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Iprodigy

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    Hi, thanks anyone who took a look and took time to actually reply, I've been at odd ends for the past week or so looking for solutions to these questions.

    Question 1:

    So, first I would just like to give  a brief summary of this one, my pc used to run on a graphics card (AMD Raedon HD 4550 500M 512MB DDR2 PCI-E) I used a HDMI wire to a 40inch TV, worked perfectly fine, however it didn't run the games I wanted so I decided to get a new one, turns out my friend was upgrading so I got his one a (Radeon HD 5750 700M 1GB DDR5 DP PCI-E) tried setting it up, however it needed a (PCI Express Graphics Card Power Cable) which I went out and bought, so I plugged it in, started running, I went to go look for the driver and it turned out the driver for this specific one is classed a a Legacy, it also said when I used the AMDs Auto Detect that I was running the lastest for the graphics card I had in which I specified, worked wonders, except that the next day when I tried to start up my pc, it booted up whoever it was left ona  black screen, nothing else, I could tap the power button and it would shut off instantly.

    I tried using the old Graphics card I previously used and it did the exact same thing, so question is, did I install something wrong or is it the PSU? (Delta Electronic INC Model: DPS-300 pb-3 B REV: 00F Max Power 300W) MotherBoard: Asus P8H61-MX R2.0

    Sorry if that made no sense, if needed please ask anything and I will try to answer to the best of my abilities.

    Question 2:

    If you read above, you will see that I aqquired a Radeon HD 5750 which needs a supply to the PSU with a (PCI Express Graphics Card Power Cable) I do have another computer however which I use for work since it didn't have the ram nor the GPU to run most games, when I went to look for the 2 white things (I don't know the names) which are on the wires which come from the PSU to everything else, there was none.

    Am I able to switch them around from my old one or do I need to buy a brand new PSU?

    Work PC PSU (Model HP-D3006A0 Max Output Power 300w

    Question 3:

    So, I have been making a list for stuff to buy a completely new computer, I planned to give the old one to my brother once it works, I just need advice on the parts I've chosen, if it works with each other or if it's actually any good at all, I have a budget of £2000/2594.30$/2341.95Euro
    P.s This is only the Tower, I have monitors, keyboards ect. also I don't plan to buy a case due to the fact that I'm building a desk which will house this computer (I'm a Carpenter)

    MotherBoard: Asus Maximus VIII Formula - Intel LGA1151 Z170 Skylake ATX Motherboard
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01A9GK4EQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

    CPU: Intel Core i7 6700K Processor (4 GHz, 4 Core, 8 Threads, 8 MB cache, LGA1151 Socket Box)
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B010T6DQTQ/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A4URWWO54J2JE

    GPU: MSI GTX 980TI Gaming Graphics Card (6 GB, 1178 MHz, 384 Bit, HDMI, DVI-I 3*DP, PCI-E 3.0)
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ZPEAFXI/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3IRU7Q642HWMA

    PSU: EVGA Super NOVA 850W PC Power Supply - Gold
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IKDETOC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1AUCPBF2P18HS

    SSD (Will have the OS on it): Samsung 950 PRO NVMe M.2 256 GB Solid State Drive - Black
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B015SOI392/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

    SSD (Main storage device): Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB 2.5 inch Solid State Drive
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00P73B1E4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

    RAM: G Skill Ripjaws 4 F4-2666C15Q-32GRR 32GB Kit DDR4-2666 MHz Unbuffered Non-ECC Memory Modules with Heatspreader
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N1OZGRE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2L0BWQIJ8TRXK

    Water Cooling: RayStorm Pro D5 Photon RX360 WaterCooling Kit
    https://www.overclockers.co.uk/xspc-raystorm-pro-d5-photon-rx360-watercooling-kit-wc-40m-xs.html

    With the water cooling I was wondering if there were ways to attach it on to other items other than the GPU, maybe the CPU?

    FANS: (Suggestions?)

    Sorry if this is too much, thanks to anyone who actually decided to read or even look,  if I made any mistakes about adding stuff to this thread please do mention it and I will change once I can.