The multicore upgrade

When you change this much of your machine, is it still the same PC you started out with?

I didn’t need a new PC, but I wanted one. My old gaming/ image-editing build was constructed in 2012, and had grown organically over time. It was based around a Core i7-3770K, and had 32GB of DDR3 – absolute overkill, but I didn’t foresee the effect cheaper SSDs would have, expecting huge amounts of RAM to become more common instead. Originally, it booted into Windows 8 from a Samsung 840 128GB SSD, with a 500GB WD Velociraptor for storage, plus a DVD drive, and a GeForce GTX 680 to push the pixels. All in a Cooler Master Silencio 450 case, with a Corsair 750W power supply. “It was based around a Core i7-3770K, and had 32GB of DDR3 – absolute overkill, but I didn’t foresee the effect cheaper SSDs would…

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