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MAXIBOY

MAXIBOY

MAXIBOY

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my current system consists of.. mainly used for surfing and some cad work solid works etc
CPU
Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz 33 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 (CPUSocket) 37 °C
Graphics
S243HL (1920x1080@60Hz)
S243HL (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 3000 (ASRock)
1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series (XFX Pine Group) 51 °C
CrossFire Disabled
Storage
223GB Crucial CT240BX500SSD1 ATA Device (SATA (SSD)) 35 °C
3726GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 ATA Device (SATA ) 32 °C
2794GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH166 ATA Device (SATA ) 31 °C
2794GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH166 ATA Device (SATA ) 33 °C
931GB Seagate ST31000340AS ATA Device (SATA ) 33 °C
14GB Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 USB Device (USB )
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS38 ATA Device
Audio
Creative X-Fi Audio Processor (WDM)

would upgrading to 32gb ddr3 ram or intel core I7 3770k 3.5ghz quad core cpu and adding the spare 1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series be worth it for me..
ram around the 120 quid mark cpu the same i have a spare card
or would you save the £240 towards newer cpu motherboard ram...

thanks
 
How does your pc perform , have you got an ssd ?

A solid state hard drive can transform a pc quicker loading times, faster data transfer and feels much snappier.
 
yes have an ssd..

i was thinking it was going that way .. i will look into some options as happy with the case harddrives etc.. is ryzen amd ..
ok.. am i,m looking at older 2000 series stuff or should i now be looking at the 3000 series motherboards
 
MAXIBOY said:
yes have an ssd..

i was thinking it was going that way .. i will look into some options as happy with the case harddrives etc.. is ryzen amd ..
ok.. am i,m looking at older 2000 series stuff or should i now be looking at the 3000 series motherboards
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For £240 You should be looking at older stuff but

Amd 3600, b450 motherboard and 16gb ddr4 3200mhz you could get for £310 approx
 
Just one option here is to upgrade to a Z390 motherboard with a 9100F ( super cheap CPU ). The 9100F is actually a really good CPU, just happens to be ridiculously cheap, but the motherboard and RAM give you a great foundation for a CPU upgrade in a little while. I bought a 9100F just to test a motherboard but it's still in there because it turned out to be far more powerful than the price suggests.
 
pp111 said:
Just one option here is to upgrade to a Z390 motherboard with a 9100F ( super cheap CPU ). The 9100F is actually a really good CPU, just happens to be ridiculously cheap, but the motherboard and RAM give you a great foundation for a CPU upgrade in a little while. I bought a 9100F just to test a motherboard but it's still in there because it turned out to be far more powerful than the price suggests.
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If going to the trouble of upgrading all 3 of those components, it doesn't really make much sense to go from 4c/4t to 4c/4t in my humble opinion.
 
thanks been having issues with the current set up the past 24 hours and I,m definitely going to upgrade the cpu mobo cooler and ram next month..thanks all

been looking at 8 cores 570 and 32gb ram so way over 240 budget hence next month
 
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