Im trying to hold off a computer upgrade for as long as i can, as currently the pc does everything i need gaming wise but lately it seems to be struggling with the new age of empires.... only thing i can bring it down to is that the hard drive seems to run at 100% a lot if theres any background program running at all while im gaming and the game just shuts off with no error message or anything i just see a windows cursor circle then it all goes off.
Ive had a quick glance at the motherboard and it does seem to have a sata 2 port and ive seen on a compatability website that the samsung 870 ssd should work, just wanting some advice if its worth the money would only be looking at the 500gb version as that should be more than enough for me, current storage used is only 140gb or so.
Current specs of pc are
Motherboard EX58-UD5
CPU i7 920 @2.67
HDD 1TB seagate barracuda 7200 (the old style?)
Memory 12GB DDR3 1600MHZ
Graphics Radeon 5900 series]
So basically would the ssd give me another year or so out of the pc, is it easy enough to install for someone with little pc knowledge and to migrate the current hdd over and is it worth it? I have the budget for a new pc (£1500 ish) but the general consensus on the upgrade sub forum seems to be hold out if possible as new generation of products are due out soon.
Sorry for the long winded post wanted to give as much info as possible
Ive had a quick glance at the motherboard and it does seem to have a sata 2 port and ive seen on a compatability website that the samsung 870 ssd should work, just wanting some advice if its worth the money would only be looking at the 500gb version as that should be more than enough for me, current storage used is only 140gb or so.
Current specs of pc are
Motherboard EX58-UD5
CPU i7 920 @2.67
HDD 1TB seagate barracuda 7200 (the old style?)
Memory 12GB DDR3 1600MHZ
Graphics Radeon 5900 series]
So basically would the ssd give me another year or so out of the pc, is it easy enough to install for someone with little pc knowledge and to migrate the current hdd over and is it worth it? I have the budget for a new pc (£1500 ish) but the general consensus on the upgrade sub forum seems to be hold out if possible as new generation of products are due out soon.
Sorry for the long winded post wanted to give as much info as possible
