Upgrading Pre-Built OEM PC

[SebastianS]

Hello,

I work in electronics store and a client asked if he can leave so called "electro-trash" and because i basically take everything i can save from trash i said yes.

What he came with was perfectly fine workstation

HP Compaq Elite 8000CMT PC

rocking:
intel core 2 duo E8400 3GHz

4 Gigs of RAM in 2 sticks (2 free slots)

240gig Hard Drive

with matching HP monitor and mouse/keyboard

 

My question for you guys is what can i do in terms of upgrade to make it a low budget gaming PC for my kids room. For older titles and media stuff.

It works decently with fresh install of Win 10 pro and replaced thermal compound.

 

What i know i have to do:
Add SSD boot drive

Add GPU

Add/Replace RAM

Probably replace CPU

 

What i don't know:

What type of RAM should i go with

What GPU i should use (One thing i noticed is i think the GPU will have to take all the power only from PCI bus as i didn't see any spare cables from PSU to additionally power the GPU)

Which CPU to choose

How not to go over PSU limitations

How not to spend all that much money

 

I'll be thankful for any and all advice.

Best regards 

Sebastian

[Haraikomono]

8 minutes ago, SebastianS said:

Hello,

I work in electronics store and a client asked if he can leave so called "electro-trash" and because i basically take everything i can save from trash i said yes.

What he came with was perfectly fine workstation

HP Compaq Elite 8000CMT PC

rocking:
intel core 2 duo E8400 3GHz

4 Gigs of RAM in 2 sticks (2 free slots)

240gig Hard Drive

with matching HP monitor and mouse/keyboard

 

My question for you guys is what can i do in terms of upgrade to make it a low budget gaming PC for my kids room. For older titles and media stuff.

It works decently with fresh install of Win 10 pro and replaced thermal compound.

 

What i know i have to do:
Add SSD boot drive

Add GPU

Add/Replace RAM

Probably replace CPU

 

What i don't know:

What type of RAM should i go with

What GPU i should use (One thing i noticed is i think the GPU will have to take all the power only from PCI bus as i didn't see any spare cables from PSU to additionally power the GPU)

Which CPU to choose

How not to go over PSU limitations

How not to spend all that much money

 

I'll be thankful for any and all advice.

Best regards 

Sebastian

Id suggest get a Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 for like 10bucks on ebay, get 2 more sticks of ddr3 2gb sticks, and maybe a ssd for 20bucks

alls hould not cost your over 40$

and maybe if you feel advanterous get an old 7870 or something like that from ebay

be sure though to choose a graphics card that is in the limit of your psu

 

look at the specs of the machine you have on the website

https://support.hp.com/de-de/document/c03150433

[SebastianS]

Intel C2Q sounds good but im most concerned about GPU something like 7870 in my country is about 100$ and paying for shipping from eBay to my country costs more than the actual item sadly.