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Essentially I want to spice it up a bit(I've already started over the last year). Its the only computer I have left with a PCI slot for a Maudio soundcard I occasionally use. Specs: Mobo: Biostar TP43D2-A7 CPU: Core2Quad q8200 Ram: 8gb of DDR2 800mhz GPU: RX 570 Storage 500gb sdd boot and 5 hdds in various sizes. W10 2 questions: Does anyone know if this Biostar mobo supports the Q9650? The Biostar's compatibility sheet was never updated. While I know the Q9650 will run on DDR2, just unsure about this mobo's compatibility. Will I see much of a benefit upgrading ram from 800mhz to 1066mhz? Its essentially a multitasker for Native Instruments software suites.

So I've been running my HP 6300 for a while now as a small occasional gaming rig and the little 240w PSU is finally showing some signs that its getting too weak to continue to run the GTX 1650 LP Instead of continuing to run the system off such a small PSU I'd like to either attempt to swap to an aftermarket or use the more powerful unit off the 6300 MT. Has anyone tried one of these options? I found what I believe is the 6300 MT's PSU: Ebay Link And this is the adapter I found, doesn't list my model but the cabling and pinout look correct. PSU 24 Pin to 6 Pin Adapter Cable Thanks!

Thanks, I forgot to write, I mainly want get a little more air moving when I do add some storage drives. I'm just running off a single mobo mounted NVMe. I've got a few ssd and hdd I want to add to the system after testing this set up out.

Just did a x99 Xeon build using a Thermaltake Core v21 case and I'm trying to figure out what options would be best. Its been few years(nearly 10) since I've really built out a case. Right now the case sits in a very large fan(multifan) ventilated cabinet with the Windowed side on the nonvented side of the cabinet. Only fans right now are the stock 200mm front intake, RX570 fans, and the ARCTIC Freezer 33 eSports ONE(which is a 120mm arctic BioniX) After about an hour of gaming my Xeon reaches about 58c and the Rx570 is at about 71c. Doesn't get any higher than that, the longer everything is under a heavy load. I trying to figure out what combination of fans for the bottom, top, and rear. Size/ number of fans. The Case allows for a Max of Top: 4 x 120mm or 2 x 140mm Rear: 1 x 120mm or 1 x 140mm Bottom: 2 x 120mm I'm looking at just buying a pack of the 120mm Arctic P12 PWM PST. Should I bother with 140mm fans on the top or the back?

I ended up with a little different combo than I originally thought, but its been great. I went with the Killisre D4, 16gb of DDR4 and the 2620 v3. To my surprise the Bios had been updated with turbo boost unlock enabled. I paired it with a RX570 and Silicon Power P34A80 NVMe. Beyond the fact that 2 of the 4 sata ports will be covered by larger GPUs, I have very little to complain about. The only cons I've found over the last month of use: -its a little finnicky when swapping GPUs, such at intel to amd, even when un-installing drivers ahead of time. sometimes amd drivers need to be rolled back to for full use. I've had this happen with some big brand boards so its not too much of a issue. -It does not like the stress of heavier GPUs, when mounted vertically. Horizontally mounting the Mobo will fix this. I put it in a Thermaltake Core v21 for its final build location. -I cannot get some older Microsoft Xbox accessories to work with the mobo. It just doesn't seem to like the drivers, even when you force them on to say an Xbox 360 wireless adapter. Not much of a problem, just the first time I've had this issue with any w10 build, Other than that I really like it. And would definitely build another down the road. I'm probably going to upgrade this one in a few months, add one of the 12 to 24 core V3s and put in 32gb of ram. In all I think I spend: $120 - mobo, ram, cpu $25 - ARCTIC Freezer 33 eSports ONE $50 - Themaltake 500w PSU $50 - Silicon Power 256gb ssd NVMe gen 3 $60 - Thermaltake Core v21 $110 - AsRock Phantom Rx570. Just over $400 in new parts doesn't seem too bad, considering I wasn't expecting to need a new case. But I do like all the new drive space. I filled up sata slots with old ssds and hdds I had laying around, strictly for storage.

I actually ended up with a putting in a Gigabyte GDDR6 1650 LP for complete overkill. Works perfectly. Ended up being around the same money(within $5) as the 1050's I found. I'd say I have this little HP maxed out now and I've seen nothing looks like its stressing the PSU. My only concern would be the 1650 LP does seem to run hot. Nearly 80c when gaming, reminds me of laptop GPUs. I do have it hidden in a closed cabinet with Intake/exhaust fans. If I take off the access panel on the SFF case the GPU runs 5c cooler unload heavy loads.

