First off: I looked through the threads on this forum before I made a new post, so please don't tell me to refer to another thread (they don't answer my specific question).
Now, let's begin.
Situation: I have two of the exact same gaming PC (one from me, one from my dad). It's now showing it's age, and I'm interested in combining the two (exact) same PCs into a (slightly) better one.
Question: What exactly can I combine, and what CANT I combine? (keep in mind that the two PCs are exactly the same... so they have the same components for both PC in every single way).
I'm a total noob so I dont really know the terminology, but guide me along here.
I'm assuming I can combine the memory storage from both computers (1 TB + 1 TB = 2 TB).
What about cores? Can I add quad core + quad core to become 8-core???
And RAM? (IDK what is RAM, but can I combine the RAM of both computers into one super PC?)
I'm assuming I cant combine both motherboards? Mine is a SSD drive for both computers.
I'm not sure if I can combine both graphics cards (graphics card 1 + graphics card 2?)
What can I combine (additively 1 + 1 = 2) and what will I have to discard (i.e. those that I cant combine, I'll have to throw away, eg if I cant add two motherboards into one pc, then I'll just throw one of the motherboards away and keep the single remaining one).
I got two exact PC, but since I am only keeping one "super PC", I will only retain one case that currently has like, empty slots or something. Not sure if I can "plug" and cannibalise the components of one pc into the empty slots of the other pc. What can I combine? CPU? Motherboard? Memory? Storage? Video card?
Now, let's begin.
Situation: I have two of the exact same gaming PC (one from me, one from my dad). It's now showing it's age, and I'm interested in combining the two (exact) same PCs into a (slightly) better one.
Question: What exactly can I combine, and what CANT I combine? (keep in mind that the two PCs are exactly the same... so they have the same components for both PC in every single way).
I'm a total noob so I dont really know the terminology, but guide me along here.
I'm assuming I can combine the memory storage from both computers (1 TB + 1 TB = 2 TB).
What about cores? Can I add quad core + quad core to become 8-core???
And RAM? (IDK what is RAM, but can I combine the RAM of both computers into one super PC?)
I'm assuming I cant combine both motherboards? Mine is a SSD drive for both computers.
I'm not sure if I can combine both graphics cards (graphics card 1 + graphics card 2?)
What can I combine (additively 1 + 1 = 2) and what will I have to discard (i.e. those that I cant combine, I'll have to throw away, eg if I cant add two motherboards into one pc, then I'll just throw one of the motherboards away and keep the single remaining one).
I got two exact PC, but since I am only keeping one "super PC", I will only retain one case that currently has like, empty slots or something. Not sure if I can "plug" and cannibalise the components of one pc into the empty slots of the other pc. What can I combine? CPU? Motherboard? Memory? Storage? Video card?
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