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SSD or CPU upgrade? Here's probably a dumb question. I'm tentatively building my computer with the Intel Core i3-3225 Ivy Bridge (see my build thread here). Am I better off spending the extra hundred on an SSD, or by upgrading to the Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge and using my old 500 GB HDD. The machine will be for multitasking word, itunes, web, Photoshop, windows movie maker, and netflix/youtube. No gaming. Thanks! |
SSD FTW |
For what you are using it for, the better cpu will provide little benefit. The exception is photoshop, so if you will be doing a lot of PS, it might be worth it, but I would say you should put the money into an SSD. Get at least a 120GB for your main os drive, then use the 500gb for everything else. 500 Might be a bit small, but you can easily upgrade that later |
The ssd will provide the most noticeable improvement in performance. You will notice it right away if you've been using hard drives previously. |
Great, sounds good! SSD it is. I don't do a whole lot of photoshop, just a little here and there. Here's a related question that I asked in a different post, but didn't get a solid answer for: Will a 128GB SSD be big enough to load a dual boot of Win7 and Mint? |
Yes, but not much room left so I wouldn't recommend it. |
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Since you own a Z77 , you can also purchase an Intel 40 GB and use Intel RST to cache your OS drive with the Intel SSD, is DAM fast, I have 2 builds with RST and I can't see the difference with my others builds with pure SSD as OS 3 weeks ago I get one in special from Egg for only $ 60 with free shipping |
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Honestly, I'd rather skip caching and have 100% SSD speeds 24/7. I'd suggest OS's and apps on the SSD with extra apps and all downloads, media, data, etc. on your 500GB HDD. Just my opinion, of course. |
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