NP, Btw i don't know if you've seen this youtuber's stuff. But he's a wealth of information on chinese X99s and Xeons. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8h2Sf-yyo1WXeEUr-OHgyg

I hope you find something. I'm still using the k400 aswell. When I first built my first HTPC back in 08' I used to use the smaller handheld touchpads, with varying results. There are a ton a weird ones on Aliexpress now.

I"m considering the same thing for a cheap workstation. The x99 boards you are looking at use E5 V3 CPUs and the X79s use E5 V2 CPUs. The difference between all the x99 mobos is small, its mostly PCI slot types. But some may or may not support both DDR3 and DDR4 ram. I've narrowed it down to the Gaming X99-TF mobo. Because of its adaptability. Its one of the few that will support both DDR3 and DDR4 ram. Which means can throw just about any E5-V3 in it with the corresponding ram. This allows some potential upgrade combinations as DDR4 gets cheaper and the higher end Xeons go down in price. As for CPUs, I'm looking at: 2620 v3 - DDR4 only, but the CPU is currently $14 USD 2640 v3 - DDR4 only. around $50 2678 V3 - DDR3 and DDR4. about $100. The cheapest V3 that can accept DDR3, I believe. To the best of my Knowledge the only V3 Xeons that can support DDR4 or DDR3 are: E5-2678 v3, E5-2696 v3, E5-2629 v2, E5-2649 v3, E5-2669 v3, E5-2672 v3, and E5-2673 v3.

Its an older HP Elitebook G1. I at least know its 2242 size. But there seems to be differing opinions on what G1s got sata or NVMe. Also If its not NVME, Is it worth using if I've already got it booting from SSD in the 2.5 sata bay? The plan was to switch to booting off the M.2 and use the 2.5 ssd as storage, but if its not faster, is there much of a point? thanks in advance!

thanks for the info. I think haven't upgraded the GPU yet, but the BIOS has been updated. I ended up with just the i7, 2.5 tb worth of SSDs, and 32gb of ram; so far.

I'm considering upgrading a shop/garage laptop while I have it apart to replace a fan. Its used for some CNC and 3d printing work; and I just want to get a little more out of it while I have it in pieces. Current specs: Storage: 500g Ram 4gb Processor: AMD A6-7310 w/ UMA graphics Potential upgrades: Storage: SSD after looking at the HP service manual, while a m.2 drive conversion is available it looks like its going to be running on a SATA adapter. So not worth the cost. Just a 2.5 SSD will do. Ram 16gb Processor: AMD A6-7310 to AMD A12-9700P or AMD A10-9600P My question is... are the mobile AMD processors swap-able? I'm finding conflicting info if they are soldered on or not... In the past... I've swapped mobile intel processors in my older HP Elitebooks without any issue at all. 1st gen and 3rd gen i7s Thought it may be worth figuring out as the AMD A12 is only a $25 processor. It should get me close to early gen i7 mobile processing power which would be a substantial improvement over the A6.

I always preferred using older HP elitebooks. as graphics are pretty unimportant. I think my last bigger HP that I traveled with was a 8470p, that I put the i7 3840QM in it, 32gigs of ram, and a couple ssds. Ran my entire Native Instrument without a hitch. My current music production laptop is overkill, a new Lenovo Y740. thats maxed out. My actual studio tower is nearly a decade old. with minor upgrades over the years, SSDs really gave it a whole new lease on life. My personal opinion is to either go for a slightly older i7 business class laptop and max out the ram. or buy a SFF prebuilt. swap in an i7 if needed, get an ssd, max out the ram. It'll have space for a proper sound card, depending on how far he wants to take it.

Haha thanks. Ya I already did that actually. I found about a 1.5tb of unsorted FLAC, I thought I had lost years ago. So that alone was worth poking around at this old beast. Just going to buy a cheap Patriot SSD and see how it takes windows 10.

I've been on a quest to either throw out or revive old some of my old builds this year. I've successfully maxed out my 3rd gen i series and updated a htpc Athlon II build to a x6 1075T with supporting goodies. Now I'm on to one of the first computers I ever built. I haven't used it for over 5 years, just turned it on today and it seems to work fine. Specs: CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 GPU: Radeon HD 4650 PSU: Thermaltake 450w Ram: 8 gigs Gskill MOBO: BIOSTAR TForce TP43D2A7 LGA 775 Intel P43 Storage: two 1.5tb drives Soundcard: M-Audio Lt1010 PCI express Case: NZXT Phantom Originally it built as a studio PC, so it was running all sorts of music production software. Native Instrument's entire library, Ableton, etc.. It had no issues running those up to 12' or 13' Considering getting back into it Would it be worth adding SSDs and possibly swap the processor? I think I can put in either a modded Intel Xeon X5482 or Intel Xeon X5460. But unsure how much of an upgrade they would be at this point, but they are only about $25. I realize most recent gaming is out the window. So I'm not sure what modern video card wouldn't be overkill for this system.