Under CPU'S and Over-clocking

[Hotlips 2]

Hi Again; this is Hotlips 2

Some of you gave me some information about what CPU was better; AMD Phenom 11 945 or Intel i5 560. What I thought would be best at present is to ask you if my spec below could be upgraded any more without spending too much more money. Please remember I like speed. I listened to what you had to say. Most of you suggested that I should keep what I had and not change over to the Intel CPU. Please give me the benefit of your advice.

My thread is still in there for reference.

My Operating System is:
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 945 27 °C
Deneb 45nm Technology
RAM
4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 669MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-770TA-UD3 (Socket M2)
Graphics
SMB2230 @ 1920x1080
ATI Radeon HD 4550 (Gigabyte) 48 °C
Hard Drives
733GB Western Digital WDC WD7501AALS-00J7B0 ATA Device (IDE) 34 °C
Optical Drives
ASUS DRW-24B1ST ATA Device
ATAPI iHAS124 A ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

Thank you.

 

[Ben90]

You need to tell us what you are using your computer for. For example, if you mostly play games you would need a faster video card. If you didn't play games a faster video card would be completely pointless.

If you want to burn DVDs faster, your going to need a faster DVD burner. If you don't have a problem with your DVD burning speed, a faster drive would be pointless.

If you want to transfer files faster over the network you are going to need a faster ethernet card and hard drive. If you don't have a problem with your LAN network speed, a faster ethernet card would be pointless.