Dimple   10 #1 Posted September 6, 2017 I have an old computer Socket 775 Q6700, 4 gig of DDR800, 850w psu, A really sucky gfxI can watch all my media on the big screen so ill probably keep that.  Ive had issues with it recently and considered replacing it all but ive sorted the issues and its running reliably again so want to keep using it and tbh i cant afford a spangly new pc Which upgrades would get me a few more years use out of it?  I was thinking of a QX cpu or DDR1200 ram or even an SSD. If it was your money what would you spend it on to get the best performance boost for the best value for money? Thanks in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MrRobot   10 #2 Posted September 6, 2017 SSD is where my money would go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ghozer   112 #3 Posted September 6, 2017 SSD, a GPU and some RAM if your board can support it... the Q6700 is still a very capable CPU... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Dimple   10 #4 Posted September 6, 2017 SSD is where my money would go.  Cheers. Are there any you would recommend?  ---------- Post added 06-09-2017 at 06:46 ----------  SSD, a GPU and some RAM if your board can support it... the Q6700 is still a very capable CPU...  GPU im not to fussed about. As i said the one ive got (passive cooled with 1gb ram) does what I need as I only use it to watch my media on the tv As for ram my board can take 8 but im running windows 7 32 bit. Is it worth upgrading to 64 bit? Id like to stick with win 7 as i like it and im used to it but would the extra 4 gig of ram coupled with a 64 bit os make a difference? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MrRobot   10 #5 Posted September 6, 2017 Cheers. Are there any you would recommend?  Depends on your budget and size of SSD needed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Dimple   10 #6 Posted September 6, 2017 Depends on your budget and size of SSD needed.  Not sure about budget really as ive no clue what they cost lol However, As Ill want to replace the c drive and have it usable (when i say usable i mean big enough to hold all my programs and my usual c drive stuff) it will need to be pretty large. My current c drive is only a 640GB so ideally id want around a 512gb ssd. Im happy to keep my two storage drives as standard hdd's though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
apelike   10 #7 Posted September 6, 2017 Personally I would keep the CPU, up the memory to 8GB,get a 250GB SSD and change to Win64.  A good 250GB SSD (Samsung or Sandisk) will set you back £75 and use this as the main C: OS drive then use the others as storage or programs if space gets limited. Not sure the size of memory sticks you have at the moment or what the MB would take but if you can use what you have already then keep the same speed. You wouldn't benefit much from going higher anyway. You will benefit though if you increase the memory to 8GB and change to a 64bit system. Could be upgraded for less than £100.  How many memory slots do you have and what is in them at the moment? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Dimple   10 #8 Posted September 7, 2017 Personally I would keep the CPU, up the memory to 8GB,get a 250GB SSD and change to Win64. A good 250GB SSD (Samsung or Sandisk) will set you back £75 and use this as the main C: OS drive then use the others as storage or programs if space gets limited. Not sure the size of memory sticks you have at the moment or what the MB would take but if you can use what you have already then keep the same speed. You wouldn't benefit much from going higher anyway. You will benefit though if you increase the memory to 8GB and change to a 64bit system. Could be upgraded for less than £100.  How many memory slots do you have and what is in them at the moment? Thank you After seeing your adivce if located two more sticks of 2gb of the same ram I have got I have 4gig installed in two slots, I have two slots free and my board can take up to 8gb Ive also got hold of a copy of Win7 64bit so when everything arrives Ill be installing the ram and the new os. As for the ssd ill have to put that on hold for a few weeks but it will be my next purchase. Thanks again for the tips  Interestingly though, Although my ram is rated at 1066 (pc8500) its only actually running at 800mhz Would anyone be able to tell me why? Id like to use the full potential of the ram but cant understand why it seems to be essentially under clocked? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ghozer   112 #9 Posted September 7, 2017 Thank you After seeing your adivce if located two more sticks of 2gb of the same ram I have got I have 4gig installed in two slots, I have two slots free and my board can take up to 8gb Ive also got hold of a copy of Win7 64bit so when everything arrives Ill be installing the ram and the new os. As for the ssd ill have to put that on hold for a few weeks but it will be my next purchase. Thanks again for the tips  Interestingly though, Although my ram is rated at 1066 (pc8500) its only actually running at 800mhz Would anyone be able to tell me why? Id like to use the full potential of the ram but cant understand why it seems to be essentially under clocked?  If the other ram is slower it will slow them all down to the slowest speed, then there's other things like board support, or it may be that you have to set it manually in the BIOS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Dimple   10 #10 Posted September 7, 2017 If the other ram is slower it will slow them all down to the slowest speed, then there's other things like board support, or it may be that you have to set it manually in the BIOS  The new ram is 1066 same as my current ram This is my board https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128336 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ghozer   112 #11 Posted September 7, 2017 The new ram is 1066 same as my current ram This is my board https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128336  What RAM is it?  First thing I would do, is check it's on the memory support list...  https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-X48-DS4-rev-13#support-doc  Then, i'd be trying to set the speed manually in the BIOS.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Dimple   10 #12 Posted September 7, 2017 What RAM is it? First thing I would do, is check it's on the memory support list...  https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-X48-DS4-rev-13#support-doc  Then, i'd be trying to set the speed manually in the BIOS....  Cheers for that The ram is OCZ Gold Edition PC2-8500 DDR2 Memory 1066MHz CL5 2.1V I seems its not on the support list, not sure if thats a deal breaker, it always seems to have worked fine though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...