What Upgrades For <$500 - Topic

PiKA_HP

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#11

May 4 2013 08:21pm

Quote (GEZodiac @ 4 May 2013 21:17)

everything is fine then, i guess the best thing to do would be get hyperthreading with an i7.

psu is fine.

Thanks. Would a single 7950 do well enough to play most games on ultra?

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#12

May 4 2013 08:24pm

Quote (dolarsignzeroxeighty @ May 4 2013 10:20pm)

it's not too bad , tho it's not the greatest unit.
you don't need a new psu.

upgrade your cpu to this one : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117288
it will render 2 times faster then your current cpu. downside for you is you have a locked multiplier if you want to overclock.

get this graphics card : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133466

cuda cores help with video editing.

i'd rather recommend to get a xeon with a locked multiplier over a i7 tbh.

would he notice a big enough difference if he just OCs his current CPU w/ decent cooling?

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#13

May 4 2013 08:28pm

Quote (Azenor @ May 4 2013 10:24pm)

would he notice a big enough difference if he just OCs his current CPU w/ decent cooling?

it should show some performance boost since the speed boost would be actually be shown since the cpu is 100% usage when rendering.
but i'm unsure of how big the difference would be.

This post was edited by dolarsignzeroxeighty on May 4 2013 08:28pm

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