This started as me repairing my busted computer and then just deciding to building a new one. I was doing my shopping in person at Microcenter but not close to me so I don't know when I'll be back there; I'm not picky where I get my parts from. Online would be just as well. Most of what I do is just messaging, google hangout, facebook, adobe inDesign and occasional game playing (Sims 3, STO and Guild Wars II). I don't care too much about top notch performance.
CPU: i3 3220 (have)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77M (have)
PSU: Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 700-Watt Power Supply (have)
Case: GAMMA Classic Series ATX (have)
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (I got it for free, not sure if it will work)
Hard Drive: Western Digital 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 (From my ps3; but I don't know if you can do that)
GPU: Unsure of what to go with for it.
Dvd drive: Asus 24xDVD-RW Serial ATA Internal OEM Drive DRW-24B1ST (I pulled it out of my computer and was just going to reuse it)
I have a the OS: Windows 7.
My questions are:
1) Will my dvd drive work?
2) Will my hard drive work?
3) What GPU should I go with?
I'm okay with spending up to 400 dollars on stuff I don't have or what might won't work.
CPU: i3 3220 (have)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77M (have)
PSU: Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 700-Watt Power Supply (have)
Case: GAMMA Classic Series ATX (have)
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (I got it for free, not sure if it will work)
Hard Drive: Western Digital 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 (From my ps3; but I don't know if you can do that)
GPU: Unsure of what to go with for it.
Dvd drive: Asus 24xDVD-RW Serial ATA Internal OEM Drive DRW-24B1ST (I pulled it out of my computer and was just going to reuse it)
I have a the OS: Windows 7.
My questions are:
1) Will my dvd drive work?
2) Will my hard drive work?
3) What GPU should I go with?
I'm okay with spending up to 400 dollars on stuff I don't have or what might won't work.