- Aug 17, 2001
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I need some help deciding if I should upgrade, which path to take, or just stick with what I got. Currently I have an 1100T x6 processor running at stock speed, but the NB has been overclocked to 3ghz. I have DDR3 1600mhz running fairly tight ram settings.
I am an occasional gamer, titles I've played in the past are The Elder Scrolls Line, Fallout Line, STALKER Line, Metro 2033, Serious Sam 3 etc....no MMORPG titles for me. Right now Im sitting on an overclocked 570 GTX and have been waiting for the right upgrade.
I do occasionally do some video encoding.
As of late, I have been doing a lot of encrypting my personal files, storage etc.
Option one
My first thought would be to simply buy an FX8350 and drop it in. That would enable me to keep the existing motherboard, cooler, etc. These processors supposedly have good multi-thread performance and support AES. Downside from I gather is single thread performance is sub par to the older 1100T.
Option two
Make the jump to an i5 processor and motherboard. Would gain significant performance all the way around. Multi-thread increase, single thread increase, AES Support, encoding performance gain etc. Downside...much more costly to implement for me. I'm not against this idea by any means...but I want the cost to performance ratio to be worth it and justifiable. This option is a guaranteed upgrade...but with a higher price tag attached to it and maybe overkill?
Option three
Do nothing. The machine does everything I ask of it now. I feel like a casual user these days, but I do get impatient while encoding video or encrypting large files/drives.
I know at one point, some hard drives came with a chip to increase AES performance...I'm not sure if these exist anymore and the cost of getting a 1.5-2TB drive this way may cost more than the option one and only gives me one benefit.
Well...thoughts anyone?
I am an occasional gamer, titles I've played in the past are The Elder Scrolls Line, Fallout Line, STALKER Line, Metro 2033, Serious Sam 3 etc....no MMORPG titles for me. Right now Im sitting on an overclocked 570 GTX and have been waiting for the right upgrade.
I do occasionally do some video encoding.
As of late, I have been doing a lot of encrypting my personal files, storage etc.
Option one
My first thought would be to simply buy an FX8350 and drop it in. That would enable me to keep the existing motherboard, cooler, etc. These processors supposedly have good multi-thread performance and support AES. Downside from I gather is single thread performance is sub par to the older 1100T.
Option two
Make the jump to an i5 processor and motherboard. Would gain significant performance all the way around. Multi-thread increase, single thread increase, AES Support, encoding performance gain etc. Downside...much more costly to implement for me. I'm not against this idea by any means...but I want the cost to performance ratio to be worth it and justifiable. This option is a guaranteed upgrade...but with a higher price tag attached to it and maybe overkill?
Option three
Do nothing. The machine does everything I ask of it now. I feel like a casual user these days, but I do get impatient while encoding video or encrypting large files/drives.
I know at one point, some hard drives came with a chip to increase AES performance...I'm not sure if these exist anymore and the cost of getting a 1.5-2TB drive this way may cost more than the option one and only gives me one benefit.
Well...thoughts anyone?
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