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tazpafc

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Posted July 9, 2012 at 6:10PM

Hi guys,

So i was thinking about buying a new laptop but have decided to upgrade my current pc instead. The thing is im not very switched on with pc,s so thought id post here so you guys can help me, basicaly i know what ram i need and whats the max i can have but im having trouble trying to figure out what processor to buy so im gonna try putting as much info about my specs here as i can to help you help me lol, not worried about graphics as i dont play any high end games, all i play is football manager so here we go,

Acer Aspire X3960

Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)

3.10 gigahertz Intel Core i3-2100

Multi-core (2 total)

4042 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Board: Acer Aspire X3960

Bus Clock: 100 megahertz

BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P01-A4 03/08/2011 (this is what it said under main circuit board)

and just incase you wanted to know the graphics Intel(R) HD Graphics Family [Display adapter]

So iv tried finding out the mother board and its come up with whats here and intel H67 so hope you guys can h

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KRONOS the First

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Posted July 10, 2012 at 10:53AM

Then if you want a decent CPU I would go for either the i5 2500K (around £160) or i7 3570K (around £170). I would put the rest towards a better graphics card perhaps a HD 6670 (around £60) or a HD 6770 (around £75.

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woodchip

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Posted July 10, 2012 at 11:07AM

motherboard may not suport it

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woodchip

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Posted July 10, 2012 at 11:07AM

support

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Woolwell

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Posted July 10, 2012 at 11:11AM

As far as I am aware Football manager reports on your overall computer performance and not processor performance. One of the snags with a large database is your hard drive speed. I note from Chronus' link that it is only 5400 and the speed of retrieve and write of data is going to be a limitation. I think that this plus RAM is more important than processor.

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Woolwell

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Posted July 10, 2012 at 11:12AM

ps when you run FM 2012 then it should show processor load.

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woodchip

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Posted July 10, 2012 at 11:19AM

And I will go with Bigger and Faster Hard Drive 7200 RPM speed at least

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tazpafc

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Posted July 10, 2012 at 12:14PM

Thanks Chronus again So Woodchip you reckon it could be just a case of the hardrive needs upgrading? iv bought some more ram yesterday so im gonna have 12gb of ram and really all i do use the pc for is browsing, listening to music but main thing is footie manager so do i need a better graphics card or no?

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tazpafc

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Posted July 10, 2012 at 12:17PM

Ps how do i get my windows 7 onto the new hard drive as my pc already had it installed?

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woodchip

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Posted July 10, 2012 at 12:28PM

Yes I think will see a difference if you get a bigger drive and at least 7200 RPM. don't think you will see no difference with the memory

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woodchip

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Posted July 10, 2012 at 12:33PM

Yes I think will see a difference if you get a bigger drive and at least 7200 RPM. don't think you will see no difference with the memory

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