Sanity check for ram upgrade of old computer

[MadmanRB]

So I just got my hands on an old but still working Compaq Persario SR5000 for free from a family friend.

This relic features an Athelon II and 3GB of ram and is upgradable to 8GB, and I am planning on turning it into a Linux HTPC.

But I am having issues looking up the max ram speed of this ancient beauty, it seems compatible with a frequency of 677, but I am seeing a lot of 800 units around and wonder if I should even bother as i cant find if it will support higher frequency ram.

I mean for its age this computer is a speed demon, to see an old PC like this run so fast on most modern web browsing tasks without a SSD is pretty awesome considering this PC was made in the vista era (it even has a vista sticker on it that I may slap on my new rig for LOL's). Thus, why I think it will make a great HTPC despite its age, but if I can give it even more help, that would be great.

[dizmo]

Nothing like seeing nothing but a blank wall.

 

[MadmanRB]

Oh crud, that's because I copied and pasted from another forum.

Let's try that again.

 

Edit there made the text green as when I change it to black it becomes unreadable on the dark theme

[Alex Atkin UK]

19 minutes ago, MadmanRB said:

So I just got my hands on an old but still working Compaq Persario SR5000 for free from a family friend.

This relic features an Athelon II and 3GB of ram and is upgradable to 8GB, and I am planning on turning it into a Linux HTPC.

But I am having issues looking up the max ram speed of this ancient beauty, it seems compatible with a frequency of 677, but I am seeing a lot of 800 units around and wonder if I should even bother as i cant find if it will support higher frequency ram.

I mean for its age this computer is a speed demon, to see an old PC like this run so fast on most modern web browsing tasks without a SSD is pretty awesome considering this PC was made in the vista era (it even has a vista sticker on it that I may slap on my new rig for LOL's). Thus, why I think it will make a great HTPC despite its age, but if I can give it even more help, that would be great.

If there is little difference in price it will still work at 667 with 800 RAM, but depending on the price you're likely better off just getting a Raspberry Pi 4 as it would be much more suitable as a HTPC.

[Alex Atkin UK]

2 minutes ago, MadmanRB said:

Oh crud thats because I copied and pasted from another forum.

Lets try that again.

You just need to reset the text color or explicitly set it to black.

[MadmanRB]

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If there is little difference in price it will still work at 667 with 800 RAM, but depending on the price you're likely better off just getting a Raspberry Pi 4 as it would be much more suitable as a HTPC.

They are about the same price.

 

As for the raspberry Pi idea I would do it but I like turning old machines into projects of mine to help the e waste issue just a little.

Trust me this ol gal is worth saving, shes got spirit for such an old PC still