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So my rents computer kicked the bucket, most likely a power supply i think but its a 5-6 year old computer anyways and the company i work for is scraping a bunch of 2 year old computers in place of new ones so i'm just going to snag one of those for them
with your typical HD that has an OS installed on it, will there be any issues of just simply swaping over the HD into the new computer?
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So my rents computer kicked the bucket, most likely a power supply i think but its a 5-6 year old computer anyways and the company i work for is scraping a bunch of 2 year old computers in place of new ones so i'm just going to snag one of those for them
with your typical HD that has an OS installed on it, will there be any issues of just simply swaping over the HD into the new computer?
Swapping the HD from the old computers to the new computers will not work. There will be some issues that will occur. Best to buy another HD and install the OS onto that and get files off the old harddrive. Or if there is enough space on the old hdd, you can install the OS directly onto it.
Swapping the HD from the old computers to the new computers will not work. There will be some issues that will occur. Best to buy another HD and install the OS onto that and get files off the old harddrive. Or if there is enough space on the old hdd, you can install the OS directly onto it.
How would I go about getting the files off when that HD has an OS on it?
Would I be able to put it in my rig and simply explore that HD?
How would I go about getting the files off when that HD has an OS on it?
Would I be able to put it in my rig and simply explore that HD?
ofc you will be able to put it in ur rig and simple explore that HD.
If the hd is sata just connect it or if its IDE set it to slave. Even better, get an USB external hard drive enclosure.
I have the same Heatsink. Thing is HUGE. Barely cleared my ram. I had to mount it this way to clear the fan in the back, and the ram. Also had to cut the side fan bracket on the door. It works out for me, since it draws cold air from the filtered side, the heat from the top of the video card, and up and out through the top of the case.
My current power supply is 650W and my motherboard is the ASUS P5K SE.
The processor is still the old school Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHZ. RAM is currently at 8GB DDR2
Case is the Antec 900.
Will the graphics card I'm considering to purchase be compatible?
If not could you guys recommend me on a budget GPU (<$200)?
Any other suggestions aside from upgrading the GPU would be great as well.
I also noticed the my motherboard has extra slot that can potentially run more GPU's, is it a difficult process to install 2 or more?
The acrylic window of the Antec case looks like I could install another fan, I'm not sure which fans to purchase
I use my computer for mild gaming as well as photo editing.
Thanks in advance
Last edited by ForeverYours; 05-09-2012 at 09:56 PM.
^From what i know, it should be fine. If anything, your computer will bottleneck your GPU's potential performance. As long as it doesn't have different slotting version of pcie then your fine. However, the 6870 could be an overkill for an older system.
Sorry if that's innacurate, basing it on what ive known
Stumbling across this thread... i swear once this computer dies im going in to build another! Won't go too crazy hopefully.
I'm actually going to re-install my old 9800gt to see if its dead for sure.
i've been reading quite a few GTX 670 reviews..and damn what a promising card. scales well and low power consumption. In SLI, it's on par with the GTX 690 while being 20% cheaper.
I think I may get these in SLI in june...unless I can find 7970CF for a better deal or if 7990 has the same performance and price, but even then i'd have to deal with AMD drivers...which is probably a PITA for Eyefinity compared to Nvidia Surround.
Can someone suggest a monitor preferably under $100 which I can pick up locally? Won't be doing any gaming, just for my mom to learn how to use a computer.
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