My current system is:
MB=Gigabyte GA-MA7890X-UD4P
PSU=OCZ600MXSP
CPU=AMD PH II X3 720 BK AM3 2.8G RT
RAM=OCZ2B1150LV4GK RTL
VIDEO=nVidia GeForce GTS 450
Storage:
2 x ST3750330AS Hardrives
1 Corsair Force GT ssd
I use PCLINUXOS as my main OS and then use Virtual Box to run Autocad in XP for my business.
Considering how this pc is used I started looking to upgrade my memory to 8 gig but quickly found out that this memory is no longer available. This pc is going on 5 years and the memory is pc2 and the sata controller is only 2.
So I come to my dilemma, is it worth it to add memory (I can add 4 more gig's)? I assume that a lower timing ram will work witth what I have (of course the cost is rather high).
Or should I consider changing out the motherboard, cpu and ram, keeping all else.
What do you think? Is my video card fast enough to work well with a new cpu? Since I don't do any gaming what setup would you consider? I've noticed that there are pricing for some combo kits, would these work?
Also should I stick with AMD? Or go with Intel? I've been considering getting an Intel setup with either i5 or i7 processor.
So please give me your thoughts and suggestions. :\
MCP
MB=Gigabyte GA-MA7890X-UD4P
PSU=OCZ600MXSP
CPU=AMD PH II X3 720 BK AM3 2.8G RT
RAM=OCZ2B1150LV4GK RTL
VIDEO=nVidia GeForce GTS 450
Storage:
2 x ST3750330AS Hardrives
1 Corsair Force GT ssd
I use PCLINUXOS as my main OS and then use Virtual Box to run Autocad in XP for my business.
Considering how this pc is used I started looking to upgrade my memory to 8 gig but quickly found out that this memory is no longer available. This pc is going on 5 years and the memory is pc2 and the sata controller is only 2.
So I come to my dilemma, is it worth it to add memory (I can add 4 more gig's)? I assume that a lower timing ram will work witth what I have (of course the cost is rather high).
Or should I consider changing out the motherboard, cpu and ram, keeping all else.
What do you think? Is my video card fast enough to work well with a new cpu? Since I don't do any gaming what setup would you consider? I've noticed that there are pricing for some combo kits, would these work?
Also should I stick with AMD? Or go with Intel? I've been considering getting an Intel setup with either i5 or i7 processor.
So please give me your thoughts and suggestions. :\
MCP