Hello,
I have a system I built back in early 2007, that I recently upgraded to windows 7, and I'm looking for advice on how to improve my performance. I appreciate your feedback. It's been a while since I've looked at parts, so I'm not sure where to start, or what will work with my existing system listed below. Be it RAM, CPU, graphics card, MOBO, I appreciate your time to respond:
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: within a month
BUDGET RANGE: negotiable
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: heavy photoshop, web design, possible future windows media system.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED:
* 1 x COOLER MASTER Centurion RC-534-KKR5 Black Aluminum & Mesh bezel, SECC chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply - Retail
(replaced PSU above with this since order)
*1 x PC Power and Cooling S61EPS 610W Continuous @ 40°C EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7 - Retail
Your motherboard should support a quad core, so it could be worthwhile to spend a few bucks on a q9550 or q9650. Also maybe look into a couple gigs of RAM (if you installed 64 bit), as that will help you out a bit as well. Maybe even a 48xx series graphics card.
-------------------------------Kevin
Desktop: Q9400(stock,lapped,SpinTechQ)/Intel DP43TF/VTEK 4850(512)/8GB DDR2 800Mhz/X-Fi Titanium Pro/Liteon BD-ROM/Velociraptor/Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
Laptop: Little Toshiba Satellite (M305)/T6400/4GB DDR2 800Mhz/Windows 7 RC 64-bit (for now
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