Upgrade from 939 system

Matt_Hirst · 5 Aug 2009 at 11:58

Am just looking at what to upgrade on my current machine, am looking at future proofing as much as possible, windows 7, is it better to go amd socket am3 or wait for the i5?

Current spec is DFI Lanparty SLI-dr mb
Opteron 170
Ati GTO2 unlocked to x850
2 gb ram
36gb Raptor as boot drive
4 * 250gb as data drives - were in raid, but have since split to individuals.

Have pre-orderred windows 7.

Main uses would be general office, Visual studio development, photo editting and need to do some video work in the short term, this will be a one off (wedding video). Occasional gaming.

Due to money situation this upgrade will be done over a period of months so just wondering what to do first?

regards,

Matt

Matt_Hirst · 5 Aug 2009 at 12:11

As its going to be done overtime, didn't really want to post a price, as I am not too sure. Suppose I am looking at what to do at each stage of upgrade and a rough cost to do it e.g.:

First stage upgrade mb, cpu and ram:

intel route, specs, cost
amd route, specs, cost.

Also reasons to go one route as opposed to another for the type of work I do.

regards,

Matt

Matt_Hirst · 6 Aug 2009 at 08:34

Thanx for the replies guys.

Yes the gcard is PCI-E, my psu is Enermax 600w, will this suffice for the moment? Case is a choice between two full towers I have sat at the side of me.

The AMD upgrade path sounds interesting, as it provides longevity with DDR3 - just noticed in price check part Hades is asking for prices on a Intel Q9450 with mb and ddr3, would this be a good cheap upgrade for me? Suppose it depends on waiting for him to get some price checks and also advertising it for sale.

regards,

Matt

Matt_Hirst · 6 Aug 2009 at 10:15

Enermax is probably 3 or 4 years old.

Matt

Matt_Hirst · 16 Sep 2009 at 10:53

Decided to go down MM route and just picked up a Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3r motherboard, now my next question is what would be a cheap socket 775 processor to look out for that will be quicker than the opteron I currently have?

Also what memmory route would you guys reccomend to look out for DDR3 or 2, am thinking of 4gb?

regards,

Matt