Posted a thread in wrong sub-forum, so repeat it here.
I'm looking to upgrade my old Athlon II based system, and it will be used mostly to run lightroom and photoshop elements. I'll be reusing case, power supply, Radeon 1Gb 5570, optical drive and all peripherals and can get OS elsewhere. Most files stored on a microserver, but have an old 500Gb STA drive for content.
Would this lot be sensible, or should I be looking at intel? Could I reuse old motherboard (AM3-based Asus M4A78LT-M-LE) and go for more RAM instead?
Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard - £55.99 (sale price this week) - stock code MB-385-GI
AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail - £83.99 sale this week - stock code CP-338-AM
GeIL EVO Veloce Hot-Rod Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit - £59.99 - Stock code MY-145-GL
OCZ Vertex Limited Edition 100GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive - £59.99 - stock code HD-035-OC
Comes to £270 plus postage.
All advice appreciated.
I'm looking to upgrade my old Athlon II based system, and it will be used mostly to run lightroom and photoshop elements. I'll be reusing case, power supply, Radeon 1Gb 5570, optical drive and all peripherals and can get OS elsewhere. Most files stored on a microserver, but have an old 500Gb STA drive for content.
Would this lot be sensible, or should I be looking at intel? Could I reuse old motherboard (AM3-based Asus M4A78LT-M-LE) and go for more RAM instead?
Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard - £55.99 (sale price this week) - stock code MB-385-GI
AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail - £83.99 sale this week - stock code CP-338-AM
GeIL EVO Veloce Hot-Rod Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit - £59.99 - Stock code MY-145-GL
OCZ Vertex Limited Edition 100GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive - £59.99 - stock code HD-035-OC
Comes to £270 plus postage.
All advice appreciated.
