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What would you upgrade next?

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WipeoutFTW

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So trying to figure out what to upgrade on this system. I'm thinking of upgrading the heatsink, power supply, add another 8gb of ram, and maybe a solidstate HD. What do you guys think?

Mobo: Asus P7P55D
CPU: Intel Core i7-860 2.8GHz
HS: Stock Intel Heatsink
RAM: G.SKILL 8GB (2x4GB) 1600 DDR3
GPU: ATI Radeon 5770
PSU: Corsair 650W PSU
HD: 75G Raptor (For OS and a few games)
500GB 7200 (For Programs/Games)
2x 1TB (For Storage)
OS: Windows 7 (64-bit)
 
Heatsink then SSD. In that order unless you don't want to overclock at all in which case just get a SSD.
 
I see zero reason for upgrading the PSU unless you were planning on doing a bad-ass multi-GPU upgrade or something. Unless you're doing a ton of virtualization work, audio/video/photo editing/creation work or 3D work, I don't see how adding another 8GB of RAM will help if the PC is pretty much a gaming PC.

HSF might be a good idea if you live in a hot place or want to OC. I recommend this HSF:
$30 - Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus HSF for LGA 1366 and LGA 1156

But like everyone else here, I'd have to recommend the SSD route as well. I recommend this SSD:
$200 - Intel SSDSA2MH080G2R5 2.5" 80GB SSD
 
Have to echo above. Heatsink first if you plan on overclocking. SSD second, or if no overclocking is going to happen. I just jumped on the SSD bandwagon myself, should be here tomorrow.
 
Heatsink, ssd and maybe video card if you play a lot of games. Don't see why you would need a new power supply or more ram.
 
I echo the others. An upgraded HSF if you're going to overclock, followed by an SSD to replace the outdated 74GB Raptor.
 
well danm, everyone pretty much beat me to it... haha

I'll jus' echo what E4g1e said with a bit more info I guess, lol. you can get that hd 5770 to max out nearly every game quite easily at 1680x1050 with a bit of overclocking. most of the reference models (and even a few non-reference) will push 1GHz core 1300MHz ram quite easily with a small voltage bump, just don't try to push it too hard past that. I ended up popping something on mine a lil' while ago getting too greedy trying to push it past 1080MHz core, it still ran but performance went down the tube, haha.
 
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