Question Upgrading old desktop, compatibility check

[thesn00ze]

I have finally decided to slightly upgrade my ridiculously old desktop. I've been traveling for years so had no use for it. I'm looking for something to mainly edit photos, might occasionally play Dota and similar games so no current gens games, I have PS5 for that.

The current build (some parts date 2008)

• Case Thermaltake VH8000BWS Armor+ Mx
• CPU Intel Core2 Duo E8400
• Fan Noctua NF-S12B ULN
• Fan Noctua NF-S12-800
• Fan Noctua NF-P12 PWM
• GPU Sapphire HD 7790 DUAL-X OC 1GB GDDR5
• HDD Samsung Spinpoint F1 - 1TB
• HDD Seagate BarraCuda, 3,5" - 2TB
• HDD Samsung HD642JJ 640GB
• MB ASUS P5Q PRO - Intel P45
• Memory OCZ Platinium 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066
• Sound ASUS Xonar DX/XD Retail
• Source Corsair Power Supply HX520 520W
• SSD SSD 250 GB Samsung 860 EVO SATA III

Parts I'm considering upgrading (bare minimum to upgrade the current setup)

• MB ASUS PRIME B560M-A - Intel B560
• CPU Intel Core i5-10400F
• Memory Kingston Fury Beast Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200 CL16

I might eventually upgrade GPU but I'm in no rush. My main concern right now is if all older parts will be compatible with the new MB/CPU/Memory.

 

[faalin]

everything looks like it would work. You will have to reinstall windows with that large of a chipset jump. Only plug in the drive you wan the OS on and reinstall. Afterwards you can plug in the other drives.

 

[thesn00ze]

I plan to do a fresh install of everything, debating whether to also switch from the current Win 10 to 11.

 

[IDProG]

Just buy a laptop.

 

[thesn00ze]

Just buy a laptop.

Why? I already have HP Spectre 13 (not the 360/touch-screen one) and some $400 Lenovo. I still prefer a desktop for editing photos. Even the HP gets ridiculously loud running Lightroom.

 

[IDProG]

Why? I already have HP Spectre 13 (not the 360/touch-screen one) and some $400 Lenovo. I still prefer a desktop for editing photos. Even the HP gets ridiculously loud running Lightroom.

Listen up.

Why buy a desktop if a laptop can do everything it can do without being too bulky and you don't really use it, like, 95% of the time?

I see no point. Just buy a more powerful laptop.

This year, there are (and will be) powerful laptop APUs. There already are Ryzen 7940HS laptops with an iGPU as powerful as a desktop GTX 1650. In the next 6 months, there will be Intel laptops with Meteor Lake APUs that will offer similar performance.

Next year, there will be a Strix APU lineup of laptops with iGPU performance ranging from desktop GTX 1660 to laptop RTX 4070.

If I were you, I would get rid of everything, save money, and just buy one of these laptops.

 

[thesn00ze]

As I mentioned, laptops get ridiculously loud. I've tried many of them, be it mid-range to high-end ones, and every single one was unbearably loud.
I also have a business laptop Dell Latitude 7420 i7 and often even using simple dashboards the fans go nuts. There's no issue with SW/HW, it happens to all people in our team. For Dell, Asus, HP, Apple laptopts. I know some people don't mind, some put headphones in and ignore it but I simply can't stand it.