Okay, so quite a while back I built my first system. My goal was to get good bang for my buck. That's all, really. I'm not into games, but I do quite a bit of video editing and 3d animation and rendering. I'm kind of thinking the Mobo might actually be the best thing to upgrade, since it only has 3G SATA and USB 2.0 for the rare occasions when I use external drives. Not sure about the RAM...I hear contradicting accounts as to whether that board can support more than 8GB.
Mother board: ASUS M5A78L-M LX V2
Processor: AMD FX-4170
RAM: Kingston 2X4GB 1333mhz (According to CPU-Z, but I'm sure I went with 1600, so I need to check that)
GFX: AMD Radeon 7770
OS: Windows 7 UIltimate (64 bit)
Storage:
Primary drive (windows and a few of my more commonly used apps): Samsung SSD 840 series
Secondary drive (other software and for writing rendered video and grapics to): Not sure. lol. It's 250G and 7,200 rpm. Think it was Seagate
Storage drive (for raw video and all files used in creation of final output (textures, etc) Hitachi 1Tb 7,200 rpm (I may get another and raid level 1 it with this one)
I'm not looking to spend a ton. I'd rather make the most of what I have by good housekeeping than splurging cash all the time. I was thinking of just upgrading to the FX-8150 as an option that will get much faster render times for little outlay. I'd go with faster RAM and more of it, but for the Mobo's limitation. I don;t really wanna be buying a new mobo until it's time to design my next system and that may be a long time off, since I have countless things I'd rather spen my hard-earned on
Mother board: ASUS M5A78L-M LX V2
Processor: AMD FX-4170
RAM: Kingston 2X4GB 1333mhz (According to CPU-Z, but I'm sure I went with 1600, so I need to check that)
GFX: AMD Radeon 7770
OS: Windows 7 UIltimate (64 bit)
Storage:
Primary drive (windows and a few of my more commonly used apps): Samsung SSD 840 series
Secondary drive (other software and for writing rendered video and grapics to): Not sure. lol. It's 250G and 7,200 rpm. Think it was Seagate
Storage drive (for raw video and all files used in creation of final output (textures, etc) Hitachi 1Tb 7,200 rpm (I may get another and raid level 1 it with this one)
I'm not looking to spend a ton. I'd rather make the most of what I have by good housekeeping than splurging cash all the time. I was thinking of just upgrading to the FX-8150 as an option that will get much faster render times for little outlay. I'd go with faster RAM and more of it, but for the Mobo's limitation. I don;t really wanna be buying a new mobo until it's time to design my next system and that may be a long time off, since I have countless things I'd rather spen my hard-earned on