dell xps8300 donor

[miamiheatBBALL]

hello

i am looking to "build" my own pc. i am really looking to upgrade my xps8300 but i think its best i get it out of the "prebuilt" systems

the purpose of this computer is:

-internet, emails
-streaming video
-day trading(stocks)
-light gaming

i have the xps 8300 i5-2320. i just upgraded the ram today from 6gb to 16gb of memory (PNY MD16384KD3-1600-X9) and its not really any faster. the cpu usage is way high when streaming online videos(could someone help me with this one also)

i want to use as much of the xps8300 as possible. i want to keep the processor, the ram, graphics card, hd, cd drive

on my graphics card, it is a bit weird. on device manager it has the AMD radeon hd 6700 series, on CPU-Z it says radeon hd5770?

looking for best motherboard, case, cooling, power supply.

please keep in mind i am a noob. also looking to keep cost down as much as possible

 

[miamiheatBBALL]

for the MB, i was thinking of the ASRock H61M-VS, LGA 1155, Intel Motherboard

for the case, i was thinking of the Cooler Master HAF 912 - High Air Flow Mid Tower Computer Case

 

[miamiheatBBALL]

anyone?

 

[van131]

Hey I too am looking to upgrade my MOBO on my Dell XPS 8300 i7 2600 3.4ghz.

I've already upgraded the PSU SSD and GPU(670). I'm looking for a motherboard that will give me more of a kick and something that will work on haswell in the future.