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      05-03-2016, 01:46 PM   #27
theriz
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Originally Posted by P1et View Post
Treated myself to a new PC after having had my trust Dell OptiPlex for close to a decade. Thing was solid; ran 24/7 for ten year and never skipped a beat, apart from having to replace the power supply once.

Fast forward to last week, when I took delivery of a new XPS 8900. Dell had a good deal on it, and it came with most of the stuff I was after, including the new i7-6700 processor. It also came with 8GB of memory, and the GeForce GT 730. Few questions:


1) Would it make sense to bump up the memory to 16GB, or even 32GB? I don't play any games, or at least not much. It's more for my SightHound software, along with photo and video editing software.

I would be bumping the memory up to 16 even if you don't play games.

2) If I don't play games, is putting in an SSD drive worth it?

SSD is always worth, depending on your motherboard get the samsung 850 pro or the M.2 950 pro if you're a big spender I have both, the 850 for booting up and storing small things and the M.2 for games. Honestly M.2 is over kill...

3) How about bumping up the video card to a GT 960? I think I can run it without upgrading my power supply. Ultimately, I'd like to use an HDMI out to replicate my security cameras on all TVs in my house, using an HDMI extended over Cat 6e.

If you don't play video games I wouldn't bother upgrading this...

Thanks!
You really have to look at what your needs are and spend money accordingly.

I should upload some pics of my two PC's...
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