The PC started rebooted it self at random for the last few days and it finally died today. I set up a very old pc I had running Win 7 and figured I’ll see if it can be upgraded. I thought Win 10 required fairly modern PC parts. Not so! I 1 GB CPU and 1 GB of memory is the min. specs needed to run Win 10 along with space on the hard drive for the OS.
I moved a couple of the SSD hard drives from the dead PC to this one and it booted into win 10 on it’s own. Heck I figured I might as well see if my Win 7 HP laptop with an intel I5 CPU could load Win 10. I have a Win 10 disc. You can’t download Win 10 from Microsoft but a disc will work just fine. Loading Win 10 on the laptop took several hours so it is not fast but it does work. I opened a browser surfed the web started fortnite so it is doable! I have to remove more of the WIN 10 bloat and spyware in the future. I marked NO to all of the stuff the Win 10 wants to install to “help me” be productive. there is still more junk/bloat to clean up.
Window 7 OS is loosing the support of most software companies and internet browser, but Win 10 is still supported by most companies. It is the nature of the Microsoft beast. Everyone runs windows so almost all hardware companies work on newer versions of windows. Same thing for most software. I still want to try a linux build on an old PC once I get in the parts and build a more up to date PC. I have to admit I was completely wrong on the PC specs needed to run Win 10.
That said, PC part prices are still insane. My build cost came in around $650.00 and I bought AMD parts that at least 2-3 generations old. Now this will be a big upgrade for me but if you are building or buying a pre-built PC for gaming, streaming, rendering and things like that you will pay for it! Now building your own PC tends to give you the best bang for your buck. Compared to buying a built PC in a store or online. I would say you can build a very good mid-range PC for around $1000.00 and buy about the same midrange PC in a store/online for around $1500.00.
Once I get all the parts and build the new Desktop PC I’ll give you my total cost of parts and if it works, all the bench marks and impressions of how it works. If it doesn’t work I’ll give you the details and the work arounds that were needed to get it working.
If you have an older AMD4 mother board from 2018 or newer you have a lot of upgrades you can make for relatively little money as AMD is very backward compatible with it’s parts. AMD is hinting that it will be doing another big change so backward compatible and buying a mobo for future growth/upgrades might be going away soon. Intel is making the fastest stuff right now but I have know idea how backward compatible Intel CPUs and Motherboards are today or how well they can be for future upgrades.
Computers and smart phones are part of daily life so you will need them but you can also limit them from spying on you. You can build a descent desktop for under $1000.00. I think it is good that every one have a laptop as a back up PC and I saw a Dell running an I5 Intel CPU on Win 10 for $200.00 on newegg.com. You can still get an older good basic laptop for low cost. Building or buying a good desktop will cost some bucks.
I doubt CPU and graphic cards will drop in price in the near future. I had hope when the Crypto bros. started getting hammered with fraud coin mining GPUs might start coming down in price. Now all the idiots are chasing AI and powerful GPUs are a cheap way to train AI. AI is not really AI it just simulates AI. Just like us humans AI is subject to GIGO (Garbage in/Garbage Out).