Had a lightning strike take out a desktop though my cable lines (it fried my wireless router on the cable input and on the connection this PC was using as well as knocking out the MOBO. Have since added surge protection and hoping for best luck next time but now need a new MOBO which means I may as well get a new Processor as well.
The machine is used for gaming, game development and debugging and as a test server. I've tried development on a mobile i5 and found it a little lacking so I'm not sure if I can get away with a desktop i5 or should look at an i7? I kind of want a minimum of 3 hard drives and 3 DVD drives but with steam and growing HD sizes I'm not sure this is as great a priority (at least two drives for an SSD/HD setup).
I do have a good quantity of DDR3 memory, not sure if I need to upgrade to DDR4 right now?
Any input would be great!
The machine is used for gaming, game development and debugging and as a test server. I've tried development on a mobile i5 and found it a little lacking so I'm not sure if I can get away with a desktop i5 or should look at an i7? I kind of want a minimum of 3 hard drives and 3 DVD drives but with steam and growing HD sizes I'm not sure this is as great a priority (at least two drives for an SSD/HD setup).
I do have a good quantity of DDR3 memory, not sure if I need to upgrade to DDR4 right now?
Any input would be great!
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