So I have a problem: My mom wants a new computer (she has been using an old Imac G5 since...well 2005) She edits photos regularly, taken with her Nikon E7000. She has a thing about having essentially every program open at once, and switching between them. I keep telling her she needs a quad core, but she doesn't listen. Anyways, she has finally realized that its time for an upgrade, and has offered to "buy" my computer off of me for the price of building myself a new computer, allowing me to get the latest and greatest in hardware.
My Stats:
i7 920 (not currently OC'd, but when I get around to installing me V1, it will!)
Asus P6T SE
1 TB Hitachi HDD (actually quite slow, quite annoying)
3 gigs of OCZ Ram (sorry don't remember the speed off the top of my head)
HIS Radeon 4850 (I can run anything I want on max save Warhead on my 1280x1024 screen)
Corsair 550 watt PSU
Built in Summer 2009 for $850
I feel like my biggest bottleneck is my RAM, and maybe my HDD. I am also considering getting a 22 inch monitor, so that would probably overly stress my GPU. My biggest issue, however is getting a hold of triple channel ram for my slot 1366. I have checked, the exact model of my RAM is no longer for sale anywhere. I forget exactly about RAM, are you allowed to "mix and match" as long as all modules are the same frequency? Latency? Please refresh my memory.
I play various games, like TF2, L4D(2), Crysis, Just Cause 2, Borderlands, etc... Relatively high end games in all. I also edit photos, edit videos (after effects, windows movie maker FTW) Furthermore, I use various autodesk products, like Maya, 3DsMax, and Inventor, as well as Showcase and Algor. I also do distributed computing programs like F@H or Renderfarm@Home, depending on my mood.
However, from my looking around on Newegg, as well as this website, building a new computer will get me essentially nothing that upgrading my current one will not. I don't really get the processor scene right now, but looking at them, for what I do, none of the 6 core Phenom's do what I want, and there are no budget offerings for the 1366 socket that are an upgrade from my 920. It seems that if I was to go to a 1156 core, I would either be losing performance to price ratio, or lose it by losing the extra channel or ram.
And could someone please explain to me the deal about Sand Bridge? When it comes out in January, will it offer any advantage over the 920? 1156 cores? Phenom II's?
Build my mom a new computer now
Build my mom a new computer in 6 months
Build myself a new computer now, and give her mine
Build myself a new computer in 6 months, and give her mine then
Build myself a new computer in 12 months, and build her a super cheap (400) now, and give her mine then.
Thanks and greetings from the Maximum PC Forums
My Stats:
i7 920 (not currently OC'd, but when I get around to installing me V1, it will!)
Asus P6T SE
1 TB Hitachi HDD (actually quite slow, quite annoying)
3 gigs of OCZ Ram (sorry don't remember the speed off the top of my head)
HIS Radeon 4850 (I can run anything I want on max save Warhead on my 1280x1024 screen)
Corsair 550 watt PSU
Built in Summer 2009 for $850
I feel like my biggest bottleneck is my RAM, and maybe my HDD. I am also considering getting a 22 inch monitor, so that would probably overly stress my GPU. My biggest issue, however is getting a hold of triple channel ram for my slot 1366. I have checked, the exact model of my RAM is no longer for sale anywhere. I forget exactly about RAM, are you allowed to "mix and match" as long as all modules are the same frequency? Latency? Please refresh my memory.
I play various games, like TF2, L4D(2), Crysis, Just Cause 2, Borderlands, etc... Relatively high end games in all. I also edit photos, edit videos (after effects, windows movie maker FTW) Furthermore, I use various autodesk products, like Maya, 3DsMax, and Inventor, as well as Showcase and Algor. I also do distributed computing programs like F@H or Renderfarm@Home, depending on my mood.
However, from my looking around on Newegg, as well as this website, building a new computer will get me essentially nothing that upgrading my current one will not. I don't really get the processor scene right now, but looking at them, for what I do, none of the 6 core Phenom's do what I want, and there are no budget offerings for the 1366 socket that are an upgrade from my 920. It seems that if I was to go to a 1156 core, I would either be losing performance to price ratio, or lose it by losing the extra channel or ram.
And could someone please explain to me the deal about Sand Bridge? When it comes out in January, will it offer any advantage over the 920? 1156 cores? Phenom II's?
Build my mom a new computer now
Build my mom a new computer in 6 months
Build myself a new computer now, and give her mine
Build myself a new computer in 6 months, and give her mine then
Build myself a new computer in 12 months, and build her a super cheap (400) now, and give her mine then.
Thanks and greetings from the Maximum PC Forums
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