Back in May 2010, I spent a pretty good chunk of money getting a custom build PC. It consisted of what was recommended to me of a ASUS P6X58D-E X58 ATX LGA1366 3PCI-E16 PCI-E1 2PCI CrossFire SLI USB3.0 SATA 6GB/S Motherboard, an i7 930 CPU. plus a solid Coolmaster case: CM 690 II Midtower case. At that time, I had thought I would be doing a lot of video editing so I choose an i7 over i5 but in fact, that was quite minimal.
My current system has just started to freeze randomly out of the blue. There are no viruses and no new hardware or software was installed lately. I did some troubleshooting and I will see how things play out.
While back in 2010, I knew USB 3 was relatively new. The Asus mobo only had 2 blue USB 3 ports. I didn't like how the Asus shared "lanes" when in USB 3 mode. However, I thought that as long as I had one good SATA 6 GB drive running Windows 7 the extra speeds or throttled speeds with USB. I could always add an SSD drive too, but it was expensive then.
What caught me completely off guard was UEFI. I never heard of it and of course, I knew nothing about it. I didn't know this was going to change things in terms of basic input/output system. I didn't know that I would be limited to running only a 1 GB hard drive under the old legacy bios system. Had I known this, I would've waited. In terms of upgrades, I usually upgrade hard drives first, plus RAM. I have not upgraded my hard drives at all. I am still using my original (although replaced under warranty) 1 GB Western Digital HD and a single but dual partitioned 500 MB Hitachi drive which too was replaced under warranty once. I routinely monitor both drives with HD Tune.
As I do require more storage space these days and my RAM is only 3 GB, less than some smartphones, I need to consider upgrading. I feel I need to look into the future (no PC is future proof, I know) and consider what I should get and not to be in this same situation as I am now of not being able to upgrade my HD by a MOBO restriction. I would prefer faster and more USB ports and a better video card for streaming and watching hi-res movies.
So, I guess I am wondering if I can re-use my current case and what I should be keeping an eye out for in terms of tech? Should I just keep my case as a souvenir and get a pre-fab like a Dell PC which effectively you can't upgrade at all?
Any suggestions or advice is appreciated.
My current system has just started to freeze randomly out of the blue. There are no viruses and no new hardware or software was installed lately. I did some troubleshooting and I will see how things play out.
While back in 2010, I knew USB 3 was relatively new. The Asus mobo only had 2 blue USB 3 ports. I didn't like how the Asus shared "lanes" when in USB 3 mode. However, I thought that as long as I had one good SATA 6 GB drive running Windows 7 the extra speeds or throttled speeds with USB. I could always add an SSD drive too, but it was expensive then.
What caught me completely off guard was UEFI. I never heard of it and of course, I knew nothing about it. I didn't know this was going to change things in terms of basic input/output system. I didn't know that I would be limited to running only a 1 GB hard drive under the old legacy bios system. Had I known this, I would've waited. In terms of upgrades, I usually upgrade hard drives first, plus RAM. I have not upgraded my hard drives at all. I am still using my original (although replaced under warranty) 1 GB Western Digital HD and a single but dual partitioned 500 MB Hitachi drive which too was replaced under warranty once. I routinely monitor both drives with HD Tune.
As I do require more storage space these days and my RAM is only 3 GB, less than some smartphones, I need to consider upgrading. I feel I need to look into the future (no PC is future proof, I know) and consider what I should get and not to be in this same situation as I am now of not being able to upgrade my HD by a MOBO restriction. I would prefer faster and more USB ports and a better video card for streaming and watching hi-res movies.
So, I guess I am wondering if I can re-use my current case and what I should be keeping an eye out for in terms of tech? Should I just keep my case as a souvenir and get a pre-fab like a Dell PC which effectively you can't upgrade at all?
Any suggestions or advice is appreciated.
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