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What to upgrade.....it's been too long

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StarsFan4Life

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I do a lot of heavy HD video editing with Sony Vegas 8.0c. I would also like to get back into PC gaming with Diablo 3, Starcraft 2 and others coming out/already out. I am pretty sure I would be ok with the motherboard, as it can take quad core chips. What do you guys recommend I upgrade?

* Cooler Master Elite 330
* Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G motherboard
* AMD X2 AM2 5600+
* 4GB Kingston ValueRam (4x1gb)
* EVGA 8600GTS 512MB video card
* 2X Dell E207WFP 20" WS LCD
* CoolerMaster RP-550-PCAR 550wt PSU
* Logitech DiNovo Keyboard
* Logitech MX Revolution Mouse
* Onboard LAN/HD Audio
 
more memory would probably help if you're running a 64bit OS. a fast HDD would also be a large player in video editing.

otherwise, i think you know the obvious thing, upgrade the cpu to a phenom II x4. or x3 if you're more budget-minded.
 
Definitely GPU if you're getting back into gaming. Something like a 4850/4870 would fit well I think. Also later on you can upgrade your CPU to a PHII X4. Although if you do a lot of heavy video editing now and won't be gaming for awhile maybe you should step up to the PHII now and wait a bit for the GPU
 
I don't see any mention of what hard disk/s you've got in there - that could be a major factor in performance for HD video editing.
 
I only have 1 500GB sata 7200 rpm hard drive. I realize that a faster drive would really improve rendering and such. That is an option for me too!
 
Honestly... For gaming... CPu and Vid card... I'm about to make a similar upgrade myself. I'm going to be looking at a quad core AMD (not sure which, but this is a year out), and whatever a decent video card in about a year will be. Right now though I would say your video card is holding you back a bit, especially with dual monitors running on it. heck, I use SVP 3.0b on mine with little problems at all, and the main difference between yours and mine would be my 6000+ and 8800gts to your 5600+ and 8600GTS, and even then that isn't a great big advantage. If it was me I would wait a little bit as it seems like DDR3 memory is going to be coming into play with the newer AM3 sockets from AMD and similar sockets from Intel.
 
Originally posted by: StarsFan4Life
I only have 1 500GB sata 7200 rpm hard drive. I realize that a faster drive would really improve rendering and such. That is an option for me too!
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For video editing, especially HD, you should see a massive improvement by adding a second hard disk. Specifically, make sure you're always copying from one drive to another when encoding/editing, so that one is reading while the other is writing.
 
I didn't realize you had that rig in your OP ... 😱

The PhI 9600BE and PhII 720BE scores the same in most Sony benches and would be about 40% faster than your X2 5600+. With a little OC the 720BE (which would be better in games, anyway) would be sweet.

But that's $40 you won't have to put toward a second hard drive ...

I run a 9600BE (Gigabyte 780g) at 2.6GHz in my dedicated encoding rig with Sony and (other than a little operator error - lol) it's never let me down.
 
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