Hi guys, i need some upgrade advice on which component of my low-end pc i should upgrade first, the computer was built a few years back by me. The specs are:
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit (Genuine)
MB: Asrock Alive NF7G-GLAN
CPU: AMD Althon x2 240
RAM: 5gb (4 slots available, 3 used 2gb, 2gb, 1gb)
GPU: ASUS AMD Radeon 5450
PSU: 500w OEM Power supply
HARD DRIVE 1: 250gb Seagate 5400 RPM SATA 2 Hard Drive
HARD DRIVE 2: 1tb Hitachi 5400 RPM SATA 2 Hard Drive
Ive narrowed my choices down to a processor, ssd drive and GPU, the options are listed in more detail below:
GPU: Sapphire HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 (£140)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 - QUAD CORE 3.0Ghz (Best CPU My MB Supports) (£80)
SSD: Either Samsung 830 128GB or OCZ Vertex 4 128GB
I know that both the ssd and gpu will be bottlenecked due to either the cpu, sata 2 ports or pcie slots, but i plan on upgrading the whole system in the future, and due to my current financial standings i can only afford one of the above listed at the current time, if you see that there better components than above for the same listed price please inform me, and which ssd will perform better? Thanks In Advance To the Tom's Hardware Community
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit (Genuine)
MB: Asrock Alive NF7G-GLAN
CPU: AMD Althon x2 240
RAM: 5gb (4 slots available, 3 used 2gb, 2gb, 1gb)
GPU: ASUS AMD Radeon 5450
PSU: 500w OEM Power supply
HARD DRIVE 1: 250gb Seagate 5400 RPM SATA 2 Hard Drive
HARD DRIVE 2: 1tb Hitachi 5400 RPM SATA 2 Hard Drive
Ive narrowed my choices down to a processor, ssd drive and GPU, the options are listed in more detail below:
GPU: Sapphire HD 6870 1GB GDDR5 (£140)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 945 - QUAD CORE 3.0Ghz (Best CPU My MB Supports) (£80)
SSD: Either Samsung 830 128GB or OCZ Vertex 4 128GB
I know that both the ssd and gpu will be bottlenecked due to either the cpu, sata 2 ports or pcie slots, but i plan on upgrading the whole system in the future, and due to my current financial standings i can only afford one of the above listed at the current time, if you see that there better components than above for the same listed price please inform me, and which ssd will perform better? Thanks In Advance To the Tom's Hardware Community