Hi All
Gave my sister an old rig of mine couple years ago; she has since began college and entered the realms of photo editing for which my old rig is struggling at times!
Current kit is a few years old now:
Mobo: Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955
GPU: Invidia 570GTX
RAM: 4GB Dual_channel DDR3 Corsair Dominator @ 535MHz (7-7-7-20)
HDD: WD Caviar Black 500GB
PSU: Corsair 850W
Case: Thermaltake Shark
O/S: Windows 8.1 Pro
PC is struggling with Photoshop duties, almost seems to lock up for several seconds at times when duplicating/ heavily modifying images for example.
Recently installed Windows 8.1 Pro, carried out the usual optimisation and clean up. After analysing actual system usage when carrying out tasks in Photoshop, I found more memory, CPU power and a faster HDD would benefit me as most activities were maxing memory and HDD utilisation with CPU peaking at 100% but often not going above 80%.
Below is the spec I've been weighing up:
Mobo: Gigabyte D3H Z79
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-495-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2811
CPU: Intel i5-4690K 3.50GHz
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-540-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567
GPU: Invidia 570GTX (Warcraft mainly, non-essential upgrade)
RAM: Kingston HyperX 8GB http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS
HDD: Current drive for storeage + Crucial MX100 256GB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-036-CR&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=2394
PSU: Corsair 850W (Upgrade needed?)
Case: Thermaltake Shark
Not sure if a simple upgrade to an SSD and more memory will improve performance or a mobo and CPU upgrade are needed too. This kit is for my sister who is on a budget, any advice would be great.
Cheers
Jason.
Gave my sister an old rig of mine couple years ago; she has since began college and entered the realms of photo editing for which my old rig is struggling at times!
Current kit is a few years old now:
Mobo: Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955
GPU: Invidia 570GTX
RAM: 4GB Dual_channel DDR3 Corsair Dominator @ 535MHz (7-7-7-20)
HDD: WD Caviar Black 500GB
PSU: Corsair 850W
Case: Thermaltake Shark
O/S: Windows 8.1 Pro
PC is struggling with Photoshop duties, almost seems to lock up for several seconds at times when duplicating/ heavily modifying images for example.
Recently installed Windows 8.1 Pro, carried out the usual optimisation and clean up. After analysing actual system usage when carrying out tasks in Photoshop, I found more memory, CPU power and a faster HDD would benefit me as most activities were maxing memory and HDD utilisation with CPU peaking at 100% but often not going above 80%.
Below is the spec I've been weighing up:
Mobo: Gigabyte D3H Z79
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-495-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2811
CPU: Intel i5-4690K 3.50GHz
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-540-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=567
GPU: Invidia 570GTX (Warcraft mainly, non-essential upgrade)
RAM: Kingston HyperX 8GB http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-094-KS
HDD: Current drive for storeage + Crucial MX100 256GB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-036-CR&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=2394
PSU: Corsair 850W (Upgrade needed?)
Case: Thermaltake Shark
Not sure if a simple upgrade to an SSD and more memory will improve performance or a mobo and CPU upgrade are needed too. This kit is for my sister who is on a budget, any advice would be great.
Cheers
Jason.