Looking to upgrade.. on a budget..=)

[darkane64]

I'm looking to upgrade my system.. i use it mainly for gaming.. and internet surfing... and some video conversion to put stuff on my phone.. not worried about faster video conversions.. i do that while i sleep.. anyways heres my current system

AMD Phenom II x4 925 (slightly OCed to 3.0 ghz)
Gigabyte mobo (M57SLI-s4)
6 gigs of DDR2 (g.skill)
Nvidia Geforce GTX 285 (BFG brand)
Power Supply is a 850 watt something.. dont recall off the top of my head..
Antec 900 case
Windows 7
ect.

as for as storage
c drive is: 2 OCZ 30gig SSD in raid 0 for my main windows drive but have my desktop set to run off my d drive
d drive is: 1tb 7200 samsung drive.. 32 meg ram.. blah blah blah
e drive is: misc storage 240gig

and i run 2 20" screens both at 1680x1050

anyways i'm looking to upgrade some time in the next 2-3 months (mainly for SW:TOR(i got 30 gigs waiting on my c drive for it heheh)) and i'm looking to spend $300-$500 So mainly looking to get ideas of what i should get... like i said tho.. i dont mind waiting a little bit for the prices to fall a little, if i have to..

 

[jbakerlent]

Although that is not a terrible system, it is dated and I personally would rather save a little more and start fresh than put $500 into it. You could potentially reuse a part or two for your old build as well. If you wanted to go that route you could fill out the build advice form in my signature.

 

[darkane64]

Well not all that surprised by that comment.. i did built it.. 4 years ago.. added a few parts over the years.. went from a geforce 8800 to the 285 (was a free upgrade from a friend =) and went from a dual core to quad and added 4 gigs a year and half ago.. and the SSD were a free upgrade from a friend LOL anyways i'll fill out the form thing..

 

[gametstr]

It 'd be great if u include the complete details about that PSU.
If the case and PSU can be re used and u already have a HD and monitors and OS. We can easily build a new system based on i5 2500K and 6950 2GB for around 700$
and u wont have to look back for another 4 years atleast.
i5 2500K - 215$
6950 2GB - < 250$ after rebates
p67 / z68 based mobo - around 150$
DDR3 RAM - 8 GB(2x4gb) - 100$
I say wait for a couple of months and save up enough to do the above. Also u can take a look at AMDs new Bulldozer CPUs when they r out.

 

[darkane64]

It 'd be great if u include the complete details about that PSU.
If the case and PSU can be re used and u already have a HD and monitors and OS. We can easily build a new system based on i5 2500K and 6950 2GB for around 700$
and u wont have to look back for another 4 years atleast.
i5 2500K - 215$
6950 2GB - < 250$ after rebates
p67 / z68 based mobo - around 150$
DDR3 RAM - 8 GB(2x4gb) - 100$
I say wait for a couple of months and save up enough to do the above. Also u can take a look at AMDs new Bulldozer CPUs when they r out.

heres a link to the PSU

 

[gametstr]

its not a bad PSU, u can do what I suggested.

 

[jbakerlent]

^ Inclined to disagree, I can't find a reputable review of it, and my impression is to scrap it.

 

[gametstr]

Well I said it's not bad because it doesn't look like a cheap unit if it is what it claims to be.(80 plus bronze, 64amps on +12V rail, active pfc etc) Then again I could be wrong. Personally I wouldn't get it but if I already had it then its different.
@op
how much did u pay for that PSU?

 

[darkane64]

when i bought itjust over a year ago.. it was around $120 if i remember correctly.. been rock solid so far.. no issues.. every time i've checked the voltage (usually check it 5-6 times in the first week or so of a build then every few month) they have always been right on the mark

 

[darkane64]

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