My computer brain, that is. 🙂 My trusty machine was getting a little long in the tooth, having begun life as a pseudo-Mac about 7 years ago, then was transformed to a Windows machine about 4 years ago. The hardware was good, but the choices were made primarily because they were compatible with the Mac OS. It still made for a decent Windows machine but was not ideal.
Fortunately, I have in-house tech support who is willing to work for food and drink. My son Kevin helped me pick out new hardware, and I ended up keeping the case, power supply and video card. I (actually he – I just stayed out of the way and tried not to break things) replaced the motherboard, processor and memory plus a new SSD. I already had upgraded my photo drives from 2TB to 4TB, so they stayed intact. Not replacing everything saved me a bit of money, and that made the CFO pretty happy since it gives her more to spend on decorating. 😉
For those who care (and know what it means!), here is a summary of my upgraded hardware:
- GeForceGTX760 Video Card
- ASRock X570 PHANTOM GAMING 4 ATX AMD Motherboard
- AMD RYZEN 7 3700X 8-Core 3.6 GHz Processor
- CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 32GB DDR4 SDRAM
- WD BLACK SN750 NVMe M.2 500GB Hard Drive
- SanDisk X210SD 512GB SATA Hard Drive (Currently unused)
- WD 4TB Desktop Performance 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5″ Internal HDD (X2)
- CORSAIR TX650M Case with 650W power supply
It’s a pretty sweet setup. Getting everything back up and running took a little time, but at least that was something I know how to do! 😉
I love it when our children spoil us! Also, glad you got a new brain. Now expecting even more awesomer images on this site. As you say Sweet!
I’ll do my bestest…thanks, Monte!