Ssd or Cpu upgrade?

[Guest]

Hi all,

I need some help making a decision on upgrading my system. My chocies are a 90 gb ssd sata 3 or a 980 Phenom 2. I have an Athlon II x3 450 and it works fine for me right now with what I do, and an fx 990 motherboard (I got it because my old one was so old). I'm not a big gamer, and play mostly old games. I never had a ssd and it sounds exciting, but there's a good deal on that processor right now. Any help to make up my mind? Is that processor a significant upgrade? Thanks.

 

[o1die]

I'd go with the ssd and overclock your 450 if your board permits. Be sure to match the sata rating to your board; both sata II or sata III ssd's are faster than most conventional hardrives. I've used ocz, kingston and patriot brands.

 

[davidjuk]

Triple core at 3.2?

No question. SSD all the way.

 

[anomnious]

I recently started my own build and it's main delima was the same 2600k+elite mobo or 2500k with ssd.

Needless to say I agree with o1die on this one get the ssd put your main programs and OS on it and enjoy the speed.

 

[RetiredChief]

The HDD is the biggest bottleneck to most systems. Sounds like you would see little difference in increasing cpu speed/cores based on what you are doing.

The SSD will make a big difference in loading your OS (cut down boot time) and improved load times for programs. It will NOT speed up in-program performance (ie improve fps in games). It wil NOT speedup downloads and brossing the web.

That Said, I love my SSDs have them in two desktops and twolaptops.