What would you upgrade next?

[tiny voices]

Ive recently built this as a main rig. Gaming in the future.

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

MOBO: (cheap and free with the processor) (mine is also revision 5.0)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128504

RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144484

HDD:
plain old 160GB 7200RPM 1.5Gb/s

GPU: (cpu-z says GDDR5 but box says GDDR3)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125360R&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=4169683&SID=6th6f0r8ng9l

PSU:
Old 550w from previous build

CASE:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153

How terrible is this setup? I plan to get a good graphics card in a month or so and would appreciate some ideas. ($150 tops) How bad will this MOBO hold my system back? What upgrades would you guys do next?

I plan to get a second HDD soon (320GB?).

 

[maui67]

What brand is the PSU? That might be what I would upgrade next even before you upgrade the GPU, depending on the brand.

Otherwise, I would definitely upgrade the GPU, maybe something like this:
XFX HD-687A-ZHFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - $180 w/$30 rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150561

or any HD 6850 or HD7770 if you don't want to deal with a rebate to get under your $150 budget.

That mobo seems to be a pretty good little mobo. It will handle any of the FX processors (and hopefully Piledriver as well). It is not going to hold you back.

 

[tiny voices]

The PSU is an "Arrow" and it is 550w. It was from a Pentium 4 machine. It does have 2 SATA power connectors on it which I am using for my HDD and DVD-R drive.

 

[tiny voices]

http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?N=4294966654&NTX=&NTT=&NTK=all&sortby=match

For around $50 or less, what would you recommend?

 

[mocchan]

http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.aspx?N=4294966654&NTX=&NTT=&NTK=all&sortby=match

For around $50 or less, what would you recommend?

http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=60329&vpn=CMPSU-500CXV2&manufacture=Corsair
$43.95 after MIR, definitely worth it IMO.

 

[nsouter853]

+1 to maui67's idea on upgrading the GPU (and PSU if necessary to up the PSU). Also +1 to his recommendations of a 6850/7770/6870.

 

[tiny voices]

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