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    Question Not sure if I should "upgrade" my older PC to Win10

    I have the OEM recovery partition, on both the current SSD, and on the old HD ( which I just unplugged and left in the case) I think I even have the factory "recovery" CD's somewhere. I could also just save a copy of the current "win32\drivers\" folder before doing anything, as well as a full...
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    Question Not sure if I should "upgrade" my older PC to Win10

    So, I have an older PC, still running Win7. I have no complaints/issues with this PC. ( at least nothing to do with the OS). It is my regular daily use computer. Its does everything I need it to. Its reasonably fast, in the tasks I require it to do. The only real "want" I have would be some...
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    [SOLVED] Worth it (for me) upgrading motherboard on an old HP pre-built P6654y with existing upgrades?

    As I stated , in more then once, more then one post: I want more ram, but I can't add anymore because A.) This particular low end OEM motherboard MAXES OUT at 16GB ( which I already have). and B.) Win7 Home does not recognize more then 16GB, so OS has to be upgraded to Win10 for more RAM...
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    [SOLVED] Worth it (for me) upgrading motherboard on an old HP pre-built P6654y with existing upgrades?

    I don't need a new CPU. I already have the X6 1055T. I need a better mATX AM3 motherboard and RAM. Period. Full stop. I need nothing else. So, again OTHER THEN the benefit of more RAM, which is the only thing I actually need right now, what will I ( not someones else doing other things) actually...
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    [SOLVED] Worth it (for me) upgrading motherboard on an old HP pre-built P6654y with existing upgrades?

    Budget is whatever I feel like spending,. I CAN go buy a$5k monster PC if I want. A.) I think new PC is disgustingly overpriced and I don't really want to support that market. B.) I don't think such a system would provide me any meaningful real world benefit given my use case. C.) I like...
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    [SOLVED] Worth it (for me) upgrading motherboard on an old HP pre-built P6654y with existing upgrades?

    So, I have an old HP Pavillion p6654y. It was originally an Athlon X4. However, I have already done a number of upgrades over the last few years. CPU is now an X6 PhenomII 1055T 2.80ghz ( Its the 95w version) WD Blue SSD 16GB Patriot Viper ( 4 sticks x 4) GeForce GTX660 GPU Upgraded PSU ( Don't...