Before I continue with this post, I want to say that yes, I know that buying an old dell optiplex on the cheap would be better than going with this, but for sentimental reasons, I want to specifically upgrade this PC to the best of my ability.
Now that that's out of the way, I found an old HP Pavillion at my work that was being sold for $30 a few years ago. Because I thought it would be interesting to own, I bought it for myself for $25 through my work discount.
The specific model in question is the HP Pavillion A6330F, which was being sold in late 2007. I've done a little bit of research in my free time, and I know that AM3 CPUs are reverse compatible with AM2+, but not AM2. The specific motherboard that this product has is the M2N68-LA (Narra2).
So the question I have for upgrades - I already have a spare SSD and Hard Drive, but I was wondering what the best possible CPU / GPU / RAM combo I could get for around $150-$175.
Now that that's out of the way, I found an old HP Pavillion at my work that was being sold for $30 a few years ago. Because I thought it would be interesting to own, I bought it for myself for $25 through my work discount.
The specific model in question is the HP Pavillion A6330F, which was being sold in late 2007. I've done a little bit of research in my free time, and I know that AM3 CPUs are reverse compatible with AM2+, but not AM2. The specific motherboard that this product has is the M2N68-LA (Narra2).
So the question I have for upgrades - I already have a spare SSD and Hard Drive, but I was wondering what the best possible CPU / GPU / RAM combo I could get for around $150-$175.
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