Upgrading components in an ancient PC

thomas.diggins · Dec 4, 2017

I currently have a very very ancient PC - a Packard Bell with intel core 2 quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.4GHz, 3GB RAM that is very slow and was wondering if I can upgrade it in any way (without buying a new PC). Can I upgrade the CPU to say a 2017 i5 and the RAM to 16GB? Thanks

Wolfshadw · Dec 4, 2017

Sorry, but no. Any new processor is going to require a new motherboard and new RAM as well.

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WildCard999 · Dec 4, 2017

What are the uses for the system? If it's general use such as web/word processing/etc a decent SSD would speed it up quite a bit.

ZRace · Dec 4, 2017

It will be less of an upgrade and more like getting a new PC, since you'll have to replace at least the CPU, motherboard and RAM, but if that counts, yes, you can upgrade it.

What you can definitely keep (whether it makes sense is up to you): HDD(s), SSD(s), optical drive(s)
What you can most likely keep, depending on what you have: Case, fans & heatsink if any, graphics card
What you might be able to keep (but probably not): Power supply (and CPU, RAM, motherboard obviously)

captaincharisma · Dec 4, 2017

taking into account its a brand name PC i doubt you would be able to make any significant upgrades to it that you would make any difference.as said above you would end up buying a new motherboard, RAM, CPU and maybe GPU depending on what you plan to use the PC for. you are better off scrapping it and buying a new PC if you plan to use it for anything major other then checking e-mail and web browsing.

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