In 2009 I built my photography computer with this processor Intel® Core™ ® ™ i7-860 Processor (8M Cache, 2.80 GHz) 2.8GHz 8MB 16 GB of DDR3 RAM . Time for a new processor can anyone tell me a good upgrade in the $300-$350 price range for the processor? Thank you
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captaincranky
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Yeah, Mr. Reset is quite right. The socket LGA-1156 has been out of use for years. IIRC, there wasn't really a way to step that up in place anyway. A true upgrade would have required you to bump up to the triple channel RAM series LGA-2011 board. (And please, fact check this post, I'm working from fuzzy memories).
Were you to step up to a current line CPU, the board for that is LGA-1151, best for you would be an X-270 series. That's assuming we're not going to go whole hog with a 4 channel RAM monster
Basically you wouldn't be able to use much more than the case and maybe, (if you're feeling brave, or perhaps foolish)), the PSU.
The biggest up-tick in performance would be utilizing an M.2 PCIE Solid State Drive. The 270 boards have a dedicated slot for those. Any of your Adobe programs will launch in the matter of a couple seconds, I guarantee you'll be astounded!
But the downside is, you're going to have to spring for pretty much an entire new rig.
Besides, while it's a great money making deal for Intel, bumping up to another CPU with a couple extra MHz clock speed, it's rarely a satisfactory solution for someone who wants to increase work flow and throughput substantially. Oftentimes, with an Intel "K" suffix unlocked CPU, you might be able to squeeze and extra 500 Mhz Gig of clock out of it, perhaps a bunch more.
Sorry to be the bearer of good/bad news, but to the upside, these new i5-6xxx & i5-7xxx CPUs, along with DDR4, will eat that Linville rig alive.
Were you to step up to a current line CPU, the board for that is LGA-1151, best for you would be an X-270 series. That's assuming we're not going to go whole hog with a 4 channel RAM monster
Basically you wouldn't be able to use much more than the case and maybe, (if you're feeling brave, or perhaps foolish)), the PSU.
The biggest up-tick in performance would be utilizing an M.2 PCIE Solid State Drive. The 270 boards have a dedicated slot for those. Any of your Adobe programs will launch in the matter of a couple seconds, I guarantee you'll be astounded!
But the downside is, you're going to have to spring for pretty much an entire new rig.
Besides, while it's a great money making deal for Intel, bumping up to another CPU with a couple extra MHz clock speed, it's rarely a satisfactory solution for someone who wants to increase work flow and throughput substantially. Oftentimes, with an Intel "K" suffix unlocked CPU, you might be able to squeeze and extra 500 Mhz Gig of clock out of it, perhaps a bunch more.
Sorry to be the bearer of good/bad news, but to the upside, these new i5-6xxx & i5-7xxx CPUs, along with DDR4, will eat that Linville rig alive.
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MaikuTech
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https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113436
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813144031
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-860-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1500X/m841vs3921
If your not afraid to try a different cpu socket and pathline am4 would be something to really look into.
Also your looking at atleast 40% increase on whatever you do with your computer daily.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117730
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157741
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-860-vs-Intel-Core-i5-7500/m841vs3648
If you want to stick with intel as mentioned by someone else the i5 series would be your best its about on par with 1500x.
The only deal with that is slightly less 9% desktop productivity to the ryzen but you will get a better peformances in higher end games.
Bad news generally you will need to rebuild again, yes its gonna be atleast 800 dollars at best for cpu, ram, mobo and psu.
Good news you get to put your old setup with someone else, it'll sell easily if you know how to wheel and deal.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813144031
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-860-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-1500X/m841vs3921
If your not afraid to try a different cpu socket and pathline am4 would be something to really look into.
Also your looking at atleast 40% increase on whatever you do with your computer daily.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117730
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157741
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-860-vs-Intel-Core-i5-7500/m841vs3648
If you want to stick with intel as mentioned by someone else the i5 series would be your best its about on par with 1500x.
The only deal with that is slightly less 9% desktop productivity to the ryzen but you will get a better peformances in higher end games.
Bad news generally you will need to rebuild again, yes its gonna be atleast 800 dollars at best for cpu, ram, mobo and psu.
Good news you get to put your old setup with someone else, it'll sell easily if you know how to wheel and deal.
MaikuTech
Posts: 1,127 +190
Too chunky and not worth the price tag see why here:
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-7700K-vs-Intel-Core-i5-8600K/3647vs3941
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3687231/ryzen-1600x-intel-7700k.html
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