I've SEARCHed, but no one has asked a question quite like mine--that I can find.
Instead of spending $2500 for a new computer and then months reinstalling software, I'd like to improve my current Dell XP8500 tower machine purchased a bit over 4 years ago. I've installed two SSDs--an Intel 810 (I think; might be an 820) system drive and a Sandisk 480G data drive--and maxed RAM at 16GB. I'm a fotografer and use Photoshop intensively, but that's the only heavy-duty processing I do. I run W7Pro currently but will be upgrading to 10 soon.
Is the core i7 3770 the best I can do?
Instead of spending $2500 for a new computer and then months reinstalling software, I'd like to improve my current Dell XP8500 tower machine purchased a bit over 4 years ago. I've installed two SSDs--an Intel 810 (I think; might be an 820) system drive and a Sandisk 480G data drive--and maxed RAM at 16GB. I'm a fotografer and use Photoshop intensively, but that's the only heavy-duty processing I do. I run W7Pro currently but will be upgrading to 10 soon.
Is the core i7 3770 the best I can do?