When I start parting out my dual XEON rig and sell off excess and rebuild a smaller, simpler but still useful gaming machine, I'll probably have some money leftover so I thought I'd also kick my parent's PC a notch or 2.
My parent's PC is a walmart POS with fusion CPU, max 4GB RAM (single slot, never worked with 8GB or larger), 2 SATA port, no PCI or PCIe slot, and is basically dead end for upgrading. Right now it's slow as heck, stutters a lot with streaming video and DVD playback, takes a few minutes just to start the web browser, etc. It's like someone shoved a sub-$100 worth of laptop hardware in a desktop case (and looks like that too, there's lots of empty space inside)
I wanted to get a decent upgrade. What would be a good basic AMD upgrade be like? I was thinking of A-series with APU. All I want is for the new computer to perform better than walmart POS and last a few years or so.
My parent's PC is a walmart POS with fusion CPU, max 4GB RAM (single slot, never worked with 8GB or larger), 2 SATA port, no PCI or PCIe slot, and is basically dead end for upgrading. Right now it's slow as heck, stutters a lot with streaming video and DVD playback, takes a few minutes just to start the web browser, etc. It's like someone shoved a sub-$100 worth of laptop hardware in a desktop case (and looks like that too, there's lots of empty space inside)
I wanted to get a decent upgrade. What would be a good basic AMD upgrade be like? I was thinking of A-series with APU. All I want is for the new computer to perform better than walmart POS and last a few years or so.
