Upgrade Some advice please

[Invader_zim]

So I currently have the following:-

Q6600 with stock cooler
4GB ddr2 Ram
Some Intel board that can't overclock
3850 512MB Graphics Card
OCZ vertez 3 120GB
Random cheap case that has a fair amount of room
Some Cosair 500watts PSU but 1 fan's stopped working and its 5 or so years old

My plan is to upgrade in two phases.

Phase 1 - now - ~ R3720 - R4220
Antec HCG 520w ~R720
cm 690 ii advanced ~R1000
6870 or 560 ti ~R2000-R2500

Phase 2 - 2-3 months - R4600
Asus P8Z68-V R1600
2500k R2000
Either a cooler master hyper 212 plus or a antec kühler h2o 620 R320 - R600
8GB of whatever RAM ~R400


Mostly to be used for developing and some light gaming! Oh and I have enough storage so no additional hard-drives are needed.

My main concern is should I wait on the Graphics card and get a 6xx when they come out and rather just buy the case, cooler and PSU first now

Then I might end up getting an ivy bridge CPU+MB and a 6xx card in say 2-3months if they're out, otherwise the above.

Arrg dunno if I'm making sense! Doh

 

[droid]

For light gaming, don't wait. The 600 series is going to be relatively expensive compared to 500 series with the same performance at first.
About the RAM. For a Z68 mobo take the 1866hz sticks.
You can get a Antec VP650P 650w powersupply with lot's of amps for about the same price as that HCG.

 

[Invader_zim]

For light gaming, don't wait. The 600 series is going to be relatively expensive compared to 500 series with the same performance at first.
About the RAM. For a Z68 mobo take the 1866hz sticks.
You can get a Antec VP650P 650w powersupply with lot's of amps for about the same price as that HCG.

I was under the impression Ram speed made almost no difference with SB at most 1600Mhz after that there's barely any noticeable difference?


With the PSU I'd rather go with the 5 year warranty and the 80plus bronze rating of the HCG, doubt I'd ever use 650w.Don't think I'll ever have more than 1 gpu

 

[Invader_zim]

I was under the impression Ram speed made almost no difference with SB at most 1600Mhz after that there's barely any noticeable difference?


With the PSU I'd rather go with the 5 year warranty and the 80plus bronze rating of the HCG, doubt I'd ever use 650w.Don't think I'll ever have more than 1 gpu

doh I see the 520 only has 3 years the new modular one has 5 hmmmm decisions

EDIT:-Ok maybe I'll get the modular one for around R850 call me crazy

 

[droid]

That's true. Really not much in it.
Read somewhere that the you'll get a 2fps improvement between a 2133 and 1333Mhz. That's not a lot.
But for hardcore gamers every single FPS count

 

[droid]

doh I see the 520 only has 3 years the new modular one has 5 hmmmm decisions

EDIT:-Ok maybe I'll get the modular one for around R850 call me crazy

5 years is an excellent warranty.
Another one with a 5 years warranty

COOLERMASTER RS550-ACAAE3 GX 550W PSU