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What Should I Upgrade Next?
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I moved from a Phenom II x4 Quad to the FX 8320 and it was a good improvement however you won't see as large of an upgrade going from 6 core to 8. If you do definitely make the Jump to atleast the FX 8350 for it to be worth it.
Unless your GPU is bottlenecking you CPU I wouldn't worry about it just yet, there isn't a lot of stuff out there that really utilizes 8 cores efficiently anyway. One upgrade that's cheaper and you'll see a large improvement everyday you turn on your computer is put your OS on a SSD. I got a 120gb Samsung EVO SSD and put just my operating system on it, and it makes a huge difference. I go from powered off to surfing the web in under 30seconds. About half as much as you would spend on a new FX CPU and youll see a difference everyday you use the computer.
Unless your GPU is bottlenecking you CPU I wouldn't worry about it just yet, there isn't a lot of stuff out there that really utilizes 8 cores efficiently anyway. One upgrade that's cheaper and you'll see a large improvement everyday you turn on your computer is put your OS on a SSD. I got a 120gb Samsung EVO SSD and put just my operating system on it, and it makes a huge difference. I go from powered off to surfing the web in under 30seconds. About half as much as you would spend on a new FX CPU and youll see a difference everyday you use the computer.
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Oh ok, thank you. However I heard to new Sa,sung EVO's are slower than the older PRO models and dont last as long. This true? Should I go with a different brand?
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On the benchmark's they do test a little slower, but they are a lot cheaper. The difference between HDD and SSD performance is like going from a prop plane to a Jet, the difference between EVO and PRO is like arguing the nuances between an F16 and an F15 if you get my point, except EVO is a lot cheaper.
My advice is to go with the cheaper EVO because you pick one up for $80 on sale and in a few years from now, your going to want to upgrade from 120gb SSD to 1TB SSD once the TB SSD become an economic option like the >250Gb SSDs have and ditch the HDD all together.
From what I've read, Yes Evo stress tests slower than the Pro, but to a degree that its important really only if your worried about your benchmark score. So for the price, I like the EVO
As for brand, Samsung really kind of has taken a pretty good position in the market for SSDs. For right now Samsung is kind of like the Intel of SSDs, they have a longer track record and overall most people will automatically point you in their direction when your asking adbout quality.
My advice is to go with the cheaper EVO because you pick one up for $80 on sale and in a few years from now, your going to want to upgrade from 120gb SSD to 1TB SSD once the TB SSD become an economic option like the >250Gb SSDs have and ditch the HDD all together.
From what I've read, Yes Evo stress tests slower than the Pro, but to a degree that its important really only if your worried about your benchmark score. So for the price, I like the EVO
As for brand, Samsung really kind of has taken a pretty good position in the market for SSDs. For right now Samsung is kind of like the Intel of SSDs, they have a longer track record and overall most people will automatically point you in their direction when your asking adbout quality.
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If you go for a SSD (whichever model you choose), be sure to follow these guidelines to get the best performance out of the drive... and to keep it from writing itself to an early death: http://www.computing.net/howtos/show/solid-state-drive-ssd-tweaks-for-windows-7/552.html
If you want to read deeper into the HDD/SDD Win7 installation, check this out too: http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds
He also has one for Win8 (if you're one of those who likes your PC to look like your phone).
If you want to read deeper into the HDD/SDD Win7 installation, check this out too: http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds
He also has one for Win8 (if you're one of those who likes your PC to look like your phone).
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Yep, I agree. If you go SSD whichever model, they're performance tends to fall off if you don't optimize how they work on install. Super important, just about every in depth review on SSD will say the same. Nature of the beast I guess
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