mobisat Posted March 26, 2016 Share Posted March 26, 2016 As I am doing more and more transcoding etc. my old mobo/cpu ain't wonderful. Don't get me wrong it still works fine. I'm not in to gaming so that side don't interest me (for that functionality). Existing setup Gigabyte G41MT-D3 mobo (micro ATX) 8GB DDR3 1066 PC3-8500F (2 x 4GB) Dual core Intel 2GHz Pentium E2180 CPU What I'm looking at replacing it with (rightly or wrongly) Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-HD2 mobo (micro ATX) £39.90 16GB DDR3 1866 (2 x 8GB) £65.47 AMD Athlon X4 860k black cpu (Kaveri, Quad Core, 3.7GHz, 95W, CPU, Retail) £58.63 I'm guessing this should go like sh*t off a shovel? Any better suggestions in this sort of price range? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobisat Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 OK I've pushed the boat out BX80646I54460 - Intel Core i5 4460, LGA 1150, Haswell Refresh, Quad Core, 3.2GHz Base, 3.4GHz Turbo, 1100MHz GPU, 84W, CPU, Retail ASRock Z97 ANNIVERSARY, Intel Z97, S 1150, DDR3/DDR3L, PCIe 3.0 (x16), SATA3 6Gbps, Intel GbE, USB 3.0, HDMI, ATX CML16GX3M2A1600C10 - 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Low Profile Jet Black, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 10-10-10-27, XMP, 1.5V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josweet Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 The 2nd post i way better. Always best to stick with Intel if possible. All i would reconsider is a changing the M/B to Asus and maybe adding an SSD (Samsung Evo) if your able. Asus imo, is by far the most reliable, well built M/B's available, same goes for the Samsung SSD's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobisat Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 The price has almost doubled, but hey ho I've had it for years. I already have the sdd and hdd drives in my current tower, replacing the case too. Just shy of £300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobisat Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 Quick update Before upgrade http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/948704 After upgrade http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/949863 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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