cheap PC upgrade

pappa_golf

you to tell you lot I am happily writing on a rather cheap upgrade


MSI am11 motorboard
AMD athlon5350
4g hyperx 1600 ddr


£83 delivered via amazon


I had a spare 120 SSD drive so I installed it for the customer , he was able to produce a Win10 licence so its running 64 bit win 10.


will not break any records , however its perfectly acceptable


14 watts under load , and about 30w on full throttle , runs COOOOL!!!!!!

stator

Sounds pretty good. 2ghz is a little slow though, personally would prefer a dual core 3ghz AMD, single thread performance on AMD can be a bit slow

pappa_golf

yes so would I , however , how many motherboards can you buy (new) for £26 and CPUs for £36 ?

wapow

you must be trolling.
just because its cheap doesn't make it a bargain or better all the time.
always about the money not about the service eh

pappa_golf

what are you on about ??


yes its pathetic next to a i3/i5/i7 or a fast 4 core AMD thing


the reason for the post was to state that new "modern" gear , in order to upgrade a broken box need not cost £150!


motherboard and CPU = £64 !

NiftyDigits

I'm a bit confused as to your statement of installing "it for the customer". Is it yours or for someone else?

forgotmyname

Doesnt sound much better than my 9 year old system.

kwikbreaks

Recons are the way to go for cheap IMO. I got an HP i7 recon with a win 7 pro licence for under £200 a couple of months back.

forgotmyname

I spotted a few adverts saying fully reconditioned PCs. err how did you recon a PC?

My guess they installed a fresh copy of windows and it it didnt crash during that its sold as recon?

May get a quick run over with the hoover, the lovely nylon bristle brush attachment

Mr_Toad

NiftyDigits wrote: »

I'm a bit confused as to your statement of installing "it for the customer". Is it yours or for someone else?

Does it mater?

debitcardmayhem

Mr_Toad wrote: »

Does it mater?

I didn't realise Nifty was your mother :eek: