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[Closed] PC/IT Geeks what upgrades possible on average oldish hp desk top

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Hp pro desktop i5 win7/8 desktop pc maxes out at 16gb ram

https://business.currys.co.uk/catalogue/item/P218582P?

Seems like its had an easy life, and want something for a media server (well storage really)

What would/can you do to it to make it better, what will the motherboard accept?

 
Posted : 22/02/2020 7:36 pm
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SSD and an upgrade to Windows10

 
Posted : 22/02/2020 8:27 pm
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As above..

Put an ssd drive in it, upgrade the ram from 4gb to 8gb.

That would pretty much sort it out.

 
Posted : 22/02/2020 8:48 pm
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Wot they said - will run very fast.

 
Posted : 22/02/2020 8:51 pm
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For a media server, Linux may be better and quicker. Depends on what you want to do.

 
Posted : 22/02/2020 9:36 pm