Hi. I have an old pc build that is still in use here at home. Thing is, we don’t really need an upgrade.
It handles everything we need it to and we don’t play any new games. (Downloaded Rollercoaster tycoon, the original, just the other day - that shows how far from new games we are.)
But it would still be nice to have it run a bit faster and that is where I would need some help.
The pc is used for a mix of things but some examples, we sometimes play games on it, not all as old as Rollercoaster tycoon, use photoshop, organize photos etc. I’ve also just installed a dual-boot Linux Mint, never used Linux, just having some fun learning.
Specs:
MOBO: Asus M5A97 R2.0
CPU: Amd Phenom II x4 965 black edition
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 1GB GDDR5
RAM: 2x2GB DDR3 1333MHz, 1x4Gb DDR3 1333MHz
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s, 64MB Cache (plus several more hard disks as backup storage)
PSU: Cooler Master B-series 600W
Running Windows 7.
I am considering to OC the cpu and getting a SSD for the OS and using HDD as storage.
Is there anything else that can be done or worth upgrading? Are the current cpu and gpu a good match for each other or can it get better?
I know that it’s an old system but it still has life, let it live longer!
It handles everything we need it to and we don’t play any new games. (Downloaded Rollercoaster tycoon, the original, just the other day - that shows how far from new games we are.)
But it would still be nice to have it run a bit faster and that is where I would need some help.
The pc is used for a mix of things but some examples, we sometimes play games on it, not all as old as Rollercoaster tycoon, use photoshop, organize photos etc. I’ve also just installed a dual-boot Linux Mint, never used Linux, just having some fun learning.
Specs:
MOBO: Asus M5A97 R2.0
CPU: Amd Phenom II x4 965 black edition
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 1GB GDDR5
RAM: 2x2GB DDR3 1333MHz, 1x4Gb DDR3 1333MHz
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s, 64MB Cache (plus several more hard disks as backup storage)
PSU: Cooler Master B-series 600W
Running Windows 7.
I am considering to OC the cpu and getting a SSD for the OS and using HDD as storage.
Is there anything else that can be done or worth upgrading? Are the current cpu and gpu a good match for each other or can it get better?
I know that it’s an old system but it still has life, let it live longer!
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