Hello, greetings from Italy
My current system
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 AM2 3500+ (2.21ghz)
MoBo: Asus M2n-E
RAM: no brand (at least I can't remember) - 1 gb DDR2-800 + 2x kingstone 1gb DDR2-800
Scheda video: Asus EN7300TC 512Mb silent - geforce 7300 LE (-> geforce 9800 gtx ?)
I'm wondering what's the best CPU and GPU I might buy to increase the speed of my PC (especially while using software like lightroom and Photoshop, but also for some light gaming). Ram upgrade in a few weeks maybe I'm mainly interested to CPU and GPU at the moemnt and I have a small budget... I'm planning a major system upgrade by 2-3 years, but at the moment I need some boost.
I know my Mainboard can mount up to phenom with BIOS update, but I'm worried about TDP, so I think the question simply reduce to what's the best Athlon I can get?
Thank you for any help
Guido
My current system
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 AM2 3500+ (2.21ghz)
MoBo: Asus M2n-E
RAM: no brand (at least I can't remember) - 1 gb DDR2-800 + 2x kingstone 1gb DDR2-800
Scheda video: Asus EN7300TC 512Mb silent - geforce 7300 LE (-> geforce 9800 gtx ?)
I'm wondering what's the best CPU and GPU I might buy to increase the speed of my PC (especially while using software like lightroom and Photoshop, but also for some light gaming). Ram upgrade in a few weeks maybe I'm mainly interested to CPU and GPU at the moemnt and I have a small budget... I'm planning a major system upgrade by 2-3 years, but at the moment I need some boost.
I know my Mainboard can mount up to phenom with BIOS update, but I'm worried about TDP, so I think the question simply reduce to what's the best Athlon I can get?
Thank you for any help
Guido