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thoeng   09-09-2009 at 08:12:39 AM

Hi All,

Below is my current spec:

CPU: e5200 @3.63GHz
MB: P45 UD3LR
Ram: generic 4GB DDR2 800
GPU: ATI 4650 OCed abit

I have been asked to build another PC for relatives that doesnt need much performance and i was thinking to let them canibalize my machine so i can upgrade my parts.

I dont do much gaming, most of my activities involving multitasking like photoshopping, video converting, etc and web development.

What parts will do most gain to me (CPU or Ram) i want to get best bang for buck.
If its CPU will it really jump it to get 4 Cores (Q6600 or Q9400) or 2 cores (e7500 or e8XXX) and give me cheap best recommendation. Notice that i still to intend OC them later on.

If it ram, can you recommend me which will go well with the system ?

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Maziar   09-09-2009 at 08:37:35 AM

Hello and welcome to the forums :)
You have a great rig,the only thing i WAS going to recommend u upgrading it was your VGA but since u don't game much then there is no need to do,u have a great CPU,a CD2 @ 3.6 can handle everything fine,your RAM is good too,4GB is enough for everything too,i don't recommend upgrading anything for now,do u have any problems with your CPU ? is it slow for what u do ? i don't think so because as i said its pretty fast.

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mi1ez   09-09-2009 at 09:59:09 AM

Since you mention photoshop and video converting, my first instinct would be to go with a cheap, OCable quad, but you'd be best to check how well your software multi-threads.

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amnotanoobie   09-09-2009 at 05:44:11 PM

Go for a Quad, then you would be able to convert a movie while doing photoshop. (Though that might load your hdisk heavily)

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thoeng   09-10-2009 at 08:13:53 AM

would jumping to quad wagon will give me significant performance boost ?

what would be best bang for back for quad q6600 or q9400 ?

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Maziar   09-10-2009 at 09:31:44 AM

It really depends on how u work with PS,because your current CPU is good,but u will benefit from Quad core in them too,it mostly depends on what u do,between a Q6600 and a Q9400,the difference isn't much,Q6600 has more cache but has is 200MHZ slower and has 1066MHZ FSB(Compared to 1333 of Q9400)so go for the one which is cheaper

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amnotanoobie   09-10-2009 at 10:02:51 AM

With PS, it depends on what you do.

With video encoding, if your software properly supports quad-cores then you could possibly cut the encoding time in half.

With web development, even a dual-core would do.

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