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- Kansas
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- 2011
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- Automatic
My job kept me up on current technology and which software and what hardware was at the best price / performance point. But since retirement I'm getting really far out of the loop. I need suggestions from any of you folks who are staying current.
I generally upgrade my workhorse computer about every 5 to 7 years and roll the old one over to wife for her e-mail. It's time to do it again.
I do a lot of video editing and encoding - no gaming - don't want to get into overclocking / water cooling and that extreme level of performance.
I'm kind of leaning toward an Intel 9300 quad 2.5 with a Gigabyte p43 motherboard and a Gigabyte Gforce 240 video card as being far enough up the curve to be worth the upgrade hassle, but not so far up the curve to be paying a huge premium. It looks like mainboard, cpu, 2GB RAM, etc., will come in around $500. Any thoughts?
I generally upgrade my workhorse computer about every 5 to 7 years and roll the old one over to wife for her e-mail. It's time to do it again.
I do a lot of video editing and encoding - no gaming - don't want to get into overclocking / water cooling and that extreme level of performance.I'm kind of leaning toward an Intel 9300 quad 2.5 with a Gigabyte p43 motherboard and a Gigabyte Gforce 240 video card as being far enough up the curve to be worth the upgrade hassle, but not so far up the curve to be paying a huge premium. It looks like mainboard, cpu, 2GB RAM, etc., will come in around $500. Any thoughts?
