I'm looking to upgrade the guts of my current PC . The current price point I have in mind is ~$500 or less. For starters, here is what I currently have:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz Socket 775
XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLI motherboard
Corsair 8 GB (800MHz Dual DDR2 RAM)
Two nVIDIA e-GeForce 8800 GTS's in SLI
One GeForce 7900GT
100 GB SSD - OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2
60 GB SSD - OCZ Vertex Turbo OCZSSD2
2x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB (media & backups)
Cooler Master 690 case
650W PSU
2 x 24" Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC
For cost cutting purposes, I'd like to upgrade only the items in red:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.40GHz Socket 775
XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLI motherboard
Corsair 8 GB (800MHz Dual DDR2 RAM)
Two nVIDIA e-GeForce 8800 GTS's in SLI
One GeForce 7900GT
100 GB SSD - OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2
60 GB SSD - OCZ Vertex Turbo OCZSSD2
2x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB (media & backups)
Cooler Master 690 case
650W PSU
2 x 24" Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC
The system will not be used for gaming so upgrading the graphics is not a priority. I do however want to ensure that this upgrade will go the distance, so I'd like to go i7 and also have access to USB 3.0. Is this a reasonable expectation given my budget goal? What recommendations can you offer?
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