Tom's Hardware > Forum > Homebuilt Systems > General Homebuilt > PC needs new brain. cpu/motherboard/ram needed

PC needs new brain. cpu/motherboard/ram needed

Forum Homebuilt Systems : General Homebuilt - PC needs new brain. cpu/motherboard/ram needed

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
Jyzelle   10-11-2009 at 02:17:11 AM

I have a nice larger tower and most items in it are working fine, but I need to replace the CPU and I am leaning towards a new motherboard, cpu and ram.

The current motherboard is an Asus P4c800-E Deluxe with a P4 chip and 2gb ram.

I use the pc for some photo editing and gaming, its on almost all day, most days and 2gb of ram really doesn't seem to cut it with the photo editing.

This is what the hubby was looking at:

Asus P6T Deluxe V2
Intel Core i7 Processor
3 x 2gb DDR3 2000 (leaning toward Kingston or Corsair)

But to me that looks really expensive and kinda over the top. (Its like $740.00) He would love it if someone says oh yeah.. thats perfect, but I think I could convince him to a cheaper alternative if it would work as well.

Please help.
And thank you in advance.

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
False_Dmitry_II   10-11-2009 at 03:14:15 AM

Unless you do lots of heavy gaming it is a bit over the top. You'd also have to pair it with a good graphics card. That would add to the cost assuming that wasn't in it.

It'd be much cheaper to go with, say, a AMD Phenom II x3 720, a AM2+ mobo with either 780g or 785g chipset, with 4 gigs of RAM. You could then even get a Raedon HD 4850 graphics card for it, and still be much much cheaper than the other solution.

Now, that setup won't perform as well as a Core i7 of course. But both of these setups are far and above a P4 chip. You should be able to see a large difference with either one.


Message edited by False_Dmitry_II on 10-11-2009 at 05:13:48 AM
Reply to False_Dmitry_II
Jyzelle   10-11-2009 at 05:47:58 AM

Thank you so much! I will look into that! I have a GeForce 7800 now. It works great. That should still be good enough right?

Reply to Jyzelle
Bronze Home Brew badge niklas_13   10-11-2009 at 07:09:26 AM

Well it would be nice to know the rez of your monitor and what / PSU / Case / HDD / ect you have.

But if your looking for a good system for games and light photo work on a rez of 1680x1050 or lower.

for that 740 you would spend on a X58 mobo ram and cpu, take a look at this setup




SAMSUNG DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223L LightScribe Support - OEM
Item #: N82E16827151188
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
Protect Your Investment (expand for options)

$31.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151188



SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822152181
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
Protect Your Investment (expand for options)

$54.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152181



XFX HD-487A-ZWFC Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814150436
Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy
-$5.00 Instant $149.99
$144.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150436



OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817341022
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
Protect Your Investment (expand for options)

-$20.00 Instant
$25.00 Mail-in Rebate Card
$89.99
$69.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817341022




Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80605I5750 - Retail
Item #: N82E16819115215
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy
COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Item #: N82E16811119137
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
-$25.00 Instant
-$15.00 Combo $284.98
$244.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.269761




GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 LGA 1156 Intel P55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813128405
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
Protect Your Investment (expand for options)
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL7D-4GBRH - Retail
Item #: N82E16820231279
Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy
-$20.00 Combo $204.98
$184.98 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.264221
Subtotal: $731.92

This is a single GPU setup on a micro ATX mobo < witch has grate reviews, and a case with good air flow

This would be a grate little setup IMHO

------------------------------ P55-UD4P / i5 750 @ 3.6 180X20 / GSkill 1600 @ 1420 7-7-7-22 / WD Black 640 / HD 5850 / Corsair 750 / Win 7
Reply to niklas_13
False_Dmitry_II   10-11-2009 at 07:16:08 AM

Well as far as games go, you will see a boost if you just keep using the GeForce 7800 (But you would have seen the same boost with a starting dual core from a few years ago). But nothing like you would if you went up to a Raedon HD 4850.

Also it would be woefully slow if you were to use it alongside a i7 CPU relatively. Since at that point the i7 would be many times over too fast for the graphics card. That's why I said a graphics card would add to the price, since as far as gaming goes it's near pointless to go that far on one and be that far back on the other.

Off the cuff, newegg prices would be $120 for the CPU I listed, about $70 for the motherboard, about $50 after rebates for the RAM, and about $ 100 for the graphics card. So about $340 for the whole thing.

Message quoted 1 times
Reply to False_Dmitry_II
Jyzelle   10-15-2009 at 10:39:26 PM

False_Dmitry_II wrote :

Well as far as games go, you will see a boost if you just keep using the GeForce 7800 (But you would have seen the same boost with a starting dual core from a few years ago). But nothing like you would if you went up to a Raedon HD 4850.

Also it would be woefully slow if you were to use it alongside a i7 CPU relatively. Since at that point the i7 would be many times over too fast for the graphics card. That's why I said a graphics card would add to the price, since as far as gaming goes it's near pointless to go that far on one and be that far back on the other.

Off the cuff, newegg prices would be $120 for the CPU I listed, about $70 for the motherboard, about $50 after rebates for the RAM, and about $ 100 for the graphics card. So about $340 for the whole thing.



Thank you so much for your help! I see what you are saying about the graphics card. We hadn't thought of that.
I have researched what everyone has said and I am making the lower cost pitch to the hubby tonight. Thanks again!

Reply to Jyzelle
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Homebuilt Systems > General Homebuilt > PC needs new brain. cpu/motherboard/ram needed
Go to:

There are 1079 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.364 seconds
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?