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

[Mel_P]

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

 

[Mel_P]

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!)

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]

@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.

Thanks!