Upgrading an old PC

[STU412T]

Found a HP Pavillion 8770 in the cupboard under the stairs today while clearing it out.

Plugged it in just on the off chance......and it works!!

However it's running Windows ME with...wait for it..... a whole 64mb of RAM and a massive 20GB Hard disk

We could do another computer in the house and I would like to upgrade it to Vista or 7 with a lot more RAM and a bigger hard disk.

So what would I need to change to make it a half decent machine? And roughly how much would it cost?

Cheers

 

[mikejt]

i would say the only things you should keep are the power supply (if its powerful enough wattage wise), case, cd/dvd drive and hard drive (but get a secondary one as well)

new motherboard (£30-200+ depending how much you want to spend)
new CPU (£40-100 again, depending how much you want to spend and what you will be using it for)
new RAM ( 2GB around £40)
new hard drive (80gb about £30-40)

you could build a half decent computer for around £200-300

make sure you get everything that is compatible with the motherboard (correct socket # processor, correct type of RAM and hard drive... probably IDE)

anything else you want to know or if you want me to give you links to things you would need for an upgraded computer, just let me know

i could be saying that and you know a fair bit about them

 

[Focus Owner]

just dont bother, vista runs crap in most cases
go for xp or win7

overall that computer is now out of date, just checking what chip is inside
got lazy after a page of google

as above

or go for premade
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product=CCL-AMD-ENT
or
http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=40779

depends how lazy you are

 

[custard]

given its specs i wouldnt bother
you could pick up a better specced 2nd hand machine for little money

 

[Stu DemonD]

given its specs i wouldnt bother
you could pick up a better specced 2nd hand machine for little money

:yeahthat: Be better to start again.

 

[306maxi]

:yeahthat: Be better to start again.

I concur,

bin it and start over. Intel are dropping the prices of some of the Core i3,i5 and i7 processors at the end of august so it's worth waiting.

 

[STU412T]

Ok thanks for your replies, I might as well bin it and start again. Just seems a shame because there is nothing actually wrong with the PC just a bit outdated.
Cheers

 

[Focus Owner]

well if you was willing to use older programs such as word and possibly avoid the Internet you will be fine.
could just slam an ide drive in as well and a bit more ram, but you will be limited in functionality, with newer products
depends what you want to use it for

 

[Eklipze3k]

Install DOS 6.22 and keep it for a bit of retro gaming awesomeness :slayer:

 

[Bravo16VSpoonz]

how far would go to spending on a pc ?

 

[Eklipze3k]

how far would go to spending on a pc ?

Try that again in English

 

[ChrisUK]

old thread who gives a smeg?