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brokdown711   10-09-2009 at 03:56:19 AM

What would you do in this situation?

 

Current specs:
- Dual core 2.66 GHz, 533MHz FSB, 2 x 1 MB L2 Cache
- 1 GB DDR2 (Max 2 GB)
- 200 GB Hard Drive

 

"And I play no video games on the PC. Strictly used for media. Music, Video, and crap load of pictures. Also, some programs such at MATLAB, Maple, AutoCad, etc. I use it for school, but also for "fun" with all the media."

 

I would upgrade the rest of the computer first.. just my $0.02


Message edited by brokdown711 on 10-09-2009 at 03:57:27 AM
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Silver Home Brew badge hunter315   10-09-2009 at 04:05:57 AM

Definitely upgrade the rest of the system, while load times may be annoying they are nothing compared to the time wasted waiting for the processor to complete its workload.

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Bronze Home Brew badge Transmaniacon   10-09-2009 at 08:35:51 PM

Definitely upgrade the core components first, a new CPU will be like night and day.

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jared51182   10-09-2009 at 10:13:05 PM

SSD is waste if you don't have a system that can make everything else move smoothly. They are high cost and the return is for load speeds primarily, but if the system can't handle all the information loaded quickly, the loading doesn't really help anyway.

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Bronze Home Brew badge obsidian86   10-09-2009 at 10:21:55 PM

doesn matter where you put it,its a question getting it there in a faster time so upgrade the other hardware first


Message edited by obsidian86 on 10-09-2009 at 10:22:13 PM
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nun   10-09-2009 at 10:22:23 PM

upgrade system and get some more ram its cheap!

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