Acer Aspire T671 Upgrade

Tallon

Hey guys,

Had a search, found a thread but a slight bit of a different issue.

I'm having some issues when it comes to editing my HD videos in Sony Vegas. They lag beyond being able to watch them in the video preview box, once they are rendered they play fine in Windows Media Player. They won't however play in FLV, itunes, divx or Media player classic.

I bought a new graphics card (GeForce GT220 1GB DDR2) and power supply (BFG 405W) a while ago and still lagging.

I assume the next course is to upgrade my CPU? Would a core duo do, or what would I be best getting?

I don't want to go down the road of doing a brand new re-build due to money issues, and I figure, most of the stuff I buy now I can later transfer to a new PC if needed.

PC is an Acer T671:

Intel Pentium D 915 2.80GHz
3GB DDR2 RAM

Is it a simple case of replacing the CPU to fix my depressive woes

Thanks guys

Tallon

Deano12345

Do you have a 64Bit OS ?

What you need to find is your motherboard model, then we can tell if you can upgrade to a Core2Duo or not.

Tallon

Deano12345 wrote: »

Do you have a 64Bit OS ?

What you need to find is your motherboard model, then we can tell if you can upgrade to a Core2Duo or not.

Yeah sorry, I'm running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

CPU-Z tells me it's:

Deano12345

It does seem as though there are a lot of versions of that particular PC, and I cant really tell how compatible. You wouldnt have any freinds with C2D's that you could borrow and try in your system ?

Tallon

Deano12345 wrote: »

You wouldnt have any freinds with C2D's that you could borrow and try in your system ?

Not that I can think of, but is it just a case of putting it in and trying it?

Solitaire

Nope. You'd need to cool it, and that would mean re-gunging the cooler and snapping it back on (a hair-raising experience with Intel pushpins! ) each time you tried a different CPU

Tallon

Okay, gonna revive this thread as I am upgrading in the next couple of days.

Want a bit of advise first please

Will the below be suitable for the PC, the Graphics card, PSU and HDD's are still perfect

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM
Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

deconduo

Tallon wrote: »

Okay, gonna revive this thread as I am upgrading in the next couple of days.

Want a bit of advise first please

Will the below be suitable for the PC, the Graphics card, PSU and HDD's are still perfect

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM
Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

RAM is probably expensive, CPU is OEM so you need to have an LGA1155 compatible cooler already. Motherboard is great, but I feel that a P67 is generally better value for money if you aren't going to be taking advantage of the write caching.

Where are you ordering from? If its HWVS I would go with something like this:

Total build cost: €300.46 + €30 shipping
ASRock P67 Pro3 (B3), Sockel 1155, ATX €83.63
Intel Core i5-2500K Tray, LGA1155 €174.59
8GB-Kit G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-10667U CL9 €42.24

Tallon

It was from Overclockers

That site looks terrible, is it reliable?

deconduo

Tallon wrote: »

It was from Overclockers

That site looks terrible, is it reliable?

Yeah its great, you can ask anyone here. I've placed loads of orders with them and never had a problem. Shipping usually takes 6-8 days. The only problem is that they only take payment via bank transfer

If you can only pay with a CC then scan is a better option as its cheaper than OCUK:

Total build cost: £308.35 (inc Delivery £7.99 and VAT £51.39)
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-10600 (1333), Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 9-9-9-24, 1.50V £51.36
Intel Core i5 2500K Unlocked, S1155, Sandy Bridge, Quad Core, 3.3GHz GPU 850Mhz 6MB Cache 95W Retail £161.40
MSI P67A-C45 (B3), 1x PCI-E x16, 4xDDR3 2133(OC), Gbit LAN, SATA3, USB3.0, Firewire £86.00

Works out about €30 more with a slightly worse motherboard. Still great value though.

Tallon

The mobo has to have z68 for video editing

deconduo

Tallon wrote: »

The mobo has to have z68 for video editing

Ah fair enough then:

Total build cost: €309.64 + €30 shipping
Intel Core i5-2500K Tray, LGA1155 €174.59
8GB-Kit G.Skill RipJaws-X PC3-10667U CL9 €42.24
ASRock Z68 Pro3 (B3), Sockel 1155, ATX €92.81

Tallon

Okay, just ordered from OC

Item Qty Price
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM 1 £129.99
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard 1 £74.99
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) 1 £29.99
Sub Total: £234.97
DPD Two Day Parcel - Eire & Scottish Islands Shipping: £13.40
Total Vat: £52.16
Total inc Vat: £300.53

twinsen

c c c crazy

Tea_Bag

Tallon you ordered the OEM i5 without a cooler? do you have a 1155 cooler?

anyone any comments on the PSU? I think 400w would be a little on the low side..

Tallon

Tea_Bag wrote: »

Tallon you ordered the OEM i5 without a cooler? do you have a 1155 cooler?

anyone any comments on the PSU? I think 400w would be a little on the low side..

I meant to pick up the retail version, but my basket reset, and I picked the OEM the second time round (Stupid)

The 450w will do, until I get a larger one at the weekend

Tallon

Tea_Bag

you're welcome;)

looks like you didnt need it afterall?

also, i know where you live:eek:

stalker mode: engaged.

Solitaire

Depends on the quality and the 12V output, but seeing as its only an i5-2500k and a GT220...

twinsen

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What a mess Tallon
this is how it should look like:

Tallon

So, thinking about throwing this in it too since it's on sale...

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-force-series-3-120gb-25-sata-6gb-s-sandforce-ssd-read-550mb-s-write-510mb-s-85k-iops

twinsen

Tallon wrote: »

So, thinking about throwing this in it too since it's on sale...

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/corsair-force-series-3-120gb-25-sata-6gb-s-sandforce-ssd-read-550mb-s-write-510mb-s-85k-iops

GGGGo for it.

twinsen

Hey Tallon

Did you buy this ssd by any chance? What are the speeds like?

Tallon

I did yes, speeds are very good!

550 MB/s sequential read — 510 MB/s sequential write
Force Series™ 3 120GB SATA 3 6Gb/s Solid-State Hard Drive

twinsen

Would you say it's flying like?