PC Upgrade worthy in Long-Term ?
January 24th, 2020
Here are my PC Specs :
Gigabyte GA-8S661FXM-775 Motherboard
Intel Celeron D 341 2.93GHz
1 x 512mb PC3200 DDR SDRAM
Integrated Graphics Card
74GB HDS72808 0PLA380 SCSI HDD Stock PSU
Original Casing
And this is what i am upgrading to :
ASRock 880GM-LE Motherboard
Athlon II X4 620
Kingston 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM
Sapphire HD5750 1GB GPU
1TB Samsung SpinPoint F3 HDD
Acbel R88 600W PSU
Antec 300 Case
Is this worthy of editing HD Videos at a reasonable speed & of still meeting requirements in years to come for both software & games ? I want a new beginning with this new PC
You should change the processor from Athlon to a Phenom.
because of my budget , icant afford to make changes, its a humongous upgrade from what I have now ! So im sticking with this setup . Ive got a Celeron D which is purely outdated, but how many years will I realistically last with this PC before its will start to feel like I never upgraded, based on future Software upgrade requirements, excl. gaming ?
u rly need 1 TB hardisk ?
u rly need 1 TB hardisk ?
yes , i want this to be able to last for a couple years without any upgrades .
i woujld recommend saving abit more, upgrading the cpu to a Phenom II, and changing the graphics card to the HD6*** series, it will then be fine for a while
The thing is, Athlon II X4 620’s are a bargain at the moment.
Call of Duty Black Opps isn’t out yet so we can’t guarantee the likely for you to be able to run it. Although its safe to say that you can get some decent FPS out of this rig with a bit of lowered details.
Editing video these days is on Nvidia Cuda hardware or AMD Stream hardware.
Each hardware will require different programs
The 5750 will have Stream and the GTX460 will have Cuda.
Is this new setup worthy to upgrade to ? Is there room for possible upgrades in years to come ?
It only costs around $825NZD to build this. Is this worthy of playing upcoming Call Of Duty Black Ops on / for editing HD Videos at a reasonable speed / of still meeting requirements in years to come (both software & games)? I want a new beginning with this new PC
Its is a good upgrade from what you had but not a great upgrade.
It will play Black Ops fine and will do a good job on the encoding but as for future upgrades you are going to be limited apart from banging in more memory or a new graphics card. A new CPU on that board would not give you a great improvement and would effectively mean a whole new system.
It will play Black Ops fine and will do a good job on the encoding but as for future upgrades you are going to be limited apart from banging in more memory or a new graphics card. A new CPU on that board would not give you a great improvement and would effectively mean a whole new system.
What is the max RAM i can have on this ? And whats is the TOP CPU i can upgrade to ?
Call of Duty Black Opps isn’t out yet so we can’t guarantee the likely for you to be able to run it. I know I just want to be able to use this PC for a couple years before any upgrades are made .
I am not building a Gaming Rig, its just for Casual Browsing, editing videos, converting movies & maybe gaming 1 or 2 games .
What is the max RAM i can have on this ?8 Gigabyte of DDR 3 1333 Mhz.
Assuming your filling the 2 slots with 4 Gigabyte per stick. Right now, we don’t really need that much memory.
Single stick of 4 Gigabyte is somewhat expensive.
I recommend one thing though, since your not going to play that much, buy the video card a bit later. When Black Ops is out for instance.
The GST is already at 15%, at that time when Black Ops is out, I suppose some cards will have a slight price drop and you get to have more choices as AMD 6000 series is somewhat limited in our shores.
why do ppl go overboard with computers these days? if it’s games u r worried about that don’t be.
i bought my rig almost 3 years ago (cpu bought in 2007 and gpu at 2008) and i can still run every game (besides GTAIV) on max settings on 1680X1050 with AAX2 or AAX4 and get smooth framerates. i have no doubt in my mind COD:BO will work smoothly on my machine. in fact i can’t see ANY game that i will have troubles to run. not crysis 2, not two worlds 2, not brink, not even rage. my rig is a Q6600 @ 2.4ghz, 2GB ram, HD4870 512mb , win XP. that rig, which is pretty medium range, is fully capable for any game to play well. it’s not like i will recommend a new pc gamer to buy MY rig but im pretty sure your rig, , will hold well for years.
why? cuz almost every game that came out since 2006 is multiplatform and is optimized to work on a 4 year old hardware. any new hardware will hold just fine until the new generation of consoles comes out and that will take some time. i am not familiar with your intended CPU but im pretty sure that if my quad core is doing a good job than so should yours.
it's not like i will recommend a new pc gamer to buy MY rig but im pretty sure your rig, , will hold well for years.thanks that was really helpful.
I recommend one thing though, since your not going to play that much, buy the video card a bit later. When Black Ops is out for instance.Thanks i will do that, just to save money and get this up & running more quickly.
Also, is my current HDD compatible with this rig ?
The AM3 socket is going to see a lot of CPUs. That said, you’ll be able to upgrade your CPU in the future if you want to. I’ve never heard of Acbel, I’d recommend going with a reputable brand’s PSU (SeaSonic, XFX, Antec, ThermalTake, Corsair, etc.).
go for minimum phenom x2 (i have 550be) u choose whichever suits ur budget and as for graphics card wait for ati 6xxx series, it should be good, if there is little price difference between 5750 & 5770 then get 5770 or at least 5670. check these sites for reviews & ur local country sites for prices, coz i have no idea abt the price in ur country.
review sites:
overclockersclub.com
tomshardware.comThe AM3 socket is going to see a lot of CPUs. That said, you'll be able to upgrade your CPU in the future if you want to. I've never heard of Acbel, I'd recommend going with a reputable brand's PSU (SeaSonic, XFX, Antec, ThermalTake, Corsair, etc.).You do know that Acbel makes power supplies for Corsair?
They are a big brand in Taiwan, Acbel Polytechnic. But yeah, Acbel’s market is usually China and believe me, they make big. Since they usually don’t sell that public, usually OEM. Here is their 80 plus silver certification from their R88 600W unit:
http://www.80plus.org/manu/psu/psu_reports/SP269_ACBEL_PC7062_600W_Report.pdfThe PSU brands you mentioned are not realistic in NZ.
Seasonic, pricey and it might be lucky if we even get one here.
XFX, pricey and surely they have a minor design flaw, we have a minor stock problem.
Antec, well their stock is usually old stuff in NZ, price isn’t that desirable.
Thermaltake, we don’t buy from that brand anymore, retailers don’t stock much of them.
Corsair, surely kind of expensive, not much in terms of value. Nah its all the same, CPU sockets, AM3+ is due next year.
I am sticking with this setup, just is my current HDD compatible with this rig ?
You do know that Acbel makes power supplies for Corsair?They are a big brand in Taiwan, Acbel Polytechnic.
You sure about that? I’m pretty sure Corsair PSUs are made by Seasonic, Channel Well and most recently Flextronics. Eh well then again, you’re near where he lives so you should know best.
Your HDD will work regardless of whether it’s IDE or SATA since the motherboard has both of them.
(And in complete irrelevance to this topic, three years for 150 posts, hurray.)
Your HDD will work regardless of whether it’s IDE or SATA since the motherboard has both of them.(And in complete irrelevance to this topic, three years for 150 posts, hurray.)
Ok thanks, I will save the new HDD for abit later on, I just want to get this up & running ASAP.
Congrats .
So the bits ineed firstly for this PC to run is Motherboard, CPU, RAM, PSU & Casing right ? Then i can use my existing HDD until i’ve got enough for an upgrade. Same with Video/Sound card …
I’ll come back & ask for help later, when I am building this rig together.
Thanks everyone