Posts by Nathan James2

crimsonstag84 said:Intel Celeron G1820
Kingston DDR3 1600MHz, C11, 8GB, KVR16N11/8
MSI H81M-E33 motherboard
Patriot SSD Blaze R545/W430, 120GB, 7mm, 2.5" PB120GS25SSDR

Total price: $433 Centro

Thanks.
One more thing. Would it be worth stretching the budget slightly to get an i3 processor instead?
I mean, would the machine actually feel significantly faster compared to this Celeron?
I'm a bit skeptical since the Celeron only has 0.5 MB of L2 cache.
Even my current Intel Core i7-13700K has much more than that.

wiredotter14 said:If you're actually planning on spending that much, then take a look at what Bryan Taylor6 told you.

Alright. Would I see a noticeable jump in performance if I swapped out that
Intel Celeron for an i3 instead?
What's the verdict on the graphics card I mentioned (NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030)?
Is it actually going to outperform integrated graphics?

Bryan Taylor6 said:You didn't mention which motherboard you're running or what kind of budget we're looking at here...

If you can find some cheap DDR2 lying around, I guess grab the RAM, and an SSD might be a nice little bonus... though I doubt the board even has SATA III ports. Still, even on SATA II, it should feel snappier than a standard hard drive.

The real move would be dropping a beefier processor into that board. It probably won't cost much on the used market, but we definitely need the model name first...

The board is an ASUS P5 KPL/EPU with a G31 (Bearlake) chipset and ICH7.
I'm looking to spend about $15-$$667 max.
Should I just upgrade the CPU on this board and add more DDR2 and an SSD, or what?

I have an old computer sitting here that has barely seen any action until today.
The processor is an Intel Core i7-13700K,
it has 2 GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 graphics card.
The storage is a 320 GB Western Digital HDD along with a DVD/RW drive.

I am wondering if it makes sense to upgrade by bumping the RAM up
to 8 GB and adding an SSD.
The main use for this machine would be 2D graphic design, specifically using Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW,
and Adobe Photoshop.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.