Greetings, Experts:
I want to replace the MoBo, CPU, RAM and possibly the GPU in my 2012 HP Pavilion HPE h8-1360t. The existing HP MoBo and i7-3770 77watt CPU are slowly failing, but the CPU cooling fan and the Win7 Pro 64 bit SSD are fine, and I plan to re-use them in the new system. I will likely also have two non-SSD HD's, all supported by the existing HP 480W PSU, as they are today. If that's too much load, I may drop one of the non-SSD drives, or ask for your advice on a new, larger PSU. There is also a DVD-RW optical drive.
I'm looking at purchasing a i7-6700 or i7-6700K CPU, a compatible MoBo that will retro-fit into the HP tower, will provide USB 3.1 and connections for up to four HD's and two optical drives, and is capable of supporting 64 Gig RAM (although I'll probably start with 32 Gig), and maybe a compatible mid-line GPU. I do a fair amount of video, not much gaming. No plans for SLI.
The present MoBo supports a NVidia GForce GT630 2gig DDR3 GPU - can I re-use that GPU, or should I consider something more modern, compatible and efficient?
I'm open to all suggestions - none of this is cast in stone yet. I'm hoping you experts will help this newbie, thanks.
Airpilot
I want to replace the MoBo, CPU, RAM and possibly the GPU in my 2012 HP Pavilion HPE h8-1360t. The existing HP MoBo and i7-3770 77watt CPU are slowly failing, but the CPU cooling fan and the Win7 Pro 64 bit SSD are fine, and I plan to re-use them in the new system. I will likely also have two non-SSD HD's, all supported by the existing HP 480W PSU, as they are today. If that's too much load, I may drop one of the non-SSD drives, or ask for your advice on a new, larger PSU. There is also a DVD-RW optical drive.
I'm looking at purchasing a i7-6700 or i7-6700K CPU, a compatible MoBo that will retro-fit into the HP tower, will provide USB 3.1 and connections for up to four HD's and two optical drives, and is capable of supporting 64 Gig RAM (although I'll probably start with 32 Gig), and maybe a compatible mid-line GPU. I do a fair amount of video, not much gaming. No plans for SLI.
The present MoBo supports a NVidia GForce GT630 2gig DDR3 GPU - can I re-use that GPU, or should I consider something more modern, compatible and efficient?
I'm open to all suggestions - none of this is cast in stone yet. I'm hoping you experts will help this newbie, thanks.
Airpilot