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So I'm trying to upgrade my mom's computer for a Mother's Day gift, but the initial idea I wanted to do can't be done because I can't find a decent AM4 motherboard anywhere that I can get this week. I'm traveling to her Memorial weekend (this upcoming weekend) so I'm on a time crunch so here's what I have. My work just gave me one of our older HP systems that works fine (user error resulted in a replacement) and I figure I could put an ssd in it and secondary hard drive to get her going. Specs: i3 6100t (Skylake) and 8gb DDR4 2133. My other option is I could put my old 2600k in her H series 1155 motherboard and just put the ssd and hdd in that system. She uses the pc for work and it's mainly using her work's website, email, some pdf work, and really nothing to crazy, from what I can tell. I'm leaning towards the HP because I can do everything here and update everything before I take it down so less time spent on vacation doing it there. Thoughts? My original idea consisted of my building her a system with my old Ryzen 7 1700 so I wouldn't have to upgrade her stuff for another 10+ years, but supply shortages are an issue. Sorry for the novel, I'm just torn on what to do. Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!

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The old mobo itself may have developed faults over time, so I prefer the new system. Not that she needs more CPU speed for paperwork

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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9 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

The old mobo itself may have developed faults over time, so I prefer the new system. Not that she needs more CPU speed for paperwork

So you're thinking the newer HP system may be the way to go then? I really wish I could just find an AM4 board so I could do the 1700 but no where has one that I can get soon.. Sucks.

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New SSD for fast loading and a better (or additional) display for her to get more real estate/clearer image

Before you reply to my post, REFRESH. 99.99% chance I edited my post. 

 

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3 minutes ago, Mister Woof said:

New SSD for fast loading and a better (or additional) display for her to get more real estate/clearer image

I already got her a new 27" monitor for Christmas because her 19" was so old and 19" lol. I feel like having faster IPC and a motherboard that would take better advantage of the ssd might do better than her older board? Not sure how much better though. 

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1 minute ago, TravisTea said:

I already got her a new 27" monitor for Christmas because her 19" was so old and 19" lol. I feel like having faster IPC and a motherboard that would take better advantage of the ssd might do better than her older board? Not sure how much better though. 

probably won't be too noticeable for her tbh.

 

I don't know how old your mom is, but non-gamers tend to be more sensitive to more tactile/obvious changes like a different display, keyboard, mouse, etc. vs performance.

 

Big leaps like SSDs or coming up from ancient hardware notwithstanding, of course.

Before you reply to my post, REFRESH. 99.99% chance I edited my post. 

 

My System: i7-13700KF // Corsair iCUE H150i Elite Capellix // MSI MPG Z690 Edge Wifi // 32GB DDR5 G. SKILL RIPJAWS S5 6000 CL32 // Nvidia RTX 4070 Super FE // Corsair 5000D Airflow // Corsair SP120 RGB Pro x7 // Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 850w //1TB ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro/1TB Teamgroup MP33/2TB Seagate 7200RPM Hard Drive // Displays: LG Ultragear 32GP83B x2 // Royal Kludge RK100 // Logitech G Pro X Superlight // Sennheiser DROP PC38x

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