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MVPernula
By MVPernula
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Okay so I'm starting to buy old PC's and parts to make myself another machine and possibly sell it later for a friend.

 

Im just curious.. Can EVERYTHING be replaced in it? 

Say that it's an 1155socket MOBO, can I just slap an i5 3570k into it and call it a day? (Assuming I have a cooler, thermal paste and the power to run it)

 

Is there anything besides the obvious I have to think about? 

 

Thanks!

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most likely jsut make sure the bios supports it 

Current: R2600X@4.0GHz\\ Corsair Air 280x \\ RTX 2070 \\ 16GB DDR3 2666 \\ 1KW EVGA Supernova\\ Asus B450 TUF

Old Systems: A6 5200 APU -- A10 7800K + HD6670 -- FX 9370 + 2X R9 290 -- G3258 + R9 280 -- 4690K + RX480

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you should be able to as long as the motherboard BIOS supports it

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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4 minutes ago, The Belgian Waffle said:

Well, by putting it a i5 or i7 3xxx you're "killing" the machine, cause if he wants to upgrade it in the future he'll have to change the motherboard

My friend simply wants something that runs games, settings turned down matters not.

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Just now, MVPernula said:

So basically update bios.. And if that doesn't work GG?

try without updateing first, then update, then look around for BIOS alts if thats a thing and then if still nothing then GG

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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14 minutes ago, MVPernula said:

So basically update bios.. And if that doesn't work GG?

yeah pretty much

 

Current: R2600X@4.0GHz\\ Corsair Air 280x \\ RTX 2070 \\ 16GB DDR3 2666 \\ 1KW EVGA Supernova\\ Asus B450 TUF

Old Systems: A6 5200 APU -- A10 7800K + HD6670 -- FX 9370 + 2X R9 290 -- G3258 + R9 280 -- 4690K + RX480

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