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Hello,
I want to upgrade my pc from E6600 dualcore, 6GB DDR3 Ram to a fast desktop PC, please suggest a configuration

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Please give a budget and indicate what you'll be doing with the PC.

Normal Office works like word documents, worksheets. PowerPoint etc, and lot of Video encoding and movie making Photo editing etc

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Upgrade the cpu from dual core to a quadcore (i5 or i7) and the video card. I can't suggest you a graphic card at this moment because I don't know what is the one that you own.

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For office work, you really don't need a fancy graphics card. The built-in Intel graphics that comes with Sandybridge processors should be good enough. You'll probably want to go with a cheaper laptop with the H67 chipset, instead of the more expensive P67 and Z68 chipsets.

Upgrading the CPU will require a new motherboard. The rest of your hardware can still be used though.

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for photo editing work like photoshop you can try a nvidia cuda core card
and cpu seems sufficent for office work, but if you want a more faster pc for office work and photo/video editing then you can upgrade to a quad hex or octa core cpu of intel or amd in your budget

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I'd say get a lower end video card and also a quad core.

if you are starting new, then anything above $100 will be a very powerful desktop cpu.

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chippies wrote :

Thanks a lot, I will go for core i5 2500k and remaining configuration as you sggested, but not thinking for a video card at this moment,
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Thanks a lot, I will go for core i5 2500k and remaining configuration as you sggested, but not thinking for a video card at this moment,
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The K edition processors are all meant for overclocking. The only difference between the i5 2500 and the i5 2500K is that the i5 2500K can be overclocked past the preset maximum turbo frequency (if paired with a P67 or Z68 chipset motherboard), while the i5 2500 cannot. The non-K edition CPU will be cheaper, so if you have no intention of overclocking then don't buy the i5 2500K, rather buy the i5 2500 (non-K edition).

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