Help with office PCs

[Lucho505]

Hi people, I work at a vet and people here are currently complaining on some specific pcs performance. The thing is, there are plenty here, and some of them work just fine, but there are two in particular that are way too slow.

 

Well, the thing is, that they both run on LGA775, so i figured that if I replaced the crappy ones' cpu and ram and level it with the ones that perform well, they should perform kinda the same. The thing is that they work on different chipsets, and I dont really know if that would be a problem

 

The PCs are used for basic web browsing, text editing and usage of a network program for entering patient data and stuff

 

The specs of both systems

 

The crappy ones

CPU: Intel Dual Core E2180

RAM: Kingston 1GB DDR2 @ 667MHz

MB: Asus P5GC-MX

Chipset: Intel Lakeport-G i945GC

 

The good ones

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

RAM: Samsung 4GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz (2x2GB)

MB: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq 8000 Elite SFF PC (It's a prebuilt system)

Chipset: Intel Eaglelake Q45

 

So, I was thinking on buying a couple of Core 2 Duo E8400 and some 2gb sticks of ddr2 @ 800MHz (I dont think jumping from ddr2 to ddr3 will make a big performance difference), to end with the following specs

 

The new hopefully not crappy one

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

RAM: Generic 4GB DDR2 @ 800MHz (2x2GB)

MB: Asus P5GC-MX

Chipset: Intel Lakeport-G i945GC

 

So, would this work ?

 

Thanks in advance for the help !

[AvocadosGuac]

Get new systems...

[wileywos76]

It would work but you'd be better of replacing them with a cheap mini pc from either Intel or Gigabyte

[AvocadosGuac]

8 minutes ago, wileywos76 said:

It would work but you'd be better of replacing them with a cheap mini pc from either Intel or Gigabyte

Or better yet wait for r3 and build several new $500 systems...

[kirashi]

13 minutes ago, Lucho505 said:

Hi people, I work at a vet and people here are currently complaining on some specific pcs performance. The thing is, there are plenty here, and some of them work just fine, but there are two in particular that are way too slow.

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The crappy ones

CPU: Intel Dual Core E2180

RAM: Kingston 1GB DDR2 @ 667MHz

MB: Asus P5GC-MX

Chipset: Intel Lakeport-G i945GC

 

The new hopefully not crappy one

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

RAM: Generic 4GB DDR2 @ 800MHz (2x2GB)

MB: Asus P5GC-MX

Chipset: Intel Lakeport-G i945GC

 

So, would this work ?

Technically, yes, it would work and help a lot, mostly in the RAM department. However, at this point, I'd recommend shelling out a few hundred bucks for a couple of MiniPC's from Lenovo, HP, or Dell with modern CPUs and hardware. They'll last a lot longer than upgrading these systems, and not be as expensive to maintain in terms of IT costs.

 

Dell 3050 Mini PC - http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/optiplex-3050-micro/pd?oc=s013o3050mffus&model_id=optiplex-3050-micro

 

Lenovo M710 Tiny PC - http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkcentre/m-series-tiny/ThinkCentre-M710-Tiny/p/11TC1MT710Q

[Lucho505]

7 minutes ago, Jrock said:

Get new systems...

 

6 minutes ago, wileywos76 said:

It would work but you'd be better of replacing them with a cheap mini pc from either Intel or Gigabyte

Its pretty hard making my bosses spend money, I know that would be the best option, but pc hardware is pretty expensive here in Argentina

[AvocadosGuac]

Just now, Lucho505 said:

 

Its pretty hard making my bosses spend money, I know that would be the best option, but pc hardware is pretty expensive here in Argentina

Me too.

 

I work at a computer company and my boss wont give me $600 for a new office PC.

 

Im stuck with a first gen i3 and 2gb of ram

[Lucho505]

Just now, Jrock said:

Me too.

 

I work at a computer company and my boss wont give me $600 for a new office PC.

 

Im stuck with a first gen i3 and 2gb of ram

yeah, im working with around 100usd budget per system, so this is what i came back with (i was thinking ssds, but i think ram is most important right now)

 

3 minutes ago, kirashi said:

Technically, yes, it would work and help a lot, mostly in the RAM department. However, at this point, I'd recommend shelling out a few hundred bucks for a couple of MiniPC's from Lenovo, HP, or Dell with modern CPUs and hardware. They'll last a lot longer than upgrading these systems, and not be as expensive to maintain in terms of IT costs.

 

Dell 3050 Mini PC - http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/optiplex-3050-micro/pd?oc=s013o3050mffus&model_id=optiplex-3050-micro

 

Lenovo M710 Tiny PC - http://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkcentre/m-series-tiny/ThinkCentre-M710-Tiny/p/11TC1MT710Q

that would be the best option, but theyre way to expensive here

 

For example, an optiplex 3040 is a littble bit more of 1000usd here

[kirashi]

1 hour ago, Lucho505 said:

that would be the best option, but theyre way to expensive here

For example, an optiplex 3040 is a littble bit more of 1000usd here

Ah wonderful, sounds like Canadia land. We're not quite that expensive, but I've seen the $550 USD 6th gen i3 models sell for around $900 CAD, which is $150 more than they should be based on conversion.