Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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swapping a 12 year old HP/Compaq 8300 elite motherboard into
an old smoke smelling gaming case plus adding GIM RGB case
fans. A really cheap and budget friendly gaming PC build!

This build was made with: HP 8300 elite motherboard
intel core i5 3470 quadcore
500w Arsegame 80 plus bronze
hp to atx psu adapter
2x4gb sticks kingston Hyperx 1800 DDR3
PNY Nvidia GTX 1050 2gb GDDR5
windows 10 Pro 64bit on 240gb ssd
1 terabyte Western Digital storage hdd
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GIM KB-24 RGB Case Fans
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ATX Power Adapter Cable
for HP Z220 Z230 SFF MT TWR
Series 4000 6005 8300 ProDesk
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GIM KB-14 RGB PC Light Strip
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Good Priced Card That would
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Gigabyte Radeon RX 580 Gaming
8GB Graphic Card
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HyperX Kingston FURY 16GB
Kit (2x8GB) 1866MHz DDR3
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ARESGAME Power Supply 500W
80+ Bronze Certified PSU (AGV500)
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ARCTIC MX-4 - Thermal Compound
Paste For Coolers | Heat Sink Paste
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Recommended pc case:
Thermaltake Versa N24 Black
ATX Mid Tower Gaming Computer Case
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tools:
iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit - Electronics,
Smartphone, Computer Tablet Repair Kit
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