PC Upgrade

[StealthArsenal]

Hey guys,

Been in the upgrade mode as of late with my two (2) gaming rigs and realized I had some parts lying around I am no longer using and would like to potentially upgrade my mothers desktop. She has been running on my old Phenom II X4 945 for probably 5 years now and it is beginning to show some signs of being problematic albeit very intermittent and random. So lets get down to brass tacks here. What is the machine used for:

1. Web browsing (so facebook, other social media, youtube, etc)
2. Real Estate (she is a realtor)
3. Word processing, excel, taxes, etc.
4. Email

In other words your general simple tasks with some multitasking in the mix. I am contemplating putting in either a Core i5 6400 or 6500  (i3 6100/6300 are potentially on the table as well) but I am unsure honestly if she would even see a difference here. I would drop the CPU into a Gigabyte GA-Z170MX Gaming 5 mATX motherboard (I already have this just sitting around) with 8gb of DDR4 Crucial Ballistix Sport. What are the thoughts on the processor for this? Is it worth ditching the 945 yet?

Components that are going to carry over:
- AData SSD (256gb)
- WD Black 500gb
- NZXT H440
- Seasonic X650

[Vercii]

You could really just do with a $300-$400 build including an SSD. She'll see a huge sign of improvement in her daily tasks. No need to add skylake for those tasks. 

[mirshal]

I'm looking for an upgrade on my pc to a more hardcore fast workstation for my photo and video editing.

Currently, I have a couple of ideas on the processor which is a Intel core i5 6600K and maybe a graphics card Nvidia GTX 970 or GTX 960. I'm still unsure about the rest of the parts and even if this combination is good enough. Any advice or suggestions that I can consider?

[StealthArsenal]

@Vercii

 

I have everything minus memory and a cpu.  Since I already have a spare z170 board lying around, I would use it.  I need to just settle on a cpu and I am golden. 

[NTDaws]

1. Why would you put a gaming board in your mother's computer

2. Why would your mother need DDR4 memory

3.http://www.ncix.com/detail/asus-m5a78l-m-usb3-matx-am3-ddr3-55-86166.htm?gclid=CjwKEAjw_ci3BRDSvfjortr--DQSJADU8f2jQjU5DorQmlxAKgKUkuIP3Xc_ZdJ-W9Sx3y-bLw3RKhoCdTvw_wcB Buy this board instead of a high quality board

4.http://www.ncix.com/detail/amd-fx-6300-six-core-3-5-4-1ghz-c1-76934-1302.htm Get This

[StealthArsenal]

As I stated, I already have the board.  It was in a test bench of mine, but I dropped a Maximus Formula into my test bed.  Since I had the board, I will use the board.  A DDR4 kit will cost me $45 USD so not an issue there.  I am just trying to lock down a CPU.  I am likely leaning towards a 6100/6300 and will just utilize the hyperthreading with virtual cores.

[jett473]

14 hours ago, mirshal said:

I'm looking for an upgrade on my pc to a more hardcore fast workstation for my photo and video editing.

Currently, I have a couple of ideas on the processor which is a Intel core i5 6600K and maybe a graphics card Nvidia GTX 970 or GTX 960. I'm still unsure about the rest of the parts and even if this combination is good enough. Any advice or suggestions that I can consider?

photo and video editing, meaning photoshop and Sony Vegas? they'd be mostly CPU bound, with Vegas being slightly effected by GPU (clearly). The big thing is what quality you'll be making the

videos at, but I'm unsure if either one will really make a difference with that, they're both only /really/ meant 1080p with the 970 dabbling in 1440p sometimes. 

 

but I would get a skylake i5 so you could get a skylake i7 in the future and what not.

 

you would need a new motherboard and ram, most likely. Make sure to factor those into this as well.

 

(also, next time make your own thread instead of posting something like this in someone else's thread)

[jett473]

54 minutes ago, StealthArsenal said:

As I stated, I already have the board.  It was in a test bench of mine, but I dropped a Maximus Formula into my test bed.  Since I had the board, I will use the board.  A DDR4 kit will cost me $45 USD so not an issue there.  I am just trying to lock down a CPU.  I am likely leaning towards a 6100/6300 and will just utilize the hyperthreading with virtual cores.

if you have the spare parts for a skylake i5, I'd say go for it, probably any recen i5 would be better then such a old AMD CPU.

[sapphirethunder]

Considering her job, an i5 6400 should be best.