I have recently (at last) added to my VSL library collection, and need to upgrade my computer. The question is: what option is best?
I currently have an i7 930 processor with 12 gigs of ram, running MIR SE. At the very least, I now need to upgrade to 24 gigs of ram to be able to fully use the larger number of full libraries. For what I have been doing to this point, with fewer libraries, the limits of that processor hadn't been pushed. Do I also need to upgrade the processor at this point? If yes, would it be better to get one that would work with my existing mobo, or wait, and get one of the new Intel chips (it could NOT be the extreme edition) due out in November, and a new mobo? Given what I have spent on libraries, funds are limited.
Would it be better to simply get the ram now, see how far that takes me, and upgrade the processor later?
Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.