[SOLVED] to upgrade or new system

[olddman]

My son has a old computer I built @ 12 years ago. It has a Q6600 cpu . Has a corsair 750w power supply. I forget the rest of the components although the Mobo is a p5 something. All the other components were good components at the time of the build. He plays WOW mostly I think and the computer can just not play them anymore. My question is can I just upgrade the cpu, memory, mobo and graphics and keep the rest of the components or would the new pieces need a complete new system. Thanks folks for any info you can give. If more information is needed let me know.

 

[Dj0gany]

He can keep the storage and the powersuplly.Whats the graphics card?
Also since its a 12yo sistem i think a case swap would be needed.Budget?

 

[CountMike]

My son has a old computer I built @ 12 years ago. It has a Q6600 cpu . Has a corsair 750w power supply. I forget the rest of the components although the Mobo is a p5 something. All the other components were good components at the time of the build. He plays WOW mostly I think and the computer can just not play them anymore. My question is can I just upgrade the cpu, memory, mobo and graphics and keep the rest of the components or would the new pieces need a complete new system. Thanks folks for any info you can give. If more information is needed let me know.

What you call an Upgrade, with all those things to change is practically new system with posibility to keep few things like PSU and HDD if it's only for storage, no modern system should be without an SSD. If PSU is that old than PSU should be changed. Few bucks you may save by not getting a new case is not worth it, new cases come with better cooling so keeping old one is big ?
Instead of loosing time for repacking all of those, it's worth just building a new system as it's already 99% changed (price wise).

 

[olddman]

Sorry - forsure he would need a new graphics card. I was trying to get away from having to buy new case ,drives and such. Wouldn't the new mobo fit in the old case ? It is an extra large case, so i don't think i would need to worry about stuff fitting in there. As far as budget goes, I think he would want to keep it as small as possible. He is disabled and only draws a small amount each month. I was hope by not having to buy drives ,power supply, OS and such i could keep it small. If a new case is needed then it is needed. Thanks for the reply.

 

[Dj0gany]

What are the exact storage drives u have?
What graphics card does u have?
What case does u have?

 

[Zerk2012]

My son has a old computer I built @ 12 years ago. It has a Q6600 cpu . Has a corsair 750w power supply. I forget the rest of the components although the Mobo is a p5 something. All the other components were good components at the time of the build. He plays WOW mostly I think and the computer can just not play them anymore. My question is can I just upgrade the cpu, memory, mobo and graphics and keep the rest of the components or would the new pieces need a complete new system. Thanks folks for any info you can give. If more information is needed let me know.

12 year old parts I would replace all of them. Might keep the hard drive but add a SSD for the OS programs and WOW.

EDIT bad thing right now is finding a video card without a hard hit to the pocket.

 

[Krotow]

CPU is definitely way too outdated. I believe that storage drive is also slow and whining 3.5" 320 GB IDE HDD. Best recommendation here is completely new system. Because - with new CPU you already must have new MOBO and RAM. Probably new CPU cooler and case and definitely NVMe SSD drive instead of 15 years old HDD. Which result into new system. For beginning you can keep PSU and GPU from existing system.

 

[olddman]

CPU is definitely way too outdated. I believe that storage drive is also slow and whining 3.5" 320 GB IDE HDD. Best recommendation here is completely new system. Because - with new CPU you already must have new MOBO and RAM. Probably new CPU cooler and case and definitely NVMe SSD drive instead of 15 years old HDD. Which result into new system. For beginning you can keep PSU and GPU from existing system.

What you call an Upgrade, with all those things to change is practically new system with posibility to keep few things like PSU and HDD if it's only for storage, no modern system should be without an SSD. If PSU is that old than PSU should be changed. Few bucks you may save by not getting a new case is not worth it, new cases come with better cooling so keeping old one is big ?
Instead of loosing time for repacking all of those, it's worth just building a new system as it's already 99% changed (price wise).

thank you. much appreciated

 

[olddman]

What you call an Upgrade, with all those things to change is practically new system with posibility to keep few things like PSU and HDD if it's only for storage, no modern system should be without an SSD. If PSU is that old than PSU should be changed. Few bucks you may save by not getting a new case is not worth it, new cases come with better cooling so keeping old one is big ?
Instead of loosing time for repacking all of those, it's worth just building a new system as it's already 99% changed (price wise).

thank you very much

 

[olddman]

CPU is definitely way too outdated. I believe that storage drive is also slow and whining 3.5" 320 GB IDE HDD. Best recommendation here is completely new system. Because - with new CPU you already must have new MOBO and RAM. Probably new CPU cooler and case and definitely NVMe SSD drive instead of 15 years old HDD. Which result into new system. For beginning you can keep PSU and GPU from existing system.

thank you. appreciated it

 

[olddman]

CPU is definitely way too outdated. I believe that storage drive is also slow and whining 3.5" 320 GB IDE HDD. Best recommendation here is completely new system. Because - with new CPU you already must have new MOBO and RAM. Probably new CPU cooler and case and definitely NVMe SSD drive instead of 15 years old HDD. Which result into new system. For beginning you can keep PSU and GPU from existing system.

thanks. appreciated it

 

[olddman]

Just want to take a minute and thank you guys for your replies. I appreciate it . I guess its a new system but I think i might wait a while, cause of what i read on some of the forum post here. normally. I would have done a new system altogether but i was trying to save him some money. thanks again

 

[olddman]

12 year old parts I would replace all of them. Might keep the hard drive but add a SSD for the OS programs and WOW.

EDIT bad thing right now is finding a video card without a hard hit to the pocket.

thanks much