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Windows 10 Home OEM or Pro on old socket 775 system?

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Don't bother buying a key for that machine.

PM me. I can give you a Win 7 key that will activate with Win 10.

As far as the blue screens go, there's a lot that can be wrong. The GPU is probably on its way out and it is a miracle that it has lasted this long. It could be the RAM and it could also be the motherboard. It's an old system, anything goes...

Where are you located...?
Working on a donation project so that key to upgrade to 10 could be great. Thx
 
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How about linux mint for example?
 
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With an SSD in there that system should run just fine on W10. My old Q9450 felt snappy and responsive up until its 2017 retirement. But yeah, get a cheap quad core too.

For W10, go OEM (or ideally one of those cheapo licenses found online) and Home. Pro if you want Remote Desktop capabilities, but that's pretty much the only thing it adds for most users.
 
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Just testing out the hardware to see what it can do before the switch to 10.

So far I haven't found a graphics card benchmark that is compatible with Vista. Fur said it was but didn't work.

Internet speed test was the only success so far lol. Download 57.3/Upload 13.5
 
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You could consider a retired hp/dell office desktop with some more recent ivy bridge if you are going to change the cpu. They can go as little as 100€/$ and they are pretty nice for light office, maybe you can recycle the ram on your computer if it's ddr3. Just slap a ssd on it and the igpu will handle video decoding well.
 
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Since this motherboard is from 2008 maybe I should re-TIM the Nothbridge heat pipe. Use AS5?
 
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Gpu or ram at this rate.

You won't like the gui of 10 or its bloatware and forced bugged updates. Keep Vista or go Windows 7/Linux
Also I actually had some weird BSODs on my Q9400 LGA775 system with Win 10. It used to BSOD whenever I tethered phone for WIFI. Bluetooth also became laggy, audio was delayed through soundbar. I have to say Win 7 ran perfectly smoothly but Win 10 exposed 4GB ram terribly. I remember waiting long for thumbnails to load - indexing didnt help either.
 
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LOL! It's not fast but the GPU is ok with the latest driver. Good enough for the internet.
test3dmark.jpg
 
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Don't bother buying a key for that machine.

PM me. I can give you a Win 7 key that will activate with Win 10.

As far as the blue screens go, there's a lot that can be wrong. The GPU is probably on its way out and it is a miracle that it has lasted this long. It could be the RAM and it could also be the motherboard. It's an old system, anything goes...

Where are you located...?

Still have that key? I just installed Windows 10 Home 64 bit on this old socket 775 system along with a Q9650 and it runs and overclocks like a a charm! Or if you don't have one I can just buy one from the site that techpowerup is always advertising.
 

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