Upgrading 2008 Build - OS Question

[PP Mguire]

Because before they discontinued it the 4460 was 20 bucks more USD than the 4440.

 

[delirium330]

CPU depicts what OS you can run, in this case Intel has had 64bit chips since Pentium 4. No worries there.

Go to the motherboard manufacturer's site. Easiest way is to simply GOogle the model and it'll be the top site. Did it for you. You'll have to figure out what GPU is in it.

You're limited to DDR2, and can get some cheap DDR2 off Newegg if it requires more. If this is for your parents and all they do is browse the net, do email or whatever then 4GB should be fine. Check periodically to see if they are capping RAM, add as necessary.

Why would he want to do that when it'd be cheaper and better to go Skylake?

Thanks, yeah I think I'll monitor the RAM for now, the DDR2 is really expensive. Should I look for motherboard updates before I set up Win10 on the new hard drive or do it after the new OS and hard drive is installed? Thanks again for the input, glad I don't have to return the 64 bit Win10 version.

 

[PP Mguire]

You need to go to the site to see if they even have drivers for the board before putting 10 on it. Are you in the states? You can get a gig of DDR2 for 15 bucks.

Kingston 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory Model KVR667D2N5/1G - Newegg.com

 

[delirium330]

You need to go to the site to see if they even have drivers for the board before putting 10 on it. Are you in the states? You can get a gig of DDR2 for 15 bucks.

Kingston 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory Model KVR667D2N5/1G - Newegg.com

1GB x 8 = $120... which is a lot for this old economy build.

 

[PP Mguire]

The board doesn't have 8 slots, and you'd only need 2 anyways since you already have 4. Filling the other two slots with 1GB sticks would cost 30 bucks and give 6GB which would be enough. You can also get 2GB sticks for the same price. 30 bucks would make it a total of 8GB.

2GB, 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM, Desktop Memory, Memory, Components - Newegg.com

 

[delirium330]

The board doesn't have 8 slots, and you'd only need 2 anyways since you already have 4. Filling the other two slots with 1GB sticks would cost 30 bucks and give 6GB which would be enough. You can also get 2GB sticks for the same price. 30 bucks would make it a total of 8GB.

2GB, 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM, Desktop Memory, Memory, Components - Newegg.com

Got it, so it is okay if the slots aren't all the same size? Right now is 2-Empty-2-Empty. Okay if 2-1-2-1? Or if I pick up 2 new 1GB sticks, should I re-order to 2-2-1-1?

 

[PP Mguire]

Shouldn't matter on that board. I had one and it didn't really care what RAM I had in it. You just have to make sure that in the bios it's set to the speed of the slowest RAM and correct voltage.