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Hi all,
I'm looking to upgrade my home office desktop and was hoping to get some advice from you computer experts. I started to do some research online, but almost all of the recommendations seem to be gaming driven.
I will be using Windows 7 w/ a 24" monitor with DVI. I frequently run video, music and other apps simultaneously.
The current system is running a Core 2 Duo E7400 @ 2.8GHz
I have:
Tower case
Power Supply
750 GB HD
Bluray drive
Nvidia GT430 1MB video card
peripherals
I was looking at getting:
new MB
w/ processor
8 GB RAM
SSD
My questions are:
1) Should I forget the Nvidia graphics card and use on-board?
2) Which MB and processor will give me an upgrade but not be overboard? I have space for full ATX.
3) I was looking at: Crucial MX100 256GB SSD @ $110 on Newegg. Should I just get 128 instead and use the HD for data storage or is the cost differential not worth it to go down?
4) I was looking at: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 @ $70 on Newegg. Is this over/underkill? Something cheaper/better?
I realize this isn't HTPC related, but thought a quick recommendation might be easy? With Newegg links?
Thanks in advance and open to suggestions...
Brian
I'm looking to upgrade my home office desktop and was hoping to get some advice from you computer experts. I started to do some research online, but almost all of the recommendations seem to be gaming driven.
I will be using Windows 7 w/ a 24" monitor with DVI. I frequently run video, music and other apps simultaneously.
The current system is running a Core 2 Duo E7400 @ 2.8GHz
I have:
Tower case
Power Supply
750 GB HD
Bluray drive
Nvidia GT430 1MB video card
peripherals
I was looking at getting:
new MB
w/ processor
8 GB RAM
SSD
My questions are:
1) Should I forget the Nvidia graphics card and use on-board?
2) Which MB and processor will give me an upgrade but not be overboard? I have space for full ATX.
3) I was looking at: Crucial MX100 256GB SSD @ $110 on Newegg. Should I just get 128 instead and use the HD for data storage or is the cost differential not worth it to go down?
4) I was looking at: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 @ $70 on Newegg. Is this over/underkill? Something cheaper/better?
I realize this isn't HTPC related, but thought a quick recommendation might be easy? With Newegg links?
Thanks in advance and open to suggestions...
Brian