System upgrade

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Right, my long serving skt 775 is dead. I suspect northbridge failure...

So I guess sandybridge is the way to go.

Things to be transferred over include:
fairly new 5750
hot-swap drive bay
SSD and storage drives (6 sata ports req.)
H70
PSU (good quality enermax 6-700W one)
2x 22" monitors (not run eyefinity until I find a third, at which point xfire)

I'm in a NZXT lexa blackline case, which I like; but would like my psu at the bottom of the case and ideally some good cable management. I'm looking at the HAF-X and the Phantom to replace it, although I ideally need a 120mm fan on the roof to fit the H70 to, or some sort of solution to fit it to a larger fan vent.

I've got a budget of £600, but would sort of prefer some change.

Usage is primarily gaming, but also data processing for my PhD which seems to kill pcs fairly easily.

Hence:

2500k
asus p8p67 pro
Gskil ram

Is it worth getting a better board and faster ram? I know the gigabyte boards are well regarded.

This lot comes to 400 leaving 200 for improving the above and a case.

Suggestions please, particularly with respect to the H70 fitting issue.
 
Get this RAM instead, much better.

And the CM 690 II Advanced is always a good case recommendation.

The rest is fine. The 690 has more than enough room for the H70s fans.
 
Would 8gb of that be okay? I've had issues with boards in the past not liking 4 sticks of fast ram.
 
I'd rather have 8 for the data handling as i'm writing my PhD up soon and will actually need to sort the stuff out.
 
Right, so I've had a bit of a think and I'm not going for the asus as they've exhibited so many issues.

Hence the gigabyte p67 ud5 board, the 8gig linked above, 2500k and a haf-x.

Best use of £600, or should I drop the Haf-x and keep my current case in order to get a better/second gpu? What would offer better performance? A second 5770 or a £150 ish new gpu.
 
I have this psu will that be sufficient to power the above with potentially 5 hard drive (inc. 1 ssd) or should it be replaced as well?
 
Every time you upgrade a PC, upgrade the PSU. Old PSUs are power inefficient, operate below the specified wattage, and not designed to meet current needs of graphics cards.
 
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