Can I have some help upgrading?

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I like Enermax PSU's...well built.

Sux the Core i7 system you have still can't play crysis that high @xthekidx. I'm sure an SLI can cure that...but still 🙁
 

O I can play it. That is at 4x AA and all enthusiast settings, and it only slows down occasionally, but I am picky and I notice it 😉 Most people wouldn't gripe about it.
 
Don't fret about removing the motherboard to put a backplate on... get it done and get it overwith. You should not need to remove the motherboard ever again after that... by the time you need a new CPU, you'll want to replace the Motherboard, RAM, GPU and PSU as well and, what the heck, you may as well build a new machine from scratch.
 


Hah, seems like I managed to screw up everything.

This is all long term, so I don't need specific links right now, first I need to save up for a case for the HTPC/Home Server I'm building, which will take the next 3 weeks of allowance, so yeah, long window of time here, First thing I'll go for is RAM, that's holding a lot of things up on its own, and I could use my current ram in the HTPC. Then I will start saving for the GTS, unless there's something better by then. And so on and so forth. When the summer is here (May 27th is the last day of school) I will try and get myself a job to speed this up. Just a quick question, which would be better, gaming wise, my current SLi'd 9500 GTs, or a single 7900 GT?
 
Your current configuration would probably be better, but not by much.

You shouldn't be buying this one peice at a time. Buy it all at once. PC components will keep dropping in price so if you want to ensure you get the most for your money just wait until you are ready with all the money and buy it then.
 
Alright, thanks, because I will be using that for some gaming as well. As for the HTPC, I found that the case had some ridiculous hidden fees, so I decided to find another, I have always been a fan of squarish cases, but I didn't know they had any in atx, until I saw this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811162047

Does anyone know any better cases like this? That one looks great to me, but if anyone has any suggestions for styles of cases like that, or this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144139 in full atx size, I would really appreciate it, I have already searched on newegg, I'll be looking around.
 
No on the apevia, I have heard bad things about build quality. I would suspect shoddy build quality on the Broadway case as well, but haven't heard anything about it so cannot really say. My first impression of it though is actually pretty good, its got spots to mount 2 extra fans and looks to have plenty of ventilation, and you could fit a large GPU in there too by the way the drive cages are configured.
 
Couldn't get the Apevia, nor do i want to, the system I'm talking about is just plain ATX, I just linked that as a reference design. The broadway has good reviews, I've looked around, and yeah, the broadway looks nice too, my only concern is the front mounted PSU, that might present cable length isssues, but heck, CompUSA sells extension cables for everything.
 
Alright, I am ordering that case, but I have a small issue, I cannot for the life of me find the molex to pci-e six pin adapter for the geforce 7900 GT (Using that in the HTPC until I upgrade my main pcs graphics card) can I run the card without one?
 
The PSU could handle the system before with the adapter, at full load, I just need to know if this will work without the adapter. I am trying to avoid having to spend much more money on the htpc, I need it for upgrading my computer, and that would be 3 weeks allowance right there. I have a friend that I see every sunday at church, he builds his own as well and has a lot of spare parts, I will ask and see if he has a psu or an adapter, but otherwise, I am gonna use this PSU, if the card will work with the adapter and this PSU, thats great, it would be nice to play games on it on our 37 inch flatscreen, otherwise, I can just use the po$ GeForce 6200LE I have laying around.
 
Alright, thanks, I tried it before you said that, so I already know, it worked for a little bit, but shut down pretty quick after that, so until I get the PCI-E adapter, just gonna use that crappy 6200, I ordered the case for it today, after that and the adapter, gonna start saving for the upgrades.
 
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