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Is it worth considering a future upgrade when buying/collecting a new desktop pc ?

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August 18, 2014 4:47:17 AM

My old pc have some problems with booting and maybe more which is at service today, and it was 6 or 7 years old with E5200, 9500 GT 1GB DDR2, 2*2GB RAM, 300 Watt PSU, an optical drive I don't use, 750 GB HDD.

I've checked some new pcs today and I think I'd rather buy something like this with my personal budget because it can be upgraded to even a i7-4790k and I can add the gpu I want and I still have 2 2gb ram from the old system.

http://www.hepsiburada.com/liste/casper-cdhbg1820b-cele...

It supports 2 8GB RAMs. The mobo isn't listed but I guess it can't be bad with a lga 1150 socket and 16GB RAM support, any new pc here is listed like that anyway...

But I'm not 100% sure it can be upgraded to a i7-4790k and I'm not sure if considering a future upgrade when buying a new pc is worth either.

With my work budget that is for a total of machinery + equipment + supplies and probably software is 1150 USD now and will increase to 2300 USD I'd most likely buy instead of collect due to some bureaucracy.

Last problem is that I've never built a pc myself.

So we have 2 personal and 2 general questions :-)

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August 18, 2014 5:02:17 AM

The page you link does not appear to load - at least it does not for me.

Personally, when I build a PC, I put a good enough CPU on the motherboard in the first place and not bother with upgrading it until I need a new motherboard anyway. I had a Core2Duo, upgraded to an i5-3470 and my next PC will probably be one or two generations after Skylake so I am skipping at least one whole socket generation between upgrades.
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August 18, 2014 5:02:21 AM

Yes

DDR2/3 not cross compatible

You can probably buy a very good PC for 1150 USD

What will you use your PC for?

The link didn't work, but it said cele at the end, which I infer to mean the PC you wan't to buy has a celeron, which isn't very good
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August 18, 2014 5:16:34 AM

Alpha3031 said:
Yes

DDR2/3 not cross compatible

You can probably buy a very good PC for 1150 USD

What will you use your PC for?

The link didn't work, but it said cele at the end, which I infer to mean the PC you wan't to buy has a celeron, which isn't very good


Though I think the DDR2 can work in that new memory bank. First one I consider is if I have to, for personal use with limited budget. Other is for my work room, but I can spend the budget as long as I don't have to spend on some other work related machinery + equipment + supplies and probably software.

Here it is:

http://www.hepsiburada.com/liste/casper-cdhbg1820b-cele...
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August 18, 2014 7:36:06 AM

The specifications do not appear to mention what motherboard or chipset is in there but since it has to be LGA1150 for the G1820, you should be able to go at least up to i7-4770 non-K. (You could technically get a K but unless the motherboard supports unlocking, you would not be able to do anything with it that you cannot already do with a non-K.)
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August 18, 2014 6:10:16 PM

What work do you do?
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August 19, 2014 12:54:53 AM

Alpha3031 said:
What work do you do?


Research assistant at an industrial engineering department.
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August 19, 2014 5:15:03 AM

creativus said:
Alpha3031 said:
What work do you do?


Research assistant at an industrial engineering department.

I think he was more interested in what software you use for your job and how much of a workload you put through it how often to get an idea of how much processing power you actually might want/need.
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August 19, 2014 5:38:02 AM

Yeah, my fault, should have been more specific. (This is me today :pt1cable: )
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August 19, 2014 7:17:05 AM

InvalidError said:
creativus said:
Alpha3031 said:
What work do you do?


Research assistant at an industrial engineering department.

I think he was more interested in what software you use for your job and how much of a workload you put through it how often to get an idea of how much processing power you actually might want/need.


Alpha3031 said:
Yeah, my fault, should have been more specific. (This is me today :pt1cable: )


It's hard to tell...
There's a software called GAMS for example, and I guess we can use the free version for most things but if you happen to need more, prices are high:
http://www.gams.com/sales/academicp.htm
And to be on the safe side, I guess it's better not to be a software pirate at work...
We may need a workstation depending on the work also but I'm told that requirement can be met at a computer lab or sth.
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