Wow some of you guys are really harsh with your criticisms, like geez.


I would say OP that you have chosen a nice upgrade path from what you had.

If anything, I'd say that the most significant upgrade of all was from the CPU. The Core2Duo and Core2Quad are starting to show their age at this point, and I think you made a great decision with the board you chose. Don't listen to some of these other comments lol.

Choosing AMD over an Intel was a great choice too for having the easiest upgrade path, and also, one of the best decisions you made (considering ALL of your hardware) was buying that motherboard. It's solid choice and should not be outdated for a while.

As far as the GPU choice goes, I'd say you chose well too. The 7770 has a great price to performance ratio (best bang for buck). Another thing to consider too for more performance is hybrid CF or whatever AMD calls it. It can drastically improve your graphics output. And although you ran the 260's in SLI (which not all games support btw) the 7770 beats a single 260 and even uses less power.

benches:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/536?vs=664

May I recommend a Solid State Drive as well OP? The technology is a bit better than it was a few years ago, and is also much cheaper. It would compliment your new hardware very well.