New PC well under performing!!

Oussebon

Oussebon

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I simply can't agree. If the OP really wants to feel 8 years worth of better performance, they shouldn't get the Pentium. It's a great budget CPU and obviously miles better than the previous build the OP had - but the issue is that the Semperon build was completely rubbish and they want to feel the difference not only from that but from their previous computer.

It won't be long before the OP might find the Pentium a touch slow. I have a G3258 @ 4GHz and I feel moments when it's slow in general use (and no - my OC is fine.) They won't find the i5 slow for a very, very long time.
http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-pentium-g4400-processor-review-skylake_179724/8

If we're saying that a G4500 won't feel any slower than an i5 in a few years time, I can't agree. Perhaps an i3 6320 with the stock intel cooler if the OP wants a compromise to reduce the cost but not utterly trash performance.
i3 vs Pentium: http://www.3dnews.ru/924775/page-2.html

I also have a Caviar Black (you can see in my sig), and given the choice between a brand X HDD + Samsung Evo SSD VS a single WD Black, the SSD+ HDD combo wins it for me each time. The difference in OS and program loading is night and day.

Obviously it's up to them how much to spend. But I don't see the point in buying a case, PSU, motherboard, OS, and all the rest, which is a few hundred quid as a baseline, and then putting a pretty borderline CPU in it. Waste of money. They'd be as well sticking to what they had before the Semperon build and saving £400.

Also, they should really get a case that actually has front-facing USB 3 when there's one for the same price.
 
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LFFPicard

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I agree with Oussebon purely on the basis that the OP has not upgraded for 8years, wants to see a significant difference in performance and I would assume is not looking to upgrade for another 8years, so it will need to last and fell fast for that time.
 
mantadog

mantadog

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I am coming at this from a more budget option, seeing as the OP bought a sub £300 machine before I though budget might be important. Going back I can see that he is willing to spend up to £600 so that could obviously leave room for a SSD etc, might be worth the SSD and upgraded RAM etc if the OP wants it to last forever.

That said, the spec I posted will last for a long time and can be upgraded with RAM/SSD when the time comes. I stand by the CPU as I cant ever see chrome or Microsoft office needing much more than the pentium
 
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smurph

Member
Ok, thanks people, I have reviewed those and researched selling existing m/c which will be difficult, and quite a loss. Is there another type of upgrade i could do, i.e change mobo & cpu? Though not sure if PCS will accommodate this!
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
Changing a motherboard and CPU are perfectly do-able. Building any PC is basically an expensive version of Lego. However, they're among the more complicated things you can do to a PC, especially if its your first time building.

I imagine it would also have warranty implications. I've never found PCS to be obstructive in terms of honouring the warranty, but a new mobo and CPU are very substantial modifications and if there was a problem with the PC they'd probably only service it with the original CPU and mobo inside. That's just a personal guess, I don't work for them so don't know 100% how they operate with that. :)
 
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smurph

Member
Thanks, but I aim to ask them to quote to do this, thus retain warranty, and they can fully setup & check the system.
 
Rakk

Rakk

The Awesome
Moderator
smurph said:
Thanks, but I aim to ask them to quote to do this, thus retain warranty, and they can fully setup & check the system.
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I know their upgrade service doesn't include motherboard (or case) upgrades, I think (this is speculation on my part) that this is because its basically a whole new build because you'd have to completely disassemble the machine and rebuild from the start - but yeah it's possible they will do it, you'll have to let us know :)
 
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