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True, I'm sure Adobe will (eventually) even further optimize their code for the 7xxx quad i7 series but with Ryzen throwing some chaos into the market, even the 68xx/69xx series i7 prices have come down some. Sounds like a good time to be shopping for a chip.
Scott, buy a PCIe-NVMe HD to go with the new motherboard you are going to have to buy
what im thinking about doing is recycling most parts, and simply buying a i7-7700 (or alike), MB, and 16gb of DDR4. Reusue the Case, PSU, Heatsink, HDDs, and GPU...
the micro center down the street from me has a good deal on the 7700k right now.
It'll do just fine for your needs, just old product if I recall
The OEM intel heatsink may have a pre-applied thermal pad, use a cotton ball and some high % isopropyl alcohol to get her shiny and like new. Apply splooge arctic 5.
Yes intel doesnt supply the cooler any more as most people that buy the highe ned cpu toss it out anyways so they just made 2 versions, one without the cooler thats cheaper and one with the cooler.
Good to know. I haven't bought a new CPU since my i7 920, or whatever it was. The ones they used to supply worked fine as long as all you are doing is browsing the web and doing spreadsheets, but they are fairly easily overwhelmed if you start trying to do anything cpu intensive.
Originally Posted by Braineack
new cpu is rocking and rolling.
Adode Lightroom running much better. Can watch a 5GB 4K video, skipping around, like it's a 5MB video.
The bios is really fancy and tuned the cpu and chasis fans for me, computer is running much quieter right now!
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So, all those drives, why? Get a 500gb M.2 and run two 500gb SSDs in raid, done. I'd be scared to hang a GPU with no rear IO to screw it down to, new cards are heavy with either cooler. I also feel like you need more room for radiator, pump, and res. Unless you're going AIO.
So, all those drives, why? Get a 500gb M.2 and run two 500gb SSDs in raid, done. I'd be scared to hang a GPU with no rear IO to screw it down to, new cards are heavy with either cooler. I also feel like you need more room for radiator, pump, and res. Unless you're going AIO.
I have 3 drives at the moment. The 2 extra will be empty spots. the gpu i'll mount more. will be runnig IO yes. Corsair 110gt