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A work colleague of mine bought a rig from the purple shirters. His main use for rig is multimedia / high end audio, hardly any gaming at all. However, he wants to boost performance and has asked me for advice.
I3 550 @ 3.2 Ghz
Board : Packard Bell IMedia S3810
5GB DDR3 (no idea what speed he's running)
Would people agree that potential options are:
1 - Go for an SSD, cheapest option. Which one?
2 - Just board upgrade and cooler, would probably require new copy of Windows but would allow for overclock of CPU. if so, what is a good multimedia board?
3 - Go for an all out OcUk Mobo / CPU / memory upgrade (again would require new copy of windows I think.
He recently purchased an XFi titanium so is happy with sound quality I think, GPU running is GTX 430. Upgrade is mainly for speed bost / general performance.
EDIT: He's just told me budget is £200 max, so that kind of puts the bundle out of the question I guess?
I3 550 @ 3.2 Ghz
Board : Packard Bell IMedia S3810
5GB DDR3 (no idea what speed he's running)
Would people agree that potential options are:
1 - Go for an SSD, cheapest option. Which one?
2 - Just board upgrade and cooler, would probably require new copy of Windows but would allow for overclock of CPU. if so, what is a good multimedia board?
3 - Go for an all out OcUk Mobo / CPU / memory upgrade (again would require new copy of windows I think.
He recently purchased an XFi titanium so is happy with sound quality I think, GPU running is GTX 430. Upgrade is mainly for speed bost / general performance.
EDIT: He's just told me budget is £200 max, so that kind of puts the bundle out of the question I guess?
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