TriX wrote:
Hi Susan. Yes, by all means consider upgrading your old machine as many of the parts will be reusable, and I would start with the motherboard and CPU. As long as you choose a board with the same footprint and power connector, you should be able to use your existing case and power supply as a start. Then you can probably reuse the monitor, keyboard and mouse, DVD/CD drive and likely the hard disk as well. The memory may be able to be used - will depend on the specs. And of course, there’s the operating system. What are you currently using? If in doubt, go to control panel and system and it will give you the basics: OS, CPU and memory. The next step would be to produce an inventory of the existing system. There are numerous aps to do this (as well as the system descriptions in Windows control panel) that will produce an inventory. I haven’t used one in awhile since I keep records, but let me refresh my memory (no pun intended), and I’ll edit this post shortly with further information on how to do that. Once you have the inventory, we can discuss MB and CPU/memory options - I’ll be glad to assist.
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Does any other member use a free computer asset inventory tool that they can recommend to Susan? The tool that I use professionally is FAR too expensive. Lacking that, as I mentioned, go to “start”, then “control panel”, then “system” to get the basics. Hopefully, even though you don’t have the original configuration, perhaps you have the various documentation on the motherboard, graphic card, etc. which will give you manufacturer and model number. Feel free to PM me with details if you like.