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Author Topic: Yet another new free PC  (Read 3149 times)

feliscatusx2

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Yet another new free PC
« on: May 26, 2014, 05:05:02 PM »

No 2 daughter's young man's mother (clear? :'() no longer has room for her home constructed (probably by No 2 Daughter's young man) desktop PC.  Specs as below:


Intel core 2 duo 2.4ghz E6600 processor
> 4gb corsair ram
> Asus commando atx motherboard lga 775 socket.
> Corsair power supply hx650 80 plus modular atx.
> Nvidia fx 5200 gfx card (passive I think)
> Same case as you already have but scratched on one side (Antec Sonata).
> No hard disk or operating system.
>

I am somewhat out of touch with newer hardware and would appreciate help on the following.

Is it a significant improvement on my existing PC which has:

Connect 3D radeon 9550
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+
2x Samsung Spinpoint 250Mb HDDs
ASUS K8N-E DeLuxe Motherboard
2 Gig RAM (beleived to be Corsair ValueRAM
And the other bits and pieces to make it all work

The HDDs would be transferred, a little slow but dead silent.

Is the Intel processor upgradeable on the existing motherboard?

Does anybody want, or can suggest what to do with the old one?

I would expect to receive all relevant paperwork plus free (excepting provision of a meal) delivery from Bexleyheath to Swalecliffe.

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Re: Yet another new free PC
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2014, 06:24:10 PM »

Well it is not bad but not really modern either. I'd probably take it and use the Radeon card in it as I prefer ATI cards to Nvidia. I'd guess it might be a tad faster because of the Core 2 Duo and 4GB ram. HDDs are HDDs, main thing is does it have enough connectors of the correct type (SATA or PATA) for your HDDs and DVD drive?

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Re: Yet another new free PC
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2014, 08:16:06 PM »

Been lurking round the interwebby thingy & found that this MB has 6 SATA 2 connectors and supports up to 8Mb of RAM.  Even as we speak I am endevouring to get a price for 2Mb DDR2 800Mhz modules with varying degrees of success.

Update

I have just looked at a number of sites concerning the Mb and am inclined to resist their kind offer.  I would rather spend some money & get a new PC,

Thanks for looking.
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