Board/CPU

[iPROTechman]

Asrock N68C-S UCC
|Corsair 2GB XMS2 DDR2 Ram @ Stock
|AMD Athlon 6000+ @ Stock
|XFX ATI Radeon 5770 @ Stock
|Seagate 250GB Barracuda 7200RPM Sata HDD|100GB Partition for OS|150 for Data
|LG Flatron M228WDP 22" TV/LCD @ 1650x1050
|Casecom 6788 Case
|Thermaltake 450W Modular PSU
|Logitech G15 Keyboard
|Logitech G5 Mouse

MY CURRENT SYSTEM LOOKING FOR AS CHEAP OF AN UPGRADE AS POSSIBLE I LIKE TO MULTITASK/PLAY GAMES/Video Encode/Recnder every so often.

I can get hold of an i3 530 CPU
& GA-H55M-S2H (rev. 1.0)

for £80!

That seems cheap to me, it's a real life mate, Would it be a worthwhile upgrade, ( also would it be a noticeable one) whilst keeping my other components and then selling my ram/cpu/board and buying 4GB of DDR3 Ram for £35?

I want a futureproof pc (My current lasted me 3 years) that I wont need to upgrade in a while.


- Josh

 

[MindoverMaster]

You should be OK with that, Josh.

 

[iPROTechman]

I'm just wondering if the i3 is good for gaming as multi-threaded games are going to be utilizing more than 2 cores soon. ( some already do)

 

[Trotter]

You will need DDR3 to go in that board, mate.

 

[iPROTechman]

You will need DDR3 to go in that board, mate.

yeah I know I've got 4GB of mushkin Silverline 1333mhz ram (2x2gb sticks) I just wanna know if it's a worthwhile upgrade and If it'll do video encoding well and gaming

 

[farinha]

The i3 isn't that good for video encoding since it has HT.