- May 21, 2014
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Hi,
Just looking for some feedback on best way to upgrade my system.
I started with an Acer M3400 out of the box, with a Phenom II x6 1035t and 4gb of ram.
My first upgrade was ditching the graphics card that the system came with and getting a modest upgrade of a Radeon HD 7800, and I added an extra 4gb of ram.
Then, when another older PC in the family blew it's mobo/cpu, I saw the opportunity to do an upgrade and repair in a 2 for 1 deal, so... got a mobo/cpu bundle of a GA-78LMT-USB3 with an FX 6300 for my system, and put my old mobo and cpu into the broken down machine.
I know the upgrade for mine wasn't a massive upgrade, but... while it is running better/faster... I still expected a bit more. From what I had read, the fx6300 was quite an improvement on my old X6, on various levels.
Anyway... I've got myself a 240gb SSd to put my OS on, as well as my primary software (Adobe CS6 and a couple of other graphic design programs), and... the next obvious upgrade to give the machine some extra ooomph... is upgrade the ram.
The machine currently has 8gb of 1333mhz ram (4x 2gb sticks).
I've got someone who can give me 16gb Vengence pro 2400 for about £80, which would leave me with 2 slots spare should I want to upgrade to the max 32gb the board can handle at a later date.
However... while I've read a few references to the fact that a bios tweak will allow 1600mhz ram to run just fine on this mobo... I can't find any reference to whether anything higher than that could be done. And if not... would that 2400 ram run at 1600 ok? It's a bit of a bargain at that price I think, and could also be transfered to a new mobo that can run it at it's full 2400 in the future.
I would consider getting a new motherboard now if popular opinion was that I'd get a significant performance boost by doing so. I've got a media centre build I'm working on that I could stick my current motherboard into, so it wouldn't go to waste.
By the way... I very rarely get the chance to play games, much as I love to, so... the machine mostly gets used for work stuff... graphic design, web design, video editing, motion graphics, etc.
So, anything that gives me a boost in render times and the like... I'd be interested in.
Thanks for reading my long assed post!
Just looking for some feedback on best way to upgrade my system.
I started with an Acer M3400 out of the box, with a Phenom II x6 1035t and 4gb of ram.
My first upgrade was ditching the graphics card that the system came with and getting a modest upgrade of a Radeon HD 7800, and I added an extra 4gb of ram.
Then, when another older PC in the family blew it's mobo/cpu, I saw the opportunity to do an upgrade and repair in a 2 for 1 deal, so... got a mobo/cpu bundle of a GA-78LMT-USB3 with an FX 6300 for my system, and put my old mobo and cpu into the broken down machine.
I know the upgrade for mine wasn't a massive upgrade, but... while it is running better/faster... I still expected a bit more. From what I had read, the fx6300 was quite an improvement on my old X6, on various levels.
Anyway... I've got myself a 240gb SSd to put my OS on, as well as my primary software (Adobe CS6 and a couple of other graphic design programs), and... the next obvious upgrade to give the machine some extra ooomph... is upgrade the ram.
The machine currently has 8gb of 1333mhz ram (4x 2gb sticks).
I've got someone who can give me 16gb Vengence pro 2400 for about £80, which would leave me with 2 slots spare should I want to upgrade to the max 32gb the board can handle at a later date.
However... while I've read a few references to the fact that a bios tweak will allow 1600mhz ram to run just fine on this mobo... I can't find any reference to whether anything higher than that could be done. And if not... would that 2400 ram run at 1600 ok? It's a bit of a bargain at that price I think, and could also be transfered to a new mobo that can run it at it's full 2400 in the future.
I would consider getting a new motherboard now if popular opinion was that I'd get a significant performance boost by doing so. I've got a media centre build I'm working on that I could stick my current motherboard into, so it wouldn't go to waste.
By the way... I very rarely get the chance to play games, much as I love to, so... the machine mostly gets used for work stuff... graphic design, web design, video editing, motion graphics, etc.
So, anything that gives me a boost in render times and the like... I'd be interested in.
Thanks for reading my long assed post!
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