HELP PLEASE! MiniITX AMD-A10 rig upgrade advice for memory demanding tasks & programs.

arcgen

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Sep 4, 2016
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Hi people, about a year ago I setup a miniITX rig as a budget gaming PC (1-2 games) and uni work - programming (Python mostly). Recently, I am starting to work in R and using large datasets along with Illustrator and Photoshop. I think I need to upgrade my PC to compute more efficiently as the datasets I am working with are very slow to load compared with IMacs at uni so I would like a little more speed at home. I am not sure what would be the most appropriate method. Any advice on improving performance primarily for the use of Illustrator and R?
Budget, would like to keep it under 1k upgrade, and obviously not just go out and buy a whole new system, unless this base layout has no hope of being the type of system i need. Thank you heaps!


Specs
Processor - AMD A10-7850k Radeon R7, 12Compute Cores 4C+8G 3.70 GHz
Memory - 8.00 GB DDR3
Motherboard - GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+
Case - Fractal Node 304
Power - Neo ECO
System - Windows 7 & Ubuntu
 

logainofhades

Titan
Moderator
Well you would need a new CPU, and motherboard, at minimum. Also 8gb might be a bit light, on ram. This would be vastly superior, to what you currently have, and is under $1k. Ram may be overkill, but for large files it may prove useful. Could always scale it down to 16gb.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($294.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110N Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Aegis 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk X400 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($141.22 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB GAMING Video Card ($249.99 @ B&H)
Case: Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case (Purchased For $0.00)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($0.00)
Total: $921.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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