What would you do with this system: AMD A10-5700, Eyefinity Radeon HD 7570?

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Michael Scott

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What would you do with this system: HP Pavilion p6-2388ea Desktop ?


    Would you upgrade the GPU or the APU?
    Would you scrap the whole system and build a new PC?
    Would this system handle office work smoothly like a current-gen PC?
    How does this system compare to a current-gen system in $400 - $600 range?


Motherboard: MSI MS-7778 (Jasmine) (AMD A75 FCH)
Processor: AMD A10-5700 (FM2 socket, 4 cores @ 3.4GHz up to 4.0GHz turbo)
Memory: 8 GB (DDR3-1600)
Graphics: Eyefinity Radeon HD 7570 (2 GB DDR3)
PSU: 300W

NB I won't be gaming on this system, I only need it for work. The PSU and/or MOBO has broken so it can't boot. Repair could cost $100 - $200. At what repair cost is it no longer worth repairing this system, and better to invest in a new system?
 
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I would find some way to test the motherboard. If it works and just needs a new PSU, you might find some low wattage units for cheap and run it as a daily low intensity work system.
Usually the motherboard is the case with these prebuilts though, since they use low quality capacitors that burst easily. Check if that has happened and if so, just scrap the entire thing and sell the parts for pocket change.
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I would find some way to test the motherboard. If it works and just needs a new PSU, you might find some low wattage units for cheap and run it as a daily low intensity work system.
Usually the motherboard is the case with these prebuilts though, since they use low quality capacitors that burst easily. Check if that has happened and if so, just scrap the entire thing and sell the parts for pocket change.
 
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The cheapest route I would do to make a useful system with what you got spending less than $200 would be to go in two different directions.
Many refurbished systems are for sale that have equal to superior hardware that can be used for work such as computer in the optiplex line sold in the 100 to 200 dollar range. Buy one that costs below 150 dollars and install your ram and video card into the system you buy to use for work and use the old computer as extra hardware to build another budget computer build that you can hunt to buy both a mobo and psu at under the 50 dollar range.

Upgrading an old computer:

Currently:

Thermaltake sells psu with over 500 watts for 50 dollars or less.
Most available FM2 motherboards can be purchased under 50 dollars but none will have the latest upgrades since no manufacturer is producing any new revisions of FM2 motherboards in years now.

If you have more than 300 dollars to spend don't use it to upgrade old computers but invest it in a budget build that will take either a ryzen build or a quad core intel build as the eventual finished product within a year of your completed upgrade.
 
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Michael Scott

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Thank you for your reply. I don't want to buy a refurbished system because I feel I would have too many low-end PC's lying around the house xD.
I have taken on board what you have said about exploring motherboards in this thread I made here http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3553232/fm2-recommend-motherboard-amd-a10-5700-ram-radeon-7570.html

@ KahouAoki: I agree it's probably the motherboard so I think I'll buy a new FM2+ and hope that fixes the problem. Also, in the future when I feel that the PC is getting too slow, I can buy an AMD Athlon 880k and SSD for this build for little money.

 
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