BlueLion - Just Another Build

[BlueLion]

This is my daily usage system for just about everything.

Current Setup

Processor - Intel Core i5-2310

Motherboard - MSI Z77 -G43

Memory - G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333

Graphics - EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi)

Storage

- Corsair Force Series GT 120GB (Boot Drive)

- Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB

- Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB

Cooling Unit - Noctua NH-D14

Power Supply - PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk III Series 600W (Modular)

Case - Corsair Carbide Series 500R

Fans

- Noctua NF-P14 120mm

- 2 x Corsair 120mm stock fans

- Corsair 200mm stock fan

Upgrade Plans

Processor - Ivy Bridge

Graphics - MSI N660Ti GeForce GTX 660

Storage - Replace both with Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARX

Cooling Unit - Replace with Corsair Hydro Series H60

Fans - Add 2 x Corsair SP120 (Quiet Edition) and replace NF-P14 with Noctua NF-F12 (As radiator fan)

Any suggestions are welcome!

[The Scanner Darkly]

Cooling you'd be better off with an air cooler. Rads don't really outperform them until you get to h100/h100i or similar. 120m rads just don't really cut it.

[XiaoPigs]

Hmm let firstly suggest a processor. Just go the i5-3570k, the H60 will be able to handle it as long as you don't go past a 4.6ghz overclock.

The 660ti is an excellent card so no comments there.

As for your storage I really don't know why you are replacing a Caviar Black with a Caviar Green drive. Are you selling off the Caviar Black or something? I really don't get what you're doing here so could give me more info :)

As for your the fans for your H60 I'd suggest either the Noctua NF-P12 or NF-F12.

Pictures would help greatly actually because I don't really get your upgrade plans but here are my suggestions for now

[Coonmeister Funkyfresh]

Get a decent graphics card. I'd go for a 7950 before you upgrade a Sandy i5.

[XiaoPigs]

Get a decent graphics card. I'd go for a 7950 before you upgrade a Sandy i5.

The 660ti is a decent card :) More than adequate for most games

[BathroomSecurity]

You don't really need water cooling with your setup. A good air cooler may be just as effective, and may even be cheaper

[Coonmeister Funkyfresh]

Get a decent graphics card. I'd go for a 7950 before you upgrade a Sandy i5.

My bad, read that as a 660 non Ti. But anyway, go for a 7950 over a 660 Ti, better bang for the buck.

[BlueLion]

@ The Scanner Darkly, with what I'm running you're probably right but the Noctua NH-D14 is a rather large unit and I prefer the more compact style of a rad.

@ XiaoPigs, Looks like an good processor and I'm replacing both of my hard drives because the Black is pretty loud and the Green is an older generation. Both are 1 TB so having a single 2 TB hard drive would be nice for me. NF-F12 will be my rad fan.