N00b Processor/Grpahics Card Question
Windows Index Experience has told me the following:
Processor: 4.2 RAM: 4.5 Graphics: 2.2 Gaming Graphics: 3.2 Primary Hard Disk: 5.7 Windows Aero is running. Would a processor upgrade be best or would improved performance come from a better grpahics card? My PC was pretty cheap when I bought it, so the processor may be built in to the motherboard. How can I find out without physically looking? The graphics card is almost certainly built in, but there is a place from upgrading, I believe. Where can I get a good cheap processor/graphics card from? My current processor (according to Windows 7) is an Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.2 GHz 3.19GHz. This seems high, but that might be because it is possibly not duel core? |
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Apart from general browsing and the such, I use it to record music which can be quite resource intensive. I do not use graphics programs at all (except for Windows Aero, which could be smoother), but am considering upgrading as it is seemingly the weakest part of my PC by quite a long way. |
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I think I have narrowed it down to a potential four processors. Afaik, they are all really similar.
Back in the day, processors used to be easy to understand by their speed. Nowadays we have dual cores and quad cores and god knows what else! Can anybody shed some light on which of these is the superior one? http://www.ebuyer.com/product/134552 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/153125 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148715 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166192 |
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The last two are the best ones in that batch, but the chipset on your motherboard doesn't support them. Instead, look for Core 2 Duo processors in the E6xxx range.
A word of warning though, though these are the most recent processors that'll work with your motherboard, they are all between two and three years old, while the one you currently have is 3 years old. You'll notice some speed improvement, especially when multitasking, but the difference will be minimal. Don't bother buying a graphics card. There are only two reasons to do this (graphics work and gaming), and neither is valid in this case. It's a myth that upgrading single parts of computers leads to significant performance improvements or that this is somehow cost effective. Personally, I would stick to what you have now. It's not a "good" computer by any stretch of the imagination, but upgrading single parts will not improve it by much, and the money is better saved for (say) next year, when you'll probably be better off replacing the entire core of the computer (mobo, cpu, ram, gfx, psu), which, yes, will be more expensive, but which on the bright side won't be a complete waste of money. |
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I see... That's most unfortunate.
I was kind of hoping to gradually buy bits and bobs for this system, then buy a new motherboard & case in a while and transfers the bits over. But if that is the case then it's not worth doing. Thanks for the advice. |
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OK. Plan B. No idea how fesible this is, but...
I buy a new motherboard then plug all my current PC components into it. Then I replace the old components bit by bit until I have a brand spanking new system. Clearly, there is no immediate benefit, but it will allow me to have a gradually better PC, which can be upgraded indefinately. Is this a workable/worthwhile plan? |
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I think you should probably (disclaimer here) be able to replace your current motherboard with a newer Socket 775 one and reuse your CPU (maybe RAM too), but as with replacing the CPU, you won't notice much of a difference.
Peripherals like displays, CD/DVD drives, hard disks can each be upgraded independently from all other parts without too many issues. However, as I said before, the core of the computer (mobo, cpu, ram, often psu and gfx as well) should always be replaced together, both for compatibility reasons and cost effectiveness. |
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From my own personal experience i know alot of music software uses the processing power of the soundcard quite alot. |
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All the new cpu's look coolwith dual quad and more cores on it ,but just a few programs use multi core tech
With your cpu its a good one just put in 2 gig ram and find out iff you can put in a bit better graphic card it hink you can upgrade for 100 euro to 2 gig ram and a nice Graphic card |
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