- Jul 3, 2016
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I have Win 7 system with a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P MB (Rev 1.0) with an Intel® (LGA775) Core™2 Duo Processor E8400
(6M Cache, 3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB with 8 GB DDR2 1366. This is SATA II and USB 2.0 hardware, my video card is a GeForce 9800 GTX. One of my original 1TB HD is failing and I don't know if it is wise to upgrade the MB and necessary CPU/MEM and move to SATA 3 HD or just get a new SATA II HD and call it quits.
I do not game, so wonder if it is most expedient to stay where I am or upgrade. My Windows Experience index is 5.9 with the HDD and 6.6 on the processor with the rest at 6.9. My need for a better HHD is evident and the next would a possible CPU upgrade. Would moving to a quad be worth it or just jump to a new MB+++?
I want to be wise and spend where there is value. The use is minimal-office type work, movies from Amazon, Photo and would like to do some video editing of phone movies-I have Adobe Elements for photo and video.
I need to get this system up and going to see if I can recover some HDD Data and need to determine what HDD to get in the 2T or greater range and need to know if it should be SATA 3 or the same SATA 2 and keep going as is.
Thanks for any input. I built this system about 2008-9 I think (based on the MB revision dates) and has been on 24/7.
(6M Cache, 3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB with 8 GB DDR2 1366. This is SATA II and USB 2.0 hardware, my video card is a GeForce 9800 GTX. One of my original 1TB HD is failing and I don't know if it is wise to upgrade the MB and necessary CPU/MEM and move to SATA 3 HD or just get a new SATA II HD and call it quits.
I do not game, so wonder if it is most expedient to stay where I am or upgrade. My Windows Experience index is 5.9 with the HDD and 6.6 on the processor with the rest at 6.9. My need for a better HHD is evident and the next would a possible CPU upgrade. Would moving to a quad be worth it or just jump to a new MB+++?
I want to be wise and spend where there is value. The use is minimal-office type work, movies from Amazon, Photo and would like to do some video editing of phone movies-I have Adobe Elements for photo and video.
I need to get this system up and going to see if I can recover some HDD Data and need to determine what HDD to get in the 2T or greater range and need to know if it should be SATA 3 or the same SATA 2 and keep going as is.
Thanks for any input. I built this system about 2008-9 I think (based on the MB revision dates) and has been on 24/7.
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