Upgrades - seeking suggestions...

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Kind of a silly question, but I thought I'd ask any way just to see what folks here had to offer. I know a lot of this is personal preference, but I wouldn't mind getting a few suggestions on my current rig.

I built the rig a few years ago and have added a few items along the way. About a year ago I added the WD Raptor drive and most recently I got an insane deal for an EVGA 280GTX SSC. The rig has been running great and I honestly have no real issues. For Christmas I've decided to add some Swan M200MKIIs to spice up the audio and replace my Klipsch ProMedia Ultras. I'll also be adding an AuzenTech Prelude.

How's the future look for this rig? Especially for gaming. I'd like to squeeze out a few more years before having to change the ram, mobo and CPU. Will I still be able to run most things at a decently high level? The monitor has been a real gem and is something else I'd like to hold onto for a few more years. With some new technology on the horizon I'm jus curious how much Time I've got before the age of this build starts to show.

Any thoughts on the overall rig? Any immediate upgrades/changes I need to make?

The rig is in my sig, but I'll list some of the main components here:

Case - Antec Mini P180
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo e6600 OC @ 3.2Ghz
Cooling - Noctua NH-U12P
Mobo - Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R
Video Card - EVGA 280GTX SSC 1GB
Monitor - NEC 20WGX2 20.1" Widescreen LCD <-- Love this thing!
Speakers - Swan M200MKIIs (coming soon)
Sound Card - AuzenTech Prelude (coming soon)
Memory - G.Skill 4GB DDR2 800 (4-4-4-12)
Hard Drives - 1 x Westerd Digital Raptor, 2 x Western Digital Cavier 250GB Drives
PSU - Corsair HX620w Modular PSU
Drives - Samsung DVD/RW w/ LightScribe
OS - Windows Vista 64-bit Home Premium
 
Nothing to change? Unless you have the itch..

Asking us what the future holds, well I [don't think] any of us has a third eye.
 
lowteckh said:
Nothing to change? Unless you have the itch..

Asking us what the future holds, well I [don't think] any of us has a third eye.
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Good point. I guess I was just curious as how this rig will shape up against some of the newer stuff out there? I always have the itch, but would certainly like to get a few more years out of the rig before I scratch it.
 
Looks good. You may want to upgrade to a quadcore if you see yourself playing more and more games that take advantage of it, or find yourself multi-tasking like crazy or doing some video editing.

Your Klipsch, those are the 5.1's? just curious.

The only thing I'd upgrade is your HDD setup. The old Raptor is slow compared to newer 7200RPM drives, like the Caviar Blacks, Spinpoint F1s, and 'cuda.11 gen drives. If you needed space, I'd pickup a 1TB F1 to replace those WD250's, and a WD6400AAKS for the boot drive. Should be faster than your current setup and offer much more space.
 
Yeah the Klipsch are the 5.1s. Great speakers, but I don't have room for a 5.1 set up and have really fallen in love with the Swans.

Moving up to a Quad and changing the HDs were things I was starting to consider. I kind of fell behind on the HD tech, so I wasn't aware how good the new drives are. And yes, space is becoming an issue lol!
 
No reason to replace the e66 for a quad now. Maybe later, certainly not now. Don't want this to become another 2 vs 4 debacle, so do not quote this as a premise for one :)
 
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