Building New Work Computer (Have old parts...Any worth re-using?)

[scottamc]

Hi All,

I currently run two computers, one at home office that acts as; gaming,work,home theater pc. This has newer parts as of a year and half ago. And then I have work pc that is just work, 5/6+ years old. I need to upgrade work PC to 3 monitor setup (two 24' dells and 1 HDTV -40-55') and need it to slice and dice regular office work and some minimal photo/video editing from time to time as well as run the two 24's and new HDTV. I will require a new SSD to run OS so that startup time and overall speed is quicker.

Looking at specs below, is any of the below salvageable to re-use (besides backup drives)? Or do I need to start from scratch? Thanks for your time!


My current work computer has;

OS-
windows 7 64 bit

CPU-
Intel Core 2 quad CPU 9450

MB-
ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

Video-
ATI Radeon HD 4850 video card

RAM-
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop
Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ

Hard drives-
Western Digital WD Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Western Digital WD Green WD10EADS 1TB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3500641AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive

PSU-
ENERMAX Noisetaker II EG701AX VE(W) SFMA 600W ATX12V Ver 2.2 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Active PFC Power Supply

also have a spare that ive never used

BFG GX Series BFGR550WGXPSU GX-550 Power Supply - ATX, Modular, 550 Watts, 140mm Silent Fan

SoundCard-
Dell Creative Labs SB0460 SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Music Sound

Case-
Antec Performance One P180 Silver cold rolled steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

 

[ThatTechGuyIn]

I would just suggest to switch the ram to 8gb for better office work,no more than 8 gb(4x2). Mb and cpu is good,I would suggest changing the video card! Either from that,everything else is usable!

 

[scottamc]

Ok, so I will upgrade the HD to a SSD. I know it's only sata 2 mobo, but I should still see huge performance increase I believe. Upgrade ram to 8gb. Should I just add 4gb (same memory I have) or get a new 2x4gb ram? Any recommendations on type? Then what video card do you recommend?

I would just suggest to switch the ram to 8gb for better office work,no more than 8 gb(4x2). Mb and cpu is good,I would suggest changing the video card! Either from that,everything else is usable!

 

[scottamc]

is ok to add 2 x 2 more of same ram? or should i get 4x2 ram? Also, what video card would be sufficient?

Thanks!