Hi folks,
I'm looking for advice on my current box. I've got a fresh copy of Vue 11 Infinite to download and I want my box to handle it well. I'll also be doing some video editing/photoshop. I do play games here and there, but they are not my priority. Also, I'm Windows 7 Home Premium.
Here is my current rig (main components):
Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100283VXL Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Western Digital WD Green WD6400AACS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 Desktop Memory Model
AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor (no 4th core =()
BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX 128M AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
My question - should I start from scratch? or would an SSD and new processor make enough difference to get me up to speed. I don't know the most capable processor that will fit into my mobo, or even if it would be wise to buy something that might not be the latest tech.
Any advice would be dandy =)
jwright
I'm looking for advice on my current box. I've got a fresh copy of Vue 11 Infinite to download and I want my box to handle it well. I'll also be doing some video editing/photoshop. I do play games here and there, but they are not my priority. Also, I'm Windows 7 Home Premium.
Here is my current rig (main components):
Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100283VXL Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Western Digital WD Green WD6400AACS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 Desktop Memory Model
AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Black Processor (no 4th core =()
BIOSTAR TFORCE TA790GX 128M AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
My question - should I start from scratch? or would an SSD and new processor make enough difference to get me up to speed. I don't know the most capable processor that will fit into my mobo, or even if it would be wise to buy something that might not be the latest tech.
Any advice would be dandy =)
jwright