Starsky
Novice Member
I'm utterly clueless with CPU's RAM and boards so hoping to appeal to some gurus for some help.
I've run CPU-Z to get (hopefully) the info needed, but I'm lost with what the MOBO is. It says BENGAL on it - I think it might be THIS Foxconn RS 780 though CPU-Z reports a: Packard Bell BV PBGL00 (which may just be relevant to the PC: a PACKARD BELL BV IMEDIA A3317) - the board is identical though and CPUZ says it has an RS690 chipset.
The CPU is an AMD Phenom X3 8550 Triple-Core Processor Socket AM2+ (940).
My problem: The PC struggles when dealing with large and RAW image files, and also chuggs along noisily when converting video with varying and slow results. Editing video is virtually impossible.
I have a 512mb ATI Radeon 3400 plugged into the PCIe slot (with onboard GFX disabled) which runs a decent LG widescreen over DVI. I know it's not the best card by a long chalk but it's better than the IGFX and performs well under any other circumstances - I'm not a PC gamer.
It has 3GB of DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM (1 X 1024 & 1 X 2048) which seem adequate enough running Win 7 Pro.
I think I'm right when I say my video card is the biggest bottleneck going off the Win7 experience report (attached) and I know I need to upgrade that, but I think the CPU needs an upgrade too?
My question is, given the info above and at the link, would someone be kind enough to help, and recommend the best CPU for this board? I say best as I'm guessing even the toppest of spec CPU's isn't going to break the bank at this level - but I'd be hoping for about the £50 mark. Being short on cash at the mo I think the CPU is going to be the cheapest to upgrade.. Or would the CPU need to work less and not be maxing out if the video card was more capable (i.e leave the CPU for now and concentrate on the video card upgrade)?
Thanks loads for any help. Chips and boards baffle me.
I've run CPU-Z to get (hopefully) the info needed, but I'm lost with what the MOBO is. It says BENGAL on it - I think it might be THIS Foxconn RS 780 though CPU-Z reports a: Packard Bell BV PBGL00 (which may just be relevant to the PC: a PACKARD BELL BV IMEDIA A3317) - the board is identical though and CPUZ says it has an RS690 chipset.
The CPU is an AMD Phenom X3 8550 Triple-Core Processor Socket AM2+ (940).
My problem: The PC struggles when dealing with large and RAW image files, and also chuggs along noisily when converting video with varying and slow results. Editing video is virtually impossible.
I have a 512mb ATI Radeon 3400 plugged into the PCIe slot (with onboard GFX disabled) which runs a decent LG widescreen over DVI. I know it's not the best card by a long chalk but it's better than the IGFX and performs well under any other circumstances - I'm not a PC gamer.
It has 3GB of DDR2 PC2-6400 RAM (1 X 1024 & 1 X 2048) which seem adequate enough running Win 7 Pro.
I think I'm right when I say my video card is the biggest bottleneck going off the Win7 experience report (attached) and I know I need to upgrade that, but I think the CPU needs an upgrade too?
My question is, given the info above and at the link, would someone be kind enough to help, and recommend the best CPU for this board? I say best as I'm guessing even the toppest of spec CPU's isn't going to break the bank at this level - but I'd be hoping for about the £50 mark. Being short on cash at the mo I think the CPU is going to be the cheapest to upgrade.. Or would the CPU need to work less and not be maxing out if the video card was more capable (i.e leave the CPU for now and concentrate on the video card upgrade)?
Thanks loads for any help. Chips and boards baffle me.