Please help me with Upgrades

[gman8]

I am hoping to find some people who can help with upgrading my pc, parts that are compatible with my pc and will make it faster.

i mostly edit photos in photoshop and some video editing now and then, but my pc is getting too slow

i did a copy of my info from benchmark i hope that will help. my budget is around 500/600 euro

my pc is a medion or i believe also  called MP

 

UserBenchmarks: Game 14%, Desk 66%, Work 39%
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 - 77.7%
GPU: Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz) - 3.9%
SSD: Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB - 69.2%
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB - 68.6%
USB: Multi Flash Reader 16GB - 8.8%
RAM: Unknown M2X4G64CB8HG5N-DG 0702 51264Y133I 8GB - 53.2%
MBD: mp MS-7848

 

thank you in advance.greetings from Holland
 

[Slottr]

I'd start with this:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	€331.00 @ Azerty
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	€117.00 @ CD-ROM-LAND
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	€67.90 @ Azerty
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€515.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-19 17:33 CET+0100

Also don't worry about using userbenchmark. That site isn't a reliable source of information

[gman8]

Hey thank you for the reply. i saw that my graphics card is very bad should i focus on that too? and could i maybe still keep the motherboard but then get the ryzen and ram and a better video card? 

budget wise would AMD Ryzen 5 2600 also be good?

oh i wasnt aware of benchmark is there a better site out there maybe? thank you

[Slottr]

9 minutes ago, gman8 said:

Hey thank you for the reply. i saw that my graphics card is very bad should i focus on that too? and could i maybe still keep the motherboard but then get the ryzen and ram and a better video card? 

budget wise would AMD Ryzen 5 2600 also be good?

oh i wasnt aware of benchmark is there a better site out there maybe? thank you

Graphics card is pretty dated as well, yeah. I would put some emphasis on that too. But considering your main focus is PS I would'nt worry about it too much right now.

 

You wouldn't be able to keep your motherboard you currently have if you wanted to go to a new cpu. It requires an entirely different socket.

2600 would also be an okay option. How much is a 2700 where you are?

[gman8]

okay, yes mostly photoshop , after effects. okay thank you for explaining about the motherboard, i guess i need to measure if the motherboard fits my case.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 you mean? its 257 euro 

AMD ryzen 5 2600 is 168 euro

[Slottr]

41 minutes ago, gman8 said:

okay, yes mostly photoshop , after effects. okay thank you for explaining about the motherboard, i guess i need to measure if the motherboard fits my case.

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 you mean? its 257 euro 

AMD ryzen 5 2600 is 168 euro

Probably Won't actually seeing how you have an mATX motherboard right now.

 

Consider a 3600 as well. There's some improvements from the 2600 that make it worthwhile 

 

Also just make sure to quote me so I know when you respond 

[gman8]

29 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Probably Won't actually seeing how you have an mATX motherboard right now.

 

Consider a 3600 as well. There's some improvements from the 2600 that make it worthwhile 

 

Also just make sure to quote me so I know when you respond 

oh damn so i would need a new case aswell? thank you for telling me this.

3600 ok i will make sure to check that one aswell.thanks for the great responses and i hope the quote is working like this. if i dont bother u too much, i keep seeing people also get new power supplies when they upgrade, like big power supplies. i just have the cord out my computer hehe is that enough? or i mean the power supply thats in my pc now?

[Slottr]

Assuming your current case has low airflow because it's an OEM one- I would get a new case as well. There's some good options under ~50 

 

And the OEM power supplies are usually pretty low quality, which is why you replace them. I would definitely do so 

 

Power supply is the box inside your computer that has all the cables coming out of it. 

[gman8]

7 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Assuming your current case has low airflow because it's an OEM one- I would get a new case as well. There's some good options under ~50 

 

And the OEM power supplies are usually pretty low quality, which is why you replace them. I would definitely do so 

 

Power supply is the box inside your computer that has all the cables coming out of it. 

allright i understand . oem isnt that great i understand.little off topic maybe but after that benchmark it said my boot is from a slow hard drive and should be from my SSD, i have a 500 gb samsung portable SSD ( small blue one) would it be better if i copy windows to that somehow? thanks so much for your help, see u are from Canada, always kind people

[Slottr]

Oh? I assumed you had windows installed there already.

 

Yeah you should have your Windows install on that drive instead of the hard drive

 

And no problem, I like helping out with this stuff!

[gman8]

1 hour ago, Slottr said:

Oh? I assumed you had windows installed there already.

 

Yeah you should have your Windows install on that drive instead of the hard drive

no i have win 8.1 on my internal hard drive, and an SSD for my photos. so i now have to figure out how to put my win on SSD haha could that be done retaining all my folders and how windows is or is it more like a clean install? thanks Eh

[Slottr]

9 minutes ago, gman8 said:

no i have win 8.1 on my internal hard drive, and an SSD for my photos. so i now have to figure out how to put my win on SSD haha could that be done retaining all my folders and how windows is or is it more like a clean install? thanks Eh

Cloning is an option, but I find it unreliable.

 

I would do a reinstallation

[gman8]

2 minutes ago, Slottr said:

I would do a reinstallation

okay, and would i be able to make like a backup or recover point that i can go back to or i just have to start a fresh windows and back my files/programs on another hard drive? sorry going off topic but since i dont know much bout the technical stuff haha 

[Slottr]

I'd be doing the latter

 

And no problem, this kinda chat keeps me awake during classes haha

[gman8]

13 hours ago, Slottr said:

I'd be doing the latter

 

And no problem, this kinda chat keeps me awake during classes haha

okay perfect thanks so much , got lots of info , now i,m gonna wait till black friday haha

[Slottr]

1 hour ago, gman8 said:

okay perfect thanks so much , got lots of info , now i,m gonna wait till black friday haha

Sounds good haha, good luck!