A decent upgrade?

[JamesPromIII]

Ok I won't to upgrade my PC (Motherboard, graphics card, CPU and PSU) Here are the specs for current PC.

Intel C2D E7300
ASUS P5KPL-AM/PS LGA 775
Antec earthwatts E430
G-Skill 2gig PC2 6400
PNY Nvidia 9600gt

Vs.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188051
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143199
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231304

Thoughts, suggestions? Ok just found out the video card is disable, but can anyone suggest one that will be a suitable upgrade?

 

[IvanAwfulitch]

Well, so far it looks all good to me. That would be a substantial upgrade. I have just one small niggling demon regarding this purchase.

I've heard that, later on, newer and better cores will be released for the 1156 pin socket and they will be more powerful than the 1366. Perhaps buying it so soon might not be the best idea if this is true.

However, considering the bang for the buck you're getting out of this, then this might not matter much. Take it however you like. Buy that and you'll have a lot of fun gaming ahead of you regardless.

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 LGA 1156 Intel P55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
XFX HD-585A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5850 (Cypress Pro) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video ... - Retail
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power ... - Retail
If the 5850 is too expensive, the 4890 is a good choice, as is the 5770.

Make sure you have a 64 bit OS for that 6 gb of RAM.

 

[JamesPromIII]

Is that motherboard SLI or Crossfire enabled?

 

[mailpup]

The Gigabyte board supports Crossfire.

 

[MetalX]

I've heard that, later on, newer and better cores will be released for the 1156 pin socket and they will be more powerful than the 1366. Perhaps buying it so soon might not be the best idea if this is true.

1366 is intended to be the high end socket, while 1156 fills the mainstream niche. In 2010, six-core CPUs with Hyper-Threading (Core i9) will be released for socket 1366 only. 1156 will be stuck with quad-cores until 2011 at least. Better to get socket 1366 if you can afford it, because it will allow for more powerful upgrades down the road, and your access to PCI-Express lanes is not limited by the available lanes in the CPU core. 1156 does have a PCI-E latency advantage, but it is offset by the fact that running anything more than 1 GPU causes both cards to run at a bottlenecked PCI-E 8x instead of 16x.

tl;dr: 1366 = high end, 1156 = mainstream, get 1366 if money allows.

 

[Ritwik7]

I'd suggest 4GB or 8GB RAM if you're going for the LGA 1156 processor as it has only a dual channel memory controller.