Q9950 to be retired for?

Mikey

Mikey

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Started to have a look round after feeling the PC runs err somewhat slow.

I'm running a
q9950 stock
4GB RAM
Enough storage to sink a battleship
ATI Radeon 5800 - game prob about once every few months.

What's the platform of choice these days?

Upgrade wise I'd be looking for
CPU
motherboad
8 / 16GB RAM
SSD?

Everything else is covered.

Used to follow tech all the time, but gave up and just do IT at work now. Although this week's Exchange 2010 course has been fun, hence the thoughts of much do more at home again
 
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I would do you a spec but the shop server is so slow.


Edit: finally done!


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
(£154.16) £184.99
(£154.16)
Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
MSI Z77A-G45 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £315.80
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £65.06
Total : £390.36



(Now with on motherboard :))
 
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tbh if you only game once or so a month, then upgrading may not be your real answer

i would get an SSD, this will boost your speed/reaction times massively...

i run the amd 640 quad and i run bf3 easily with my 560!

keep your setup, get an ssd, reinstall windows and you will see your system become faster on boot times, install times and much more..

get the samsung ssd 256gb... this should be more than enough
 
CinderzFTW said:
tbh if you only game once or so a month, then upgrading may not be your real answer

i would get an SSD, this will boost your speed/reaction times massively...

i run the amd 640 quad and i run bf3 easily with my 560!

keep your setup, get an ssd, reinstall windows and you will see your system become faster on boot times, install times and much more..

get the samsung ssd 256gb... this should be more than enough
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I have thought about that along with a RAM upgrade. Was originally looking at a SSD for the laptop, but I'll look at both.
 
Mikey said:
I have thought about that along with a RAM upgrade. Was originally looking at a SSD for the laptop, but I'll look at both.
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as i said, my athlon is on par with your core 2 quad, and i run most games without any hassle what so ever...

upgrade next year when you have more money...

there is no point upgrading when your system is perfectly adequate for the job now...

get a 256gb ssd, upgrade to 8gb ram (ddr2 or ddr3 dude, wouldn't mind knowing?) and your sorted until next year.

if you are not gaming, then why upgrade a system that is perfect for browsing and casual gaming as it is?
 
RJC said:
I would do you a spec but the shop server is so slow.


Edit: finally done!


Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
(£154.16) £184.99
(£154.16)
Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
MSI Z77A-G45 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
(£69.99) £167.98
(£139.98)
GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £385.79
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £79.16
Total : £474.95
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I kinda disagree... he doesn't need a £170 mobo at all... this spec is more than enough if he wishes to upgrade everything

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £56.99
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer i30 Intel Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1155/1156) £32.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
Total : £509.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).



.. the cooler is amazing, the processor will do you for a good 2 years or more, 8gb mem and a good mobo which will take your cpu to 4.5 easily... plus a new psu to cope with it!
 
It was not a £170 motherboard I had 2 in my basket.



Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
(£154.16) £184.99
(£154.16)
Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Notebook/Apple Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128N/EU) £85.99
(£71.66) £85.99
(£71.66)
MSI Z77A-G45 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £315.80
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £65.06
Total : £390.36
 
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CinderzFTW said:
as i said, my athlon is on par with your core 2 quad, and i run most games without any hassle what so ever...

upgrade next year when you have more money...

there is no point upgrading when your system is perfectly adequate for the job now...

get a 256gb ssd, upgrade to 8gb ram (ddr2 or ddr3 dude, wouldn't mind knowing?) and your sorted until next year.

if you are not gaming, then why upgrade a system that is perfect for browsing and casual gaming as it is?
Click to expand...

DDR2 unfortunately - assus P5-Q Pro
 
 
CinderzFTW said:
hmm ddr2 is expensive... try and get some cheap second stuff
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Yup, what I'm using at the mo - Corsair CM2X2048-8500C5 so need to look into another kit at some point

Part of me thinks with the cost of DDR2 etc. it'd be better to sell motherboard, CPU, RAM, Noctua HSF and start with something reasonable.

RAID SSD?

Other plan for disks, I have 2 x 1TB drives that have sat in the cupboard for the last 12 months + - Originally planned to put them in a NAS

Disk wise I have

2 x 80 GB
2 x 1TB
1 x 250GB
1 x 160GB
1 x 160GB external
1 x 320GB
 
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