Upgrade an old PC

[diabolik]

Hello guys! I want to ask  if i have a motherboard Asus P5Q PRO and a Q9300 it s worth to buy more than 8 gb DDR2 800Mhz or 8GB DDR2 1066MHZ(improve so much performance?) ... I already have 4gb DDR2 800Mhz. And what is the best videocard for this? (I don't really play games and i have Asus ROG 750 laptop but i'm more interested to play mkv 1080p, bluray video and maybe i can play 3d movies too in this standard?)

[Philcat101]

Hello guys! I want to ask  if i have a motherboard Asus P5Q PRO and a Q9300 it s worth to buy more than 8 gb DDR2 800Mhz or 8GB DDR2 1066MHZ(improve so much performance?) ... I already have 4gb DDR2 800Mhz. And what is the best videocard for this? (I don't really play games and i have Asus ROG 750 laptop but i'm more interested to play mkv 1080p, bluray video and maybe i can play 3d movies too in this standard?)

It depends on how much system memory you would be using. What is your load ram usage?

[shadowbyte]

Speed on RAM doesn't matter too much, but 8GB will be a definite improvement.

As for video card, go for something like an r7 250 or 240, or a used 660.

[jramsden]

8GB will be a definite improvement, upgrading to 1066Mhz is always good but you wont really see the difference yourself.

Video card options  r7 250/260, or a GTX 750

[LabRat]

don't waste your money on ram.

 

any card listed above would be good enough...240/250. if you have a decent power supply newegg has a 6970 for about 70-80 bucks.

[diabolik]

my power suply is  Enermax 525W Seria MODU 82+, ATX v2.3...... ANd i want to use that pc for a Home Server or to record video for some Cams.. but can i play mkv bluray 1080 on this pc? with this Graphic Cards? (I have 2xHIS ATI Radeon HD 4830 and i remember that videocard strugle with bluray video...)...  ( i didn t start that pc for a long time because i need to clean it first

[LabRat]

i can't comment on blu-rays. i only ever ran 2 of them. it was onboard apu graphics ( 5800k ) and power dvd 15......... think the software matters more.

[diabolik]

i have 2xATI Radeon HD 4830 and bluray run very bad frame by frame... and i want to sell this GPUs

[refinedskillz]

Speed on RAM doesn't matter too much, but 8GB will be a definite improvement.

As for video card, go for something like an r7 250 or 240, or a used 660.

750ti no?

[App4that]

Speed on RAM doesn't matter too much, but 8GB will be a definite improvement.

As for video card, go for something like an r7 250 or 240, or a used 660.

Really, really, wrong. There's a reason we overclock our ram buddy.

 

[LabRat]

that's a completely different scenario/different platform. does not apply here. i ran a few 775's. ram speed doesn't matter a whole lot and wouldn't make it cost effective to got with faster ram and it won't do anything to help with OP's usage.

[xgn]

No it wont make any difference 8gb is enough for normal use.