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ChrisG23

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I have a core i7 920 cpu in an asus p6t deluxe v2 mobo. I would like to update the the ram (currently 6 gigs) to 24Gb, add an ssd for C and add a third 1.5 platter drive. Is it worth updating or should I replace the cpu and mobo? I don't run any hardcore editing software or gaming, it's mainly for storage and productivity.
 
Are you happy with the power you have now? Is it a prebuilt machine? If not, and you think it is slow, you can try Overclocking it. Its like upgrading your processor just by changing a few settings.

As for the upgrades, it sounds good if you need it. Personally, I do not see you having a need for 24 GB of RAM for productivity, unless you have 200 documents open at once, or one 50K page one.
storage drives will work with any board, so that is good no matter if you keep the current or go new.
 
I built it in 2009. Certain programs (vuze) chomp up quite a bit of ram while loading. It also takes quite a while to load from cold start. As far as over clocking, I'd rather not if possible, as I'm not the most computer savvy.
 
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Only you can really answer your question. If you feel your CPU is too slow, then upgrade, if not, then keep it and maybe go to 12GB of RAM. That's still a pretty good setup you have there I reckon, but if you want to upgrade I'd look into a 3770K and a Z77 board perhaps.
 
ChrisG23 said:
I built it in 2009. Certain programs (vuze) chomp up quite a bit of ram while loading. It also takes quite a while to load from cold start. As far as over clocking, I'd rather not if possible, as I'm not the most computer savvy.
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Okay, RAM is cheap. So that is a good upgrade.

What brand motherboard do you have? You can always try overclocking before upgrading. May just save you a bit of $$, witch is the name of the game in life. Just have a decent cooler on it. Even if you don't have a good cooler, you can grab a Hyper 212 EVO and it will be transferrable if you choose to upgrade later anyway.

Al said, the 920 is a great processor once you push it to 3.5GHz or so. Which most can do easy.
 
I have a lot to learn about over clocking. I think I overclocked it to 3.2 or 3.4 stable in the past. I would love to learn more about the board. It would be great to have a few different profiles for over clocking. Like a standard clock, a slight OC and then a high pefrormance OC.
 
What would be an average ideal core temp when running prime95? I think it would hang around 76 or 77 with my coolermaster v8.
 
So I guess the general theme is that the processor and mobo are worth putting $130 int to upgrade to 24GB of ram. The other upgrades can be transferred to a new mobo and cpu if I'm unhappy with performance.
 
exactly. Try what you have. You can transfer memory, storage, coolers, PSU, GPU, and case can all be used on a new build if you don't like the performance.
 
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It also takes quite a while to load from cold start.
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If this is the case then most likely you need to do some general cleanup maintenance on the machine.

1. Download and run Ccleaner
2. Scan your system for malware using Malwarebytes
3. Defrag your hdd if needed.
4. You may have too many programs loading on bootup which you may not need.

So if you want to try running some maintenance to see whats going on please do the following.

Please download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware from here or here and save it to your desktop.
  • Double-click mbam-setup.exe and follow the prompts to install the program.
  • At the end, be sure a checkmark is placed next to
    • Update Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
    • and Launch Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
  • then click Finish.
  • If an update is found, it will download and install the latest version. Please keep updating until it says you have the latest version.
  • Once the program has loaded, select Perform quick scan, then click Scan.
  • When the scan is complete, click OK, then Show Results to view the results.
  • Be sure that everything is checked, and click Remove Selected.
  • A log will be saved automatically which you can access by clicking on the Logs tab within Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

If for some reason Malwarebytes will not install or run please download and run Rkill.scr, Rkill.exe, or Rkill.com. If you are still having issues running rkill then try downloading these renamed versions of the same program.

EXPLORER.EXE
IEXPLORE.EXE
USERINIT.EXE
WINLOGON.EXE

But DO NOT reboot the system and then try installing or running Malwarebytes. If Rkill (which is a black box) appears and then disappears right away or you get a message saying rkill is infected, keep trying to run rkill until it over powers the infection and temporarily kills it. Once a log appears on the screen, you can try running malwarebytes or downloading other programs.



Download the HijackThis installer from here.
Run the installer and choose Install, indicating that you accept the licence agreement. The installer will place a shortcut on your desktop and launch HijackThis.

Vista and Windows 7 users must right click on the hijackthis icon and click on run as. If the run as option doesn't appear then press and hold the shift key while right clicking on the icon to get it to appear.


Click Do a system scan and save a logfile

Most of what HijackThis lists will be harmless or even essential, don't fix anything yet.

When the hijackthis log appears in a notepad file, click on the edit menu, click select all, then click on the edit menu again and click on copy. Come back to your reply and right click on your mouse and click on paste.

Post the logfile that HijackThis produces along with the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware log
 
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