Hi,
I brought a reasonable system from overclockers about 5 years ago (stats below). I most edit audio (quite big plug-in heavy projects) and video on it. Don't do as much gaming as I used to on it but wouldn't mind an excuse to be able to turn all the settings up a bit and have a good machine.
Which parts would you recommend I upgrade? I've never upgraded a part before and am very nervous of breaking something so easy to install things or advice on hiring someone to upgrade my machine would be highly appreciated.
I've started gets these weird 100% CPU spikes and Chrome seems to eat all my memory urgh (memory on task manager sitting at 88% mostly from Chrome)! Seen forums recommending I replace my PSU and that could help the issue. I feel if I'm going to do that may as well upgrade other 'more fun' bits as well.
Sorry for the ramble but if anyone can spot glaring weaknesses in my build or knows of obvious upgrades I could consider I'd be very grateful for any recommendations.
Thanks so much.
WHW
FS-080-OG "Titan Dagger" Intel G3258 Anniversary Edition @ 4.2GHz Nvidia
GeForce Gaming PC
HD-255-SE Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM
(ST2000DM001) HDD HD-190-SA Samsung 120GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D
V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E120B/EU MY-174-KS Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Black/Gold (HX318C9BGK2/8-OC) CA-164-BX BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red XX-048-XX No Security Software SW-165-MS Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD
- OEM (WN7-00614) BU-000-XX OcUK Standard System Warranty
- 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour) XX-003-OP Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days FS-187-OE No Sound Card Upgrade GX-010-GX KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB
GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** MB-122-AK Asrock H81 Pro BTC Intel H81 (Socket 1150) ATX Motherboard CP-531-IN Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail CA-001-SF SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply
- Black HS-039-PL Prolimatech 65 CPU Cooler - 120mm CD-003-OK OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM CB-107-AK Akasa USB 3.0 to USB 2.0 Adapter Cable
I brought a reasonable system from overclockers about 5 years ago (stats below). I most edit audio (quite big plug-in heavy projects) and video on it. Don't do as much gaming as I used to on it but wouldn't mind an excuse to be able to turn all the settings up a bit and have a good machine.
Which parts would you recommend I upgrade? I've never upgraded a part before and am very nervous of breaking something so easy to install things or advice on hiring someone to upgrade my machine would be highly appreciated.
I've started gets these weird 100% CPU spikes and Chrome seems to eat all my memory urgh (memory on task manager sitting at 88% mostly from Chrome)! Seen forums recommending I replace my PSU and that could help the issue. I feel if I'm going to do that may as well upgrade other 'more fun' bits as well.
Sorry for the ramble but if anyone can spot glaring weaknesses in my build or knows of obvious upgrades I could consider I'd be very grateful for any recommendations.
Thanks so much.
WHW
FS-080-OG "Titan Dagger" Intel G3258 Anniversary Edition @ 4.2GHz Nvidia
GeForce Gaming PC
HD-255-SE Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM
(ST2000DM001) HDD HD-190-SA Samsung 120GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D
V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E120B/EU MY-174-KS Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Black/Gold (HX318C9BGK2/8-OC) CA-164-BX BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Red XX-048-XX No Security Software SW-165-MS Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD
- OEM (WN7-00614) BU-000-XX OcUK Standard System Warranty
- 3 Year (24 Month C&R + 12 Month Labour) XX-003-OP Standard Build Systems - Dispatched within 7 working days FS-187-OE No Sound Card Upgrade GX-010-GX KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB
GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** MB-122-AK Asrock H81 Pro BTC Intel H81 (Socket 1150) ATX Motherboard CP-531-IN Intel Pentium K Anniversary G3258 Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail CA-001-SF SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply
- Black HS-039-PL Prolimatech 65 CPU Cooler - 120mm CD-003-OK OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM CB-107-AK Akasa USB 3.0 to USB 2.0 Adapter Cable