I have a very old HP Pavilion a6400z with an AMD Sempron x2 1.8 ghz processor. At this point, I'm no longer using it. It is too slow and obsolete. However, I do want to bring it to life so I can give it to a family member (very light computer user), so I was wondering what upgrades were possible and reasonable. A lot of simple upgrades are really cheap because of how old the parts are. At this point, I don't care about the used parts failing because of how old this computer is to begin with.
This is the computers spec page:
https://support.hp.com/za-en/document/c01409428
This is the spec page for the motherboard:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01237548
What I'm confused by is that the motherboard page says that the highest Athlon 64 x2 processor that can be used is a x2 4800+. However on the product page, it says the computer could be configured with an AMD Athlon 64 x2 (W) 5000+ CPU. By the way, what does the (W) represent? I'm assuming that the page for the motherboard wasn't updated after this computer came out? The 5000+ is a 65 W processor so I would assume it would work. I don't want to risk buying it and it not working, so should I just stick with the 4800+? Anyone experienced with this particular motherboard, could you chime in? The processors are cheap, but I'd rather not have to buy two.
Another question, what graphics card should I put in? Keep in mind that the most graphics intensive thing the user will do is watch 1080p videos. Current integrated graphics is nVidia GeForce 6150SE. I was thinking of getting a low-profile HD6450 because of how cheap they are right now on ebay. Will I have any issue with installing this card? I believe the current power supply is 300 W. I hope that should be sufficient was a very low end graphics card like that.
This is the computers spec page:
https://support.hp.com/za-en/document/c01409428
This is the spec page for the motherboard:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01237548
What I'm confused by is that the motherboard page says that the highest Athlon 64 x2 processor that can be used is a x2 4800+. However on the product page, it says the computer could be configured with an AMD Athlon 64 x2 (W) 5000+ CPU. By the way, what does the (W) represent? I'm assuming that the page for the motherboard wasn't updated after this computer came out? The 5000+ is a 65 W processor so I would assume it would work. I don't want to risk buying it and it not working, so should I just stick with the 4800+? Anyone experienced with this particular motherboard, could you chime in? The processors are cheap, but I'd rather not have to buy two.
Another question, what graphics card should I put in? Keep in mind that the most graphics intensive thing the user will do is watch 1080p videos. Current integrated graphics is nVidia GeForce 6150SE. I was thinking of getting a low-profile HD6450 because of how cheap they are right now on ebay. Will I have any issue with installing this card? I believe the current power supply is 300 W. I hope that should be sufficient was a very low end graphics card like that.