New upgrade and need opinions please

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Current 5 year old system:

Only Game only to show the system off once in a while for graphics, mostly video, pics, database, movie downloads etc.

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX
Intel Core 2 QUAD Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA Quad Core Processor
Corsair CMPSU-550V 550 W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready Crossfire
G-Skill 2 GB (2x1GB) 240 pin DDR@ SDRAM2 800(PC2 6400) Dual channel Kit
Nvidia GE Force 8800GT
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250gb 7200RPM Sata 3.0GB 3.5'

new upgrades with advise from the gurus here,

all newegg and looked for combos to but not alot of luck.

GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813128512

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
Item #: N82E16819115072

MSI R5770 Hawk Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Item #: N82E16814127490

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7D-8GBRH
Item #: N82E16820231402

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel ...
Item #: N82E16835103065

Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Item #: N82E16820148441

I will use the m4 for win7 64 bit and office and adobe picture proggys, etc and use my existing 7200.10 hd for data and crap. I wont overclock at this time but maybe someday so the board works for me, not looking to downgrade that or the i5.

The case is a antec 900 and the psu is the above corsair.

Any suggestions changes or advise is welcomed and appreciated.

Thanks ,

R
 
That's OK, pretty easy to plug in the item number.

The RAM is a clear upgrade for less cash, as long as you are an eblast subscriber.

The GPU is a bit more but is stronger and a good deal.... it's a marginally better deal I think.

Otherwise you are good to go.