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I have an old Inspiron 570 that I upgraded over the years with an AMD Athlon x4 630 and a SSD, plus 8gb of 1066 ram, and a hd 5450 vid card.
I was thinking of upgrading the mobo, case and PSU, but wonder if it is worth spending 200-300 on this endeavor, or just building new with a new processor +120-200 more (haswell I3 or I5? Using the existing 1066 ddr3 and existing drives?
There is really nothing upgradable any longer on this 2010 Dell. But then again the system works. I an using this system as a business/CAD platform. Only doing 2D CAD, doubt I will ever learn 3D CAD....Just wondering if it is worth all the time and money to do a makeover of this system? I do like the fact of getting away from the Dell bios, and sata 3 would be nice for the SSD. If anyone would like to comment or advise, please do. Thank you, LT
I was thinking of upgrading the mobo, case and PSU, but wonder if it is worth spending 200-300 on this endeavor, or just building new with a new processor +120-200 more (haswell I3 or I5? Using the existing 1066 ddr3 and existing drives?
There is really nothing upgradable any longer on this 2010 Dell. But then again the system works. I an using this system as a business/CAD platform. Only doing 2D CAD, doubt I will ever learn 3D CAD....Just wondering if it is worth all the time and money to do a makeover of this system? I do like the fact of getting away from the Dell bios, and sata 3 would be nice for the SSD. If anyone would like to comment or advise, please do. Thank you, LT
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