Cpu or Gpu upgrade?

giaccah · Sep 11, 2016

My configuration is:
Intel i5 6500
Nvidia gt 710 2gb
Asus h110 motherboard
Samsung 850evo ssd
Wd blue 7200rpm hard drive

I'll do a christmas upgrade,my budget is around 300$:
I've already asked in my country's tomshw,
All users answered "with your case and your power supply(a $40 itek case with stock psu)
You may overheat any air-cooled gpu"
So I thought about cpu upgrade:
I use this computer as a video editing/compositing/logos and graphics design workstation,I know cpu is the most important component for these workstations

Can I do a cpu upgrade,without changing my case?

Keannu · Sep 11, 2016

What case do you specifically have?

A GPU upgrade should help considering that the GT 710 is a pretty low end card. Try an RX 460 or 470. The founders edition exhausts from behind the case so that should help out with your case overheating problems

giaccah · Sep 11, 2016

Keannu :

my case is CABINET ATX MIDDLE TOWER ITEK MOD. REPLAY 2.0 ITP43OS

giaccah · Sep 11, 2016

GamerBoy357 :

I don't want to play games(sorry for my english)

giaccah · Sep 11, 2016

GamerBoy357 :

giaccah :

then the GPU is out of the question. use all of your money in getting an i7-6700 and more RAM.

More ram?sorry,i forgot my ram,16 gb ddr4

giaccah · Sep 11, 2016

GamerBoy357 :

giaccah :

then the GPU is out of the question. use all of your money in getting an i7-6700 and more RAM. also consider getting a new good quality PSU if the budget allows it. the PSU that you have right now is not of good quality and may cause issues such as inadequate power delivery and will cause random restarts and BSODs when you upgrade to an i7. if there is an electrical outrage then the PSU will die and along with it will go your precious components.

a 50$ psu may fit for my budget

coozie7 · Sep 11, 2016

Can any of your editing/compositing software use the graphics card to accelerate it? Some software can use CUDA (Nvidia only), some Direct Compute (AMD only) and some can use Open CL (All makers) while some software can use any of them.
Can your software use more than 4 threads?

In the meantime I suggest you:

1: Get a good quality power supply, no need to go over 500Watts, but it really should come from a top class maker: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html If you're using this system for work the last thing you need is for a cheap PSU to fail and kill the entire computer.

2: Add a second HDD for backup, perhaps even run the two drives in a mirrored array, it's rare for a HDD to fail but knowing that will be no comfort if one DOES fail and it takes your entire portfolio with it.

3: Add a SSD, select one large enough to hold your software and operating system with enough space left over for it to hold the file/s you are working on, so you'll use the SSD as a working drive and the HDD/s for bulk storage.

giaccah · Sep 11, 2016

coozie7 :

Can any of your editing/compositing software use the graphics card to accelerate it? Some software can use CUDA (Nvidia only), some Direct Compute (AMD only) and some can use Open CL (All makers) while some software can use any of them.
Can your software use more than 4 threads?

In the meantime I suggest you:

1: Get a good quality power supply, no need to go over 500Watts, but it really should come from a top class maker: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html If you're using this system for work the last thing you need is for a cheap PSU to fail and kill the entire computer.

2: Add a second HDD for backup, perhaps even run the two drives in a mirrored array, it's rare for a HDD to fail but knowing that will be no comfort if one DOES fail and it takes your entire portfolio with it.

3: Add a SSD, select one large enough to hold your software and operating system with enough space left over for it to hold the file/s you are working on, so you'll use the SSD as a working drive and the HDD/s for bulk storage.

My configuration has a 120gb samsung 850evo,it's enough.

I use adobe suite,it can use CUDA and openGL

Saga Lout · Sep 11, 2016

I've reinstated the original Best Answer selection. It's for the original poster to reverse that and award another.

@coozie7 - please don't misuse the ability to award or deselect BAs. If the OP thinks your response is better than GamnerBoy357's, it's their prerogative to make that change.

coozie7 · Sep 11, 2016

My mistake, Saga Lout, not sure how I managed to pull that one off, I'll be more careful in the future.

Saga Lout · Sep 11, 2016

Thank you.

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