Gaming PC using some old parts, need some advice

[wdcook]

Hi, i've recently decided to upgrade my old pc. Trying to stick with a $500 budget i've thought it would be best to reuse my case, power supply and Hard drives for awhile along with a copy of window xp home. My current goal is to be able to play WoW on high settings with high FPS and hopefully be able to record gameplay.

My case I can't find online anymore and is about 2 years old. Your standard Mid tower case with 2 rear, 1 side and 2 front 120x fans. I also have 2 IDE hard drives.

The power supply is a big question on if it would work alright.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Sku=ULT33183

PCU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

MoBo- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

GPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102770
SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready

RAM- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory

Total price for upgrades came to $489.96

I've chosen the 8400 over the Q6600 after doing some reading on other forums. Basically what it came down to is that the 8400 will allow me to put my "Distance View" up in WoW more because it is based more on CPU then GPU. There is also no way that I would attempt OC'ing until I got the rest of the parts upgraded on this PC.

Lastly if any suggestions can be made to stick to around a $500-550 budget if there are any "must have" parts that I will need to upgrade. Such as maybe I should get a lesser video card or Processor and get a better Hard drive or PS

 

[Proximon]

If your PSU is running reasonably cool now it will likely work fine. I just swapped out my old X-finity 600W (another Ultra product even older than yours) and to be honest it's still a fine PSU... for a modest system.
Not every product Ultra has is stellar... But, like Antec, it's unlikely to blow up or harm your system. They seem to maintain some standards.

You really have a great build, but let me make one recommendation:

Upgrade to the UD3P. It's a great board and will leave you the option of crossfire. That way next year when you start to think you would like more GPU power, it will be simple.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128358

 

[wdcook]

I will go with that upgraded MoBo, I feel bad enough about not wanting to go for the Q6600 in hopes of OC'ing later. I guess crossfire possibilities leave about the same number of doors open.

Any thoughts on if I should switch out one of the IDE Hard drives early?

 

[Noya]

Wow, you just missed out big time!

eBay/microsoft had this 30% cashback thing going, along with rebates, prices were like this (including 30% and rebates):
$120 shipped - e8400
$119 shipped - Q8200
$133 shipped - Q6600
$84.50 shipped - Gigabyte UD3P
$257 shipped - Nvidia GTX 280
$120 shipped - 9800gtx+
$160 shipped - gtx 260
$185 shipped - gtx 260 core 216
$330 shipped - 4870x2
$185 shipped - 4870 1gb
$49 shipped - Corsair 450vx
etc.
etc.

 

[wdcook]

Yea, I know. I missed out on a lot of Black Friday deals too. But I just got the extra money I was waiting on tonight. Trying to get things settled so I can order asap. If anyone knows of any other deals going on or coming up I would be appreciative.

 

[wdcook]

This is my monitor
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1648338&sku=H94-1900

Is there anything else that I am missing? Any deals going on that i'm missing out on? Was hoping to order this PC within the next 2-3 days at most so i'm trying to get things finalized.

 

[shortstuff_mt]

You should look into replacing the IDE drives. New motherboards only have one IDE connector which means a total of two IDE devices. The new hard drives are also quite a bit faster than they were even a year ago.

 

[wdcook]

I'm really wanting to order this in the next day or two. So i'm needing some final calls. I was thinking of just selling my old pc and adding another $150-200 to the total to be able to pick up a PSU, Case and Hard Drive. I will wipe my Hard drives before I sell it so I can at least keep my copy of Xp Home.

So I need some suggestions on what you think I should get for replacements. I would go look around and post what I thought you could contrast your suggestions with but I will end up spending another six hours reading, reviewing and comparing what should be considered basic knowledge products for anyone that is up to date.

So that leaves my final budget at $700 for a new PC basically. So is there anything else that I am missing that I should pick up when I order to be ready to go? The only thing I can think of is Case fans or maybe some cooling?