Hi all,
A relatively quick (I hope!) question.
I have a relatively ageing computer now, a Core2Duo e8400 (stock), 4GB RAM, Asus P5K-VM and GTX260/GeForce 6200 graphics (for 3 screens) and a decent PSU (I forget the model number now)
I've noticed a significant slow down over recent months, which reformatting the hard drives and reinstalling windows (Vista) hasn't really changed. On a fresh install it still takes far too long to load up programs, and things like photo editing take an age. A year or two ago the same software on the same hardware ran quickly and smoothly.
My question is, is this likely to be a single individual component, which if replaced would bring this back to 'like new', or am I just better off getting a new motherboard/CPU/RAM combination? Looking around the benchmarks of things like the new Intel G3528 don't look much different than the Core2Duo I already have - so I don't want to do a like for like swap unless the newer components will mean it will run smoothly.
This isn't really a gaming PC, I use it just for office, internet, and quite a lot of image RAW processing and photoshop/GIMP. It's the RAW processing which I've noticed recently is really painfully slow. I have on occasion played Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3, but they run on fairly low spec machines. I don't play games much these days, as I have a 2 year old! Most of the time I do it's on the XBox anyway.
So, do I replace just one or two parts or buy something like this:
http://3xs.scan.co.uk/configurator/o...e-bundle-87oc5
I'll update Windows either way, probably to 7 rather than 8.1.
Thanks for the advice guys and girls.
Alex