Budget Range: 700-900 CDN$
System Usage from Most to Least Important: working at home, office work, internet, mail etc. ; some photo / vid editing (adobe)
Are you buying a monitor: No (already have)
Parts to Upgrade: from a complete Acer desktop PC to an ?????????????
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: either big box, or manufacturer site (i.e. Acer, HP , Lenovo)
Location: Canada
Parts Preferences: Acer desktop to one of Acer, HP , Lenovo (Intel CPU)
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:
So, scenario is that I currently have an Acer M3970 (I believe EB15). It's circa 2012! BUT... I bought it with a i7-3770 (fastest at the time) and through the years I doubled the ram (ie 8-16G) and I also added an SSD for the OS and programs. I maintain a HD for files. It still works - well, and pretty much does everything, including video editing. I'm surprised actually.
So, why upgrade? At ~11 years I know it's not going to last forever, due to:
- potential failure - ie lifespan- PS or mobo
- win10 is running out of support in a year (thk you MS and TPM)
So upgrade because:
- enjoy the speed of current
- Win 11 support
- new means early on the MTBF cycle
- possibly still get a few bucks for my current one on resale
- can shop for a sale without the urgency of the moment
In one hand I'm kind of 'use it til it dies... why not, stretch lifespan. On the other hand, I'm kind of thinking be proactive.
For me it will be big box... ie Acer or Lenovo or HP. I just have no need to get into the custom spec'd system and COTS offered bank for the buck.
I'm not thinking about i9 or something crazy, but good price wise. So thinking about possibly i5-13400 (up from my i7-3770). The i5-13400 seems a lot more than my current
one without the need to move into i7/i9 price point. I think i5-13400 based would be the sweet spot. Still 16G of ram and SSD.
Questions for the crowd:
1 - should i upgrade now or use the old one til dead?
2 - would an i5-13400 give me an appreciable difference to make spending $$ worthwhile?
3 - should i wait a year or two? (moreover, is the i5-14xxx or later coming with any major change vs. just speed to make it worth waiting?)
Thanks in advance to all!
System Usage from Most to Least Important: working at home, office work, internet, mail etc. ; some photo / vid editing (adobe)
Are you buying a monitor: No (already have)
Parts to Upgrade: from a complete Acer desktop PC to an ?????????????
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: either big box, or manufacturer site (i.e. Acer, HP , Lenovo)
Location: Canada
Parts Preferences: Acer desktop to one of Acer, HP , Lenovo (Intel CPU)
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:
So, scenario is that I currently have an Acer M3970 (I believe EB15). It's circa 2012! BUT... I bought it with a i7-3770 (fastest at the time) and through the years I doubled the ram (ie 8-16G) and I also added an SSD for the OS and programs. I maintain a HD for files. It still works - well, and pretty much does everything, including video editing. I'm surprised actually.
So, why upgrade? At ~11 years I know it's not going to last forever, due to:
- potential failure - ie lifespan- PS or mobo
- win10 is running out of support in a year (thk you MS and TPM)
So upgrade because:
- enjoy the speed of current
- Win 11 support
- new means early on the MTBF cycle
- possibly still get a few bucks for my current one on resale
- can shop for a sale without the urgency of the moment
In one hand I'm kind of 'use it til it dies... why not, stretch lifespan. On the other hand, I'm kind of thinking be proactive.
For me it will be big box... ie Acer or Lenovo or HP. I just have no need to get into the custom spec'd system and COTS offered bank for the buck.
I'm not thinking about i9 or something crazy, but good price wise. So thinking about possibly i5-13400 (up from my i7-3770). The i5-13400 seems a lot more than my current
one without the need to move into i7/i9 price point. I think i5-13400 based would be the sweet spot. Still 16G of ram and SSD.
Questions for the crowd:
1 - should i upgrade now or use the old one til dead?
2 - would an i5-13400 give me an appreciable difference to make spending $$ worthwhile?
3 - should i wait a year or two? (moreover, is the i5-14xxx or later coming with any major change vs. just speed to make it worth waiting?)
Thanks in advance to all!