needs rather than go to all that aforementioned hassle? In case you're curious the only game I have on my radar to play right now is Soul Calibur 6. I want to have it run smoothly when playing online versus others. I'm not looking for anything state of the art on that can handle ultra settings, performance above all else. Lastly, what I also thought of doing is saying screw it and buying a new PC all together with a big enough case as well as just being more cut out for the rig I want. Various threads I looked through on here have given me the impression my PC is lackluster for gaming generally and I'd probably be better off future proofing by getting an i5 as it supposedly is better for reasons not entirely clear to me with regards to the "cores". In any case, input on this would be helpful for my technologically inept self. Thank you.