Upgrading from my old phenom x3 720

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Hi guys,

I have a phenom x3 720. I’ll try to upgrade my computer, and I have two options:
Fx 8350 for 150€ maintaining my ddr3 8gb or a i5 7400 for 300€ as I have to invest in ddr4 memory.
What do you think is the best option? Basically is the computer I use to manage and store my pictures. As usually I use my job laptop or the iPad.

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justin.m.beauvais
If you are just using the PC for managing and storing pictures, I think you'd see a much better performance increase from faster storage. If you just got a boot Solid State Drive and a good storage drive you'd see much better every day use, plus the Phenom II 720BE isn't a horrible CPU. My wife uses my old 720BE with an old Intel 160GB SSD, WD 320GB HD, 8 GB of RAM, and an R9 270x for all kinds of things and it is a snappy performer capable of moderate gaming. I keep pushing her to upgrade but she staunchly refuses and says her computer is just fine for everything she does.
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Your usage scenario looks kind of sketchy. If you're looking to have your desktop as a means of a data/storage hub then you should be looking at a NAS of sorts or a build that is as low powered as possible. Mind sharing what you currently have?

If I were you and you also tax the system with professional photo editing duties, I'd choose the i5 since the AMD processor part you've listed comes to a dead halt.
 
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If you are just using the PC for managing and storing pictures, I think you'd see a much better performance increase from faster storage. If you just got a boot Solid State Drive and a good storage drive you'd see much better every day use, plus the Phenom II 720BE isn't a horrible CPU. My wife uses my old 720BE with an old Intel 160GB SSD, WD 320GB HD, 8 GB of RAM, and an R9 270x for all kinds of things and it is a snappy performer capable of moderate gaming. I keep pushing her to upgrade but she staunchly refuses and says her computer is just fine for everything she does.
 
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