I have a GTX 550 Ti, it's definitely a little outdated. It keeps up well enough, but I would like something a little smoother, and something not as HOT. This card idles at around 35C-45C, and when I game it maxes out on me at about 65C-81C. It is cleaned every 1st day of the month as well as my entire case. I have 2 Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition and 2 Corsair SP120 Performance, also I have a Noctua NH-D14 cooler.
Now, my CPU is old too, but it keeps up just fine, I don't see any hiccups during use. Everything is fast loading, start up, shut down. I have 16gb ddr3 RAM working too. I computer animate and model a lot for school. I have a laptop that can render better than this desktop can, it's a Lenovo Y500. has a 3rd gen i7, 8gb ram, Nvidia GT 750M 2gb. It does the job way better than my desktop. And there are computer in school that can render better than what I have anyways, I think they all have Xeon processors.
So what I'm asking is, should I get a better CPU or GPU?
I do all my work on the desktop and transfer it over to the laptop and render it there. The only thing is, when I'm running the modeling programs, the desktop reaches up to 66C and it gets ridiculously hot in my room. I can also use the CUDA cores with Nvidia to render faster on my desktop, it will help out the CPU a bit, but it doesn't matter as much, since I will be working off of my laptop and the school's desktops more often than on my own desktop...
I'm on a budget, of around..... Lets say $150? give or take a bit, depending on you're opinions. If I do find something that I like that you guys recommend, I'm going to sell my GTX 550 Ti, so hopefully that will give me a little extra cash. Also, what would be a reasonable price for my card to sell at? I have an ASrock M3A770DE, so it would need to be compatible, I also have a 700W PSU.
Thanks. Any help is very appreciated!
Now, my CPU is old too, but it keeps up just fine, I don't see any hiccups during use. Everything is fast loading, start up, shut down. I have 16gb ddr3 RAM working too. I computer animate and model a lot for school. I have a laptop that can render better than this desktop can, it's a Lenovo Y500. has a 3rd gen i7, 8gb ram, Nvidia GT 750M 2gb. It does the job way better than my desktop. And there are computer in school that can render better than what I have anyways, I think they all have Xeon processors.
So what I'm asking is, should I get a better CPU or GPU?
I do all my work on the desktop and transfer it over to the laptop and render it there. The only thing is, when I'm running the modeling programs, the desktop reaches up to 66C and it gets ridiculously hot in my room. I can also use the CUDA cores with Nvidia to render faster on my desktop, it will help out the CPU a bit, but it doesn't matter as much, since I will be working off of my laptop and the school's desktops more often than on my own desktop...
I'm on a budget, of around..... Lets say $150? give or take a bit, depending on you're opinions. If I do find something that I like that you guys recommend, I'm going to sell my GTX 550 Ti, so hopefully that will give me a little extra cash. Also, what would be a reasonable price for my card to sell at? I have an ASrock M3A770DE, so it would need to be compatible, I also have a 700W PSU.
Thanks. Any help is very appreciated!