Rate components/ upgrade suggestions

[jonpaul37]

Hey gang, i just ordered an i5 750, ASUS p55 Pro G.Skill ripjaws Cas-7 and Corsair CWC H50 water cooler. I am replacing my Q6600, ASUS p5Q Pro, Xiggy HDY s1283 & G.Skill DDR2-800. What i would like from you all is some feedback on my current system and perhaps what to upgrade next, i was thinking along the lines of upgrading my Case & PSU in the next 4 months or so, but maybe you all can persuade me otherwise... I use the PC for gaming and other small tasks like burning music/DVD's


Operating System: Win 7 Ultimate
Monitor: AOC 22-inch, Max screen resolution of 1680 X 1050
Case: Sunbeam Silent Storm
Power Supply: PC Power & Cooling 610w PSU with 49amps on the 12v rail
Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D PRO LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)Cas Lat - 7
Cooling: CORSAIR Cooling Hydro Series CWCH50-1 120mm High Performance CPU Cooler
Hard Drive WD Caviar Black 640 GB 7,200 RPM 32-meg cache
DVD: ASUS DVD burner
GPU: ASUS 5870 1GB

 

[MadAdmiral]

I'm going to say it's alright, but not great.

That case is very low quality. You shoudl have gone with something like the Antec 300 Illusion, Coolermaster 690, HAF 922 or the like.

You should've spent the few extra bucks for the P7P55D-E Pro for the USB 3/SATA III support. That would keep the build current.

That PSU is good quality, but it's a little small if you want to Crossfire down the road.

The H50 is expensive and not that great. If you really wanted to do water cooling, you definitely don't want to do it on the cheap. I would've gone with the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus for half that price. It would have been a lot better.

Finally, that HDD is aging rapidly. I suspect that's a carry over, which makes it alright. If it's new, I definitely would've gotten either a Samsung Spinoint F3 or Seagate 7200.12 (500 GB or 1 TB). These would have been a lot faster, run quieter and cooler, and would've save some money.

 

[coldsleep]

Other potential updgrades:

* SSD for boot/application drive
* 1920x1nnn monitor

Case/PSU are also logical choices, however.