Well I opened the case up again to poke around for some fan room. There are definitely holes to support a bigger fan on the back but throughout the rest of the case there are no pre-drilled holes for fans and beyond that there doesn't even seem to be room enough to even put a fan. Everywhere where there is a vent to let air in or out there is just stuff up so close to those holes that I don't think you could ever fit a fan in...
From the pics I've provided is it likely that all the guts of my PC would fit into a standard ATX case if I wanted to change cases?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.693977
you don't think something like that is a good PSU?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005
would those two items bought separately be better than the combo? the price would be close to the same...
And finally I attached a picture from Everest RAM benchmark to try and sort out my RAM thing. I currently took out the stick that was in the black slot and left the 3 in that were in the blue slots and maybe this can tell me whether it is in triple channel or not but to be honest I'm not 100% sure I know what i'm looking at...
It is showing up in triple channel, there (*points at screen*), toward the bottom of the window in your image. CPU-Z also revealed this earlier, before you removed a stick, and I now know Piriform Speccy does too. They are the same bunch that made CCleaner.
About your selections I do not see any immediate issues. The more recent reviews are fairly solid as far as I can tell. One Verified Owner stated that the Rosewill case fan(s) were too loud, another complained that the case had poor wire management within the right panel space. Both gave it 3 or 4 out of 5 Eggs and complimented it overall.
The Rosewill power supply received solid recent reviews. 4-5 of 5 Eggs all around.
For the price and your budget, I think this combination is fine.
The Antec case is certainly superior to the Rosewill one. Good recent reviews all in all.
The Corsair power supply is in the same boat as the Antec case, with all good recent reviews from Verified Owners.
I trust opinions on here more than on the Newegg comments area, however these people are Verified Owners, and can shed a better light on the product than anyone here who hasn't used it.
Also note that the warranties on the Antec and Corsair are better than the Rosewill combination. As are the features, but in the computer world things usually get considerably better when you add only a small amount of money. While this isn't always the case, it is most of the time.
One, I don't think the wattage calculator means anything.
Two, IMO you're obsessing over cooling too much.
Three, what's your budget now, after mulling it over?
BTW I don't particularly like the Rosewill combo.
Well, as far as I have used it, it matches up pretty good. It helps add up the components before buying. Obviously the only real way to know is to hook it all up and check it with a meter, such as a
Kill-A-Watt, but since he doesn't have the new PSU what else is there besides adding up parts the old fashioned way, and using an online calculator?
I may be obsessing over cooling (he wasn't all that concerned with it before), but as his current system pretty much lacks it entirely, I think it is worth looking at. The cooler it is, the longer it lives, at least in my experience.
He mentioned earlier that he was trying to spend no more than 150$ or 160$, stating that his budget was basically "slim to none", which is why I began throwing out budget ideas. To recap (for anyone that wants or needs one): He's looking at getting a new GPU, possibly a GTX 460 or 560 Ti. We all seemed to agree that he needed a better PSU. I believe Leeky was the first to mention cooling issues. I seconded the motion. That was when I saw that, for the price of that splendid PSU he linked earlier, he could actually get another different PSU instead, along with a better case than what he has.
This is my take on it all.
I pretty much agree with you on the Rosewill combination, but what else can he do with such a low amount of funds?
budget i'd say is around $300 but if i can spend less i'd like to. I guess i'd spend up to $350 if i needed a new case, card, and PSU
That liberates you a little from before. I think you may be able to get the GTX 560 Ti.
EDIT: The efficiency of these PSU's you linked is around 80% or higher for both of them (80% of 630 or 650 watts is 504 and 520 watts respectively [peak/load of course]), so bear that in mind as well when calculating power, no matter the means by which you calculate. Generally computers don't use as much as we expect, but it is better to be safe than sorry.