Upgrade advice from e7300/ASUS P5Q Pro/4gb RAM build

[ha2fb]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/296066-13-upgrading-core

Was my original thread that has became side-tracked.

It's time for an upgrade and I can spend no more than $575 (without shipping). No longer play cpu games, so this is not a concern. AMD or Intel, Quad or 6Core.

I want this build to handle multi-tasking very well.

-Video encoding/transcoding
-reading & writing
-HDD access times
-Must have 8GB RAM.

AMD BUILD:

AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz - $200

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=19-103-851&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=5&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29#scrollFullInfo

ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - $100

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131398

Patriot G Series ‘Sector 5’ Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory - $165

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220466&cm_re=Patriot_G_Series_%u2018Sector_5%u2019_Edition_8GB_%282_x_4GB%29-_-20-220-466-_-Product

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - $90

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

= $555

Intel Build:

CPU:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

Will this processor turn my performance around? Like Night and Day changes? Or will it be subtle?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115041

Ram:
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory.

The RAM that I have is now discontinued. Will this be a good substitute to add up to 8GB? Also will this be compatible with my motherboard? The motherboard that I have says the memory standard is Dual-Channel. Will it be ok with 2 Dual-Channel kits?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231207

HDD:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD2001FASS 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136456


Total: $ 530

 

[rolli59]

For what you want to do go with the X6 rig. If you build a Intel rig today you should consider LGA 1156 or 1366 but both would be outside your budget.

 

[ha2fb]

The components for the x6 are they suitable? Or can you recommend better hardware?

 

[rolli59]

Those components are fine. The only thing was if you wanted USB3 and SATA 6GB support an AMD8xx chip set board would have been an option.

 

[Outlander_04]

A little more money but
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 AM3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131646

has the latest chipset from AMD as well as ASUS support for over clocking ,and better gfx