- Feb 2, 2016
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Hello just asking for some advice on the following combos for a small upgrade build using mATX case and where budget is cruicial up to £200 max.
The best price/performance ratio is what I'm looking for.
System will be using Photoshop, lots of Firefox tabs 30+, Skype mainly. Occasionally some videos.
Current system:
Gigabyte GA-G41M-COMBO SKT-775
Q6600 o/c to 3.00Ghz
4GB DDR2
Radeon HD 6670 overclocked with Overdrive to GPU 850Mhz, Mem 1150Mhz (15.7.1 Catalyst)
128GB Corsair SSD Sata3 running Windows 7 SP1 x64
500GB Sata2 storage.
Gigabit network, 1Gbps confirmed.
7.1 Windows Experience Index (yeah right)
VGA 1920x1080 5ms Monitor
System temps are normal:
GPU 35 idle, 74 stressed under furmark
CPU 42 idle, 68 stressed under prime
With no overclocking this system is very poor and sluggish. Everything seems to be bottlenecked. Videos are a joke even in small windows. Photoshop lags, refreshes are painful. Non-HD videos are jittery while HD videos are running about 10fps
But with overclocked this system is marginally quicker but still nowhere near satisfactory or even workable. HD videos are awful. It just feels the whole system is running like an old bloated laptop overclocked or not. This is the reason for the upgrades.
Looking at upgrading the CPU Mobo Memory to:
Intel Core i3-4170 3.70GHz Socket 1150 (£97)
Asus B85M-G Socket 1150 (£54)
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz CL-9 (£35)
Price = £186
OR
Intel Pentium G3260 3.30GHz Socket 1150 (£43)
Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H Socket 1150 (£88)
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz CL-9 (£35)
Price = £166
Will transferring those components with the SSD require a re-install of Windows? (Too many hardware changes?)
Thanks in advance and thanks for reading.
The best price/performance ratio is what I'm looking for.
System will be using Photoshop, lots of Firefox tabs 30+, Skype mainly. Occasionally some videos.
Current system:
Gigabyte GA-G41M-COMBO SKT-775
Q6600 o/c to 3.00Ghz
4GB DDR2
Radeon HD 6670 overclocked with Overdrive to GPU 850Mhz, Mem 1150Mhz (15.7.1 Catalyst)
128GB Corsair SSD Sata3 running Windows 7 SP1 x64
500GB Sata2 storage.
Gigabit network, 1Gbps confirmed.
7.1 Windows Experience Index (yeah right)
VGA 1920x1080 5ms Monitor
System temps are normal:
GPU 35 idle, 74 stressed under furmark
CPU 42 idle, 68 stressed under prime
With no overclocking this system is very poor and sluggish. Everything seems to be bottlenecked. Videos are a joke even in small windows. Photoshop lags, refreshes are painful. Non-HD videos are jittery while HD videos are running about 10fps
But with overclocked this system is marginally quicker but still nowhere near satisfactory or even workable. HD videos are awful. It just feels the whole system is running like an old bloated laptop overclocked or not. This is the reason for the upgrades.
Looking at upgrading the CPU Mobo Memory to:
Intel Core i3-4170 3.70GHz Socket 1150 (£97)
Asus B85M-G Socket 1150 (£54)
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz CL-9 (£35)
Price = £186
OR
Intel Pentium G3260 3.30GHz Socket 1150 (£43)
Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H Socket 1150 (£88)
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz CL-9 (£35)
Price = £166
Will transferring those components with the SSD require a re-install of Windows? (Too many hardware changes?)
Thanks in advance and thanks for reading.
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