Hi, I want some advice on upgrading a computer. I have an HP Pavilion a1530n
I picked up at the dump. It boots up and seems to work fine so I decided to fix it for my Mom to use.
My idea was to replace the hard drive, max out the RAM and do a clean install of an OEM copy of Windows 7. The motherboard is running a Intel Pentium D 820 and from the online documemtion it looks like it won't support much of anything more.
My mom will be using this for online video and DVDs, internet and games probably not much more than Pop Cap level.
Here's my current parts list:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=21710587
So I have three questions:
1. Is this motherboard good enough for now?
2. Any problems with my parts list?
3. Will the onboard graphics be enough or would a cheap discerte video card be a good investment?
I picked up at the dump. It boots up and seems to work fine so I decided to fix it for my Mom to use.
My idea was to replace the hard drive, max out the RAM and do a clean install of an OEM copy of Windows 7. The motherboard is running a Intel Pentium D 820 and from the online documemtion it looks like it won't support much of anything more.
My mom will be using this for online video and DVDs, internet and games probably not much more than Pop Cap level.
Here's my current parts list:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=21710587
So I have three questions:
1. Is this motherboard good enough for now?
2. Any problems with my parts list?
3. Will the onboard graphics be enough or would a cheap discerte video card be a good investment?