So last week I finally grabbed the cake and upgraded to Windows 10. I did this slightly by accident, and ended up doing a clean Windows 10 install the next day anyway. Not because the upgrade failed, but because in retrospect a clean install would let me get rid of all the dodgy registry keys and malware scripts and binaries scattered about.
Windows 10 upgrade is surprisingly smooth - even o na large old hard disk. Just leave overnight to cool and welcome to new desktop in the morning. It is really quite slick.
But my real problem was a motherboard with bad I/O channels which have been slowly creeping up on me in the last few months. So tomorrow I'll be compiling a list of PC parts and building a fresh machine.
CPU £167.97 amazon
mobo £65.41 dabs
RAM £60.87 amazon
all-in : £294
sounds good?
Windows 10 upgrade is surprisingly smooth - even o na large old hard disk. Just leave overnight to cool and welcome to new desktop in the morning. It is really quite slick.
But my real problem was a motherboard with bad I/O channels which have been slowly creeping up on me in the last few months. So tomorrow I'll be compiling a list of PC parts and building a fresh machine.
Hardware research notes follow:
- https://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
- https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97p
- Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
- Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
- Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
- Asus Z97-P ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
CPU £167.97 amazon
mobo £65.41 dabs
RAM £60.87 amazon
all-in : £294
sounds good?
Parts ordered - just 3 days later and some offers have already changed, the mobo is now cheaper at dabs and the ram is cheaper on amazon. cpu still better on amazon
ReplyDelete