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What will I need to better this - 2.70 gigahertz Intel Core i7 920

Mel_P

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I have had my current setup for 10+ years and Belarc tells me it is (in detail):

2.70 gigahertz Intel Core i7 920
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
8192 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Hyper-threaded (8 total).

MS tells me it is no good for Windows 11 (not surprising!) but I am still happy with it for what i do (mainly Photshop / Lightroom in the higher demand stuff). I have overclocked it occasionally but quite often the system is not happy with this so I leave it as supplied now.

What CPU / motherboard will I need to get a similar performance when I upgrade to Windows 11 compatability sometime this year (no rush!) please?

Thanks, Mel
 
Really depends on your budget, but as Andy says, things have come on a very long way since that chip was released so it will be hard to go wrong!

Do you have an idea of what you want to spend on the upgrade? Note you'll also need to buy new RAM as DDR3 is no longer supported by anything current (the newest Intel chips are on DDR5!)
 
You could always drop in a x5650 which cost less than a tenner if you have a supporting board and you will get 6 cores and a decent performance boost, these chips almost always overclock to 4ghz + no problems as they are ex server chips so had better binning.
 
Bang for the buck is the Intel 12400 + B660 combo, 12600 if you want to try the efficiency cores. If you want to try overclocking you’ll want a 12600k plus Z690 motherboard. Intel completely owns the low end right now.

You are blessed in that you don’t game so don’t need a GPU.
 
Devrij said:
Really depends on your budget. Note you'll also need to buy new RAM as DDR3 is no longer supported by anything current (the newest Intel chips are on DDR5!)
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Yes - I realize it's a total rebuild! Case OK . Newish power supply.

No budget really. Looking for value / long life. say CPU = £300, probably start with exisiting case / psu / HDDS / SSD, new motherboard / memory / CPU with on-board graphics - look for new graphics card (exisiting is Nvidia Geforce GTX1050Ti) as a future option
 
Mel_P said:
I have had my current setup for 10+ years and Belarc tells me it is (in detail):

2.70 gigahertz Intel Core i7 920
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
8192 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Hyper-threaded (8 total).

MS tells me it is no good for Windows 11 (not surprising!) but I am still happy with it for what i do (mainly Photshop / Lightroom in the higher demand stuff). I have overclocked it occasionally but quite often the system is not happy with this so I leave it as supplied now.

What CPU / motherboard will I need to get a similar performance when I upgrade to Windows 11 compatability sometime this year (no rush!) please?

Thanks, Mel
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Literally anything you can buy in a shop is faster than what you have
 
Mel_P said:
Yes - I realize it's a total rebuild! Case OK . Newish power supply.

No budget really. Looking for value / long life. say CPU = £300, probably start with exisiting case / psu / HDDS / SSD, new motherboard / memory / CPU with on-board graphics - look for new graphics card (exisiting is Nvidia Geforce GTX1050Ti) as a future option
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Okay cool. On the one hand, DDR5 pricing is absurd right now, and DDR4 is quite reasonable, but it's a choice on whether you want to pay bleeding edge prices for the latest tech for longevity or not.

If not, then you could look at something like a 5600x cpu on an x570 board, which would still leave you room to drop a 58xx or 59xx cpu in as an upgrade down the line, but that's it for AM4 as a socket. If you plan on running the rig as long as you have this time, then that might not bother you. Chuck 32gb of DDR4 in for 99 quid and you're done.

The snag here is that there's no on board graphics (as with most high end chips) so you'd want to keep hold of that 1050ti until you upgrade the gpu.
 
Devrij said:
Okay cool. On the one hand, DDR5 pricing is absurd right now, and DDR4 is quite reasonable, but it's a choice on whether you want to pay bleeding edge prices for the latest tech for longevity or not.

If not, then you could look at something like a 5600x cpu on an x570 board, which would still leave you room to drop a 58xx or 59xx cpu in as an upgrade down the line, but that's it for AM4 as a socket. If you plan on running the rig as long as you have this time, then that might not bother you. Chuck 32gb of DDR4 in for 99 quid and you're done.

The snag here is that there's no on board graphics (as with most high end chips) so you'd want to keep hold of that 1050ti until you upgrade the gpu.
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Dont forget there's the the AMD 5600G (6c12t) and 5700G (8c16t) with integrated GPU.

The only cons that come to mind compared to their X counterparts are slightly lower boost clockspeeds, less L3 cache, and pcie 3 instead of pcie 4,
 
@Mel_P For your usage, namely Lightroom and Photoshop then you should really should not get AMD and should go with Intel. You should particularly looking at the 12400 which would be my recommendation or if feeling a little more flush the 12600k (do not get any version with an 'F' in the name as that will lack the on-board graphics that you said you wanted)

Both of these come in under your stated amount for CPU which is £300 and the difference in performance from what you have now will blow your socks off! Being the latest tech, Windows11 is recommended due to the improved scheduler.
 
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MartinPrince said:
@Devrij For your usage, namely Lightroom and Photoshop then you should really should not get AMD and should go with Intel. You should particularly looking at the 12400 which would be my recommendation or if feeling a little more flush the 12600k (do not get any version with an 'F' in the name as that will lack the on-board graphics that you said you wanted)

Both of these come in under your stated amount for CPU which is £300 and the difference in performance from what you have now will blow your socks off! Being the latest tech, Winows11 is recommended due to the improved scheduler.
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Thanks!
 
Go second hand. You'll be able to get a stonking system on the MM here (either Intel or AMD) for much less than buying new, and it'll do everything you want of it and more.
 
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