My VERY old (2007) computer is finally getting an upgrade. I build my own systems and prior to getting back into the hobby I did overclocking as a hobby (water cooling, peltier, case modding, etc). I've upgraded parts over the years. Things like video cards and hard drives. I've even got a caching SSD drive to speed things up. The problem is that with my larger print jobs being vectored it really bogs down... a LOT. Illustrator does not play nice with these. I'm not a big gamer but I'm huge on reliability. As this basic rig as lasted me the better part of a decade lets do the comparison.
Parts to be re-used:
MSI GTX 950 2GD5T OC video card
WD Caviar 500GB HDD
Sandisk 32GB ReadyCache SSD
Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W PSU (overkill, yes, but leftover from OC days)
ASUS 28" LED monitor
mouse and keyboard
Old (to be replaced) parts:
Biostar NF520-A2 Motherboard
AMD Athlon X2 3800+
G.Skill DDR2 2GB RAM
old beat up case
Optical drive
New parts:
Gigabyte GA-H110M-A LGA1151 Motherboard
Intel Core i3-6100
G.Skill DDR4 8GB RAM
Thermaltake Versa case
LG Blu-ray drive
The advantages here are that I have an upgrade path for memory and processor. I have USB 3.0 now. A case that is minimalistic and has better cooling properties and I can even add my water cooling back if I get really ambitious. In short I should be able to process my plans with no issues and do video processing much faster for my Youtube videos. I can even add in a storage drive to keep all my airplane files backed up. SInce this machine sits in my bedroom I do use it to watch Netflix in the evening. Adding the Blu-ray drive is nice to be able to watch movies in bed on sick days and times when the Kids otherwise have our main TV occupied. We have no cable so internet is our only source of programming.
Pretty excited for this. I've not done a new build in years but I expect it will not take but a few hours to do.
Parts to be re-used:
MSI GTX 950 2GD5T OC video card
WD Caviar 500GB HDD
Sandisk 32GB ReadyCache SSD
Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W PSU (overkill, yes, but leftover from OC days)
ASUS 28" LED monitor
mouse and keyboard
Old (to be replaced) parts:
Biostar NF520-A2 Motherboard
AMD Athlon X2 3800+
G.Skill DDR2 2GB RAM
old beat up case
Optical drive
New parts:
Gigabyte GA-H110M-A LGA1151 Motherboard
Intel Core i3-6100
G.Skill DDR4 8GB RAM
Thermaltake Versa case
LG Blu-ray drive
The advantages here are that I have an upgrade path for memory and processor. I have USB 3.0 now. A case that is minimalistic and has better cooling properties and I can even add my water cooling back if I get really ambitious. In short I should be able to process my plans with no issues and do video processing much faster for my Youtube videos. I can even add in a storage drive to keep all my airplane files backed up. SInce this machine sits in my bedroom I do use it to watch Netflix in the evening. Adding the Blu-ray drive is nice to be able to watch movies in bed on sick days and times when the Kids otherwise have our main TV occupied. We have no cable so internet is our only source of programming.
Pretty excited for this. I've not done a new build in years but I expect it will not take but a few hours to do.