Best Upgrade for my PC please

[Camerashy]

Hi - hope you can help please.
My computer from pcspecialists is now approx. 2 years old and I was wondering what would be the best way to upgrade it to make it run faster or for general improvement.
The spec is as follows - Intel i5-760 quad core 2.80 and 8 MB cache; ASUS P7H57D-V EVO motherboard; 8GB SAmsung DDR3 DUAL - DDR3; 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5; and 1TB WD Caviar Black memory.
I mainly use Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS5 for image post processing and general surfing the net........not into gaming.
If you could please tell me possible upgrades and how the upgrade would improve the pc it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Dave

 

[keynes]

Hi - hope you can help please.
My computer from pcspecialists is now approx. 2 years old and I was wondering what would be the best way to upgrade it to make it run faster or for general improvement.
The spec is as follows - Intel i5-760 quad core 2.80 and 8 MB cache; ASUS P7H57D-V EVO motherboard; 8GB SAmsung DDR3 DUAL - DDR3; 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5; and 1TB WD Caviar Black memory.
I mainly use Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS5 for image post processing.
If you could please tell me possible upgrades and how the upgrade would improve the pc it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Dave

Hello Dave,
I assume you not gaming? I'd suggest an SSD to load applications and the OS faster. CS5 could also benefit from more ram.

 

[Camerashy]

Thanks for that rubensolo, any suggestions on the memory size I should go for and would it be easy to fix, not that I would be doing it myself, as I'm a dinasaur!!
Thanks
Dave

 

[keynes]

Thanks for that rubensolo, any suggestions on the memory size I should go for and would it be easy to fix, not that I would be doing it myself, as I'm a dinasaur!!
Thanks
Dave

It should be straight forward, the CS5 will take as much as you throw
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/optimize-performance-photoshop-cs4-cs5.html
perhaps 16gb, it is straight forward and to make sure there are no issues with compatibility I'd place the order of additional memory with PCS.

 

[bg92]

Another 8gb of ram would be a good idea, just make sure that you are buying the same ram.
Other than that an ssd would be a good idea, you can get a 128gb ssd for around £80. It will improve loading times by a significantly.
Link to buyers guide and information thread
Linkhttp://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds/0_70 to an installation guide

Edit: you will only be able to add another 2 ram sticks 4gb each to make it 16gb if you currently own 2x4gb ram set, but if you own 4x2gb set, than you would have to buy a 4x4gb set to make it 16gb.

 

[Teaz]

Have you considered an intel 330 ssd? I they worth their price now. Apart from those upgrades suggested, I would think a cpu upgrade could provide extra processing power depending how large your workflow is. That's just a consideration if your budget is for it. So go for and ssd or/and ram.

 

[Camerashy]

Thanks guys, really appreciate your help and will look at all your suggestions
Bg92 its 4 x 2Gb which I have
Cheers
Dave