So I upgraded because I don't have a spare system that I could easily swap parts with to trouble shoot.
Old system 1 (trouble): Phenom II X4 960T, MSI 880G-E45 (4+1 phase VRM I believe, 140W CPU rated), ATI FirePro 2270 512MB for 2D need only, 2 x DDR3 1333 4GB ea.
Old system 2 (stable): Phenom II X2 555, Biostar 780G (2+1 phase VRM I believe, 125W CPU rated), 2 x DDR3 1600 4GB ea.
New system: Ryzen 3 2200g, B450M motherboard, 2 x DDR4 3200 8GB ea.
Old system 1 and 2 were not in the same city. Now that I have retired Old system 1, I am gradually swapping parts between them to see what is broken. So far it seems like the DDR3 are all fine, power supplies are both fine, most likely CPU are fine too (will know next month), and it was the MSI 880G-E45. In theory I can just use the Phenom II X4 in the Biostar and call it a day, but it only has 2 DDR slots so I won't be able to use up all the rams.
Recently a friend gave me an ASUS H61 MB (LGA 1155, 4 DDR3 slots) with 2 x DDR3 1GB or 2GB (haven't checked), but no CPU. I am thinking about swapping the parts around so I will end up with:
System A: Ivy Bridge Xeon E3 or i5 that fit LGA 1155, ASUS H61 MB, 4 x DDR3 running 1333 or 1600 4GB ea (16GB total) for my dad, in theory I only need to pay $20-30 for the CPU shipped.
System B: Phenom II X2, Biostar 780G, 2 x DDR3 1 or 2GB to sell for cheap ($20 or $30)
Phenom II X4: ebay for $25, after shipping I pocket $20.
Does this make sense? The reason for this "upgrade" would be to have a 16GB system, but I don't think I need it to be honest, 8GB seems fine. I don't play game with that system anyways.
My alternative is to keep both what I have and use it till something break again, then start swapping parts. This will probably work till everything I mentioned is obsolete and I need to scrap them all. This also assume I do not need more than 8GB in the near future.
What would you do?
Old system 1 (trouble): Phenom II X4 960T, MSI 880G-E45 (4+1 phase VRM I believe, 140W CPU rated), ATI FirePro 2270 512MB for 2D need only, 2 x DDR3 1333 4GB ea.
Old system 2 (stable): Phenom II X2 555, Biostar 780G (2+1 phase VRM I believe, 125W CPU rated), 2 x DDR3 1600 4GB ea.
New system: Ryzen 3 2200g, B450M motherboard, 2 x DDR4 3200 8GB ea.
Old system 1 and 2 were not in the same city. Now that I have retired Old system 1, I am gradually swapping parts between them to see what is broken. So far it seems like the DDR3 are all fine, power supplies are both fine, most likely CPU are fine too (will know next month), and it was the MSI 880G-E45. In theory I can just use the Phenom II X4 in the Biostar and call it a day, but it only has 2 DDR slots so I won't be able to use up all the rams.
Recently a friend gave me an ASUS H61 MB (LGA 1155, 4 DDR3 slots) with 2 x DDR3 1GB or 2GB (haven't checked), but no CPU. I am thinking about swapping the parts around so I will end up with:
System A: Ivy Bridge Xeon E3 or i5 that fit LGA 1155, ASUS H61 MB, 4 x DDR3 running 1333 or 1600 4GB ea (16GB total) for my dad, in theory I only need to pay $20-30 for the CPU shipped.
System B: Phenom II X2, Biostar 780G, 2 x DDR3 1 or 2GB to sell for cheap ($20 or $30)
Phenom II X4: ebay for $25, after shipping I pocket $20.
Does this make sense? The reason for this "upgrade" would be to have a 16GB system, but I don't think I need it to be honest, 8GB seems fine. I don't play game with that system anyways.
My alternative is to keep both what I have and use it till something break again, then start swapping parts. This will probably work till everything I mentioned is obsolete and I need to scrap them all. This also assume I do not need more than 8GB in the near future.
What would you do?
