Bottleneck System Upgrade

DarylPerez

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Hey, I was concern on what to upgrade in terms of not "bottleneck" my system, and I would like to hear a suggestion.

HP Pavilion p7-1500z Desktop PC
• Windows 8 64
• AMD A8-5500 quad-core processor [3.2GHz, 4MB L2 Cache]
• 512MB AMD Radeon HD 7350 [DVI, HDMI, VGA adapter]
• 4GB DDR3-1600MHz SDRAM [1 DIMM]
• 500GB 7200 rpm SATA hard drive
• Beats Audio (tm) -- integrated studio quality sound

So that's pretty much my system. I'm willing towards getting the most benefits while rendering videos, editing, etc.

Thanks
 

coffeecoffee

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Hello DarylPerez,

Do you have a budget in mind? and can you be more specific on video rendering? (i.e photoshop, general video editing?

For rendering/general video editing/photoshopping, I recommend the following from most to least important/beneficial:

1) GPU/PSU: You will need a better graphics card and also a better power supply to handle the load.

2) 4 more GB of ram.

Hope this information helps.

Warmest Regards,

Coffee~

 

DarylPerez

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Would a 1GB nVidia GeForce GT620 be a good upgrade? Or a 2GB GT630?