Hello my good techie #CosoCommunity folksies!
I'm wondering if one of you technical geniuses can help me?
My PC is 15 years old. The only thing I ever replaced in it was the memory.
For it's age it runs really well, but, there's always a but, I cannot upgrade it from Windows 10 and she to be honest I'm not sure I can hold her together much longer. (Said in Mr. Scott's accent)
Is there anything I will be able to salvage or do I have to go all brand new?
@Tacitus_Kilgore I have ALWAYS been able to salvage the hard drives. ALWAYS. I have HDs that are gosh.. 30 years old? Older? You might need a new SSD for the main drive though.
My guess is (I don't memorize specs-I relearn them from scratch when I choose a new system - every couple decades ;) ) you can salvage a good sound card. Maybe a Blue tooth card.. but ram, cpu, mobo.. nope. Power supply? Probably not up to snuff but even if it is I'd not want to risk a power fluctuation on a new machine
@TrueBloodNet Looks like either way I'm going to need more money then I can afford right now. I'm trying to keep it as inexpensive as possible but having a reliable system.
A friend built this PC I have now and it cost me $1600.
@Tacitus_Kilgore Are you going to build or buy?
@TrueBloodNet I wanted to try my hand at building.
@Tacitus_Kilgore Good. :) Although I bought this one, it was a great sale and I moved all the drives, video cards, sound cards, etc. here myself. I've got a fantastic box upstairs that I will use to build one again some day. But since I no longer game, I haven't needed a hugely expensive desktop.
@Tacitus_Kilgore Oh, if you have a DVD drive and a card reader you might be able to transfer them to a new system as well.
@TrueBloodNet I do have a DVD drive. Last time I used it was probably 8 years ago lol.
@Tacitus_Kilgore Same, but I have some music on DVD I might use some day... LOL actually, I have games on DVD I might use someday (nah) but anyway, in case of the apocalyspe.. I'm ready LOL!
@Tacitus_Kilgore There are gamers here. Ask them what their mobo/cpu/heat sink set up is. Oh and the ram they rec. (I installed my own ram too... started w the box, added some, then some ram died, fixed that. It's not too hard) the biggest thing is reading the schematics for the wiring, power and HDs. I don't add HDs till after the system is all set up, that way I can be sure I don't F up the boot order. LOL@myself
@TrueBloodNet Talking about this stuff is a little overwhelming. I'm going to have to think about this more. I'm just worried that one day soon I'm going to get up and find my PC shuffled off this mortal coil.
@TrueBloodNet Near-ish. I live in the country and Moncton is an hour away.
@TrueBloodNet My friend who built this one lives in the Yukon still. That's 1500 kms away lol. So that's out of the question. lol.
@Tacitus_Kilgore Yeah. Well, talk to your friend who built the last one if you're still in touch. On the bright side, there are some decent laptops that can get you through in a pinch. Is there a micro center near you?