Updating my computer build

[The Bad Guy]

6 years ago I had a tremendous amount of help in completing my first computer build. Computer has ran mostly great for 6 years, but I wanted to see if it was worth upgrading my processor, motherboard and graphics card.

Below is what I purchased. I do light gaming, a lot of videos/photos, personal computing and lots of word processing.

Since I'm not real knowledgeable about what is compatible with what, I wanted to solicit the gurus on here for advice.

Here is a screen shot of what I currently have in the computer. I'm not looking to spend a ton to upgrade, but I'm sure a lot has changed in 6 years that I'm not aware of.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[KCFalcon59]

Originally Posted by Buck

Yep. It's the mystery of the century. Nobody knows why. Win 10 just doesn't work on 850 EVO...believe me...I have spent hours upon hours trying to get it to work. There's a bunch of pissed off people on the internet who agree with me.

My friend has an 840 EVO working too.

Must be sporadic. I have a Samsung 850 EVO 1TB that is working just fine with Windows 10.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

Problem is - if I'm going to clone the drive, I have way more than 250 gigs taken up on my HD right now.

So if I understand correctly, you only have one hard drive in this computer?

If so, I'd purchase the 250 gig SSD and use it solely for the OS and connect the old drive to Sata #2. That way, you can access your old data while having the primary drive dedicated to the OS.

Also, in doing so, your data is on a separate drive and would be unaffected by a virus or other cyber attack. Personally, my OS drive has the OS and programs only, with separate drives for data (and a USB3 2 TB drive as data backup).

[Vegas_Dave]

Originally Posted by KCFalcon59

Must be sporadic. I have a Samsung 850 EVO 1TB that is working just fine with Windows 10.

Ditto

[Buck]

Originally Posted by Vegas_Dave

Ditto

So weird. Maybe it isn't everyone, but here's a 750 post thread with a bunch of people complaining about it over the last few months.

http://www.tenforums.com/general-sup...ndomly-74.html

[hometeam]

I got a text about this thread this afternoon, but I have taken on a new job and am swamped like you wouldnt believe. (Including setting up a finance office, and half of a BDC with PCs that I pieced together from a boneyard~)

Catch me up, did we complete a build?

What the problems is?

[hometeam]

Originally Posted by Buck

You can use 1, 2, or 4.

3 won't work.

You need to make sure that each stick of RAM is the same.

On most motherboards, if you are using two, you would need to slot them in the 1st and 3rd or 2nd and 4th slots.

Your motherboard should come with instructions.

Ram doesnt technically have to be the same brand or anything.

Just same speed and timings.

[hometeam]

find yourself some deals on www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap

[The Bad Guy]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

So if I understand correctly, you only have one hard drive in this computer?

If so, I'd purchase the 250 gig SSD and use it solely for the OS and connect the old drive to Sata #2. That way, you can access your old data while having the primary drive dedicated to the OS.

Also, in doing so, your data is on a separate drive and would be unaffected by a virus or other cyber attack. Personally, my OS drive has the OS and programs only, with separate drives for data (and a USB3 2 TB drive as data backup).

Correct. Just have the 1TB. I have a bunch of externals for backups, but only one dedicated. I'll have to find a time next weekend to set this all up. I'm assuming this is easy to do?

I'm trying to find out what is the max RAM I can have in this system. I'm thinking that's all I'm going to upgrade with the SSD.

[The Bad Guy]

Would this RAM work with my current MB?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J8E8Y5C...ing=UTF8&psc=1

[Buck]

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

Would this RAM work with my current MB?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J8E8Y5C...ing=UTF8&psc=1

It seems like it would, however, read this from your mobo mfg page.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=3320#ov

Dual Channel DDR3 1666+ MHz

Delivering native support for DDR3 memory up to 1666MHz, GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 3 motherboards allow users to easily reach higher memory frequencies at lower voltages; achieving higher memory performance with lower power consumption to run even the most memory intensive applications such as high-definition video and 3D games with ease.
* DDR3 1666+ is supported with combination of AM3 processors and qualified memory modules, please refer "Memory Support List" for detail memory support information.

You have a pretty old set up, it's hard to find reliable info.

[The Bad Guy]

Originally Posted by hometeam

I got a text about this thread this afternoon, but I have taken on a new job and am swamped like you wouldnt believe. (Including setting up a finance office, and half of a BDC with PCs that I pieced together from a boneyard~)

Catch me up, did we complete a build?

What the problems is?

Congrats on the new job. Completed a build over 6 years ago and seeing what I should upgrade.

I'm definitely upgrading the RAM and to a ssd drive. I'm debating on motherboard, graphics card and processor.

[The Bad Guy]

Originally Posted by Buck

It seems like it would, however, read this from your mobo mfg page.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...px?pid=3320#ov




You have a pretty old set up, it's hard to find reliable info.

Yeah that's way over my head. I definitely want to upgrade the ram I have at minimum.

[scho63]

Originally Posted by Buck

Also...I agree. You absolutely 100% should buy an SSD to put your OS and other often used programs on.

Just don't buy a Samsung 850 EVO to do that with if you are using Windows 10. For some reason that drive and that OS are not compatible.

This is an incorrect statement

About 5 months ago I bought the Samsung 850 EVO V-NAND SSD 250 GB and swapped it into my HP Pavillion g6 with Windows 10.

Transferring over all the files was easy with the Samsung online tool.

The difference in boot up from my old POS drive is about 15-20x faster, maybe more. I also doubled my RAM.

The only issue I have is that my computer runs a little hot now and I may need to upgrade the fan.

[The Bad Guy]

What RAM would you recommend, Buck if I keep my old MB?

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by The Bad Guy

What RAM would you recommend, Buck if I keep my old MB?

Go to www.crucial.com. They have an app that will scan your computer and provide a list of compatible RAM.

That said, I wouldn't recommend purchasing RAM for a 6 year old motherboard. That thing might blow at any second, leaving you with RAM that isn't compatible with the latest generation of boards.

As much as you probably don't want to do it, I'd suggest biting the bullet and purchasing a new board, processor, RAM and SSD. I see no reason why you can't use your current graphics card.