Hmmmm....Guess its not just me with that same CPU! My older Haswell I5-4430 HP Envy desktop decided not to power up recently, so I swapped parts from it to an old Hp SFF I had in my closet. Doesn't do too bad! Seems like its a little quicker because of the clock speeds (3.6 vs 3.2) Anyways; HP Compaq Elite 8300 SFF CPU: Intel Core I5-3470 @ 3.2Ghz RAM: 28GB DDR3 1600Mhz GPU: Zotac Geforce GTX 1650 LP 4GB GDDR6 HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda (Has pretty good read and write speeds for an HDD. Low to Mid 100s) OS: Windows 10 Home 64 Bit 21H1 (Not getting Windows 11 yet. Tried it on my laptop and I just can't get used to the interface) I like that it doesn't take up a lot of space on my desk compared to my old desktop, but its not good with airflow. I took the side panel off and just left it off once I was done with swapping parts. Stock HP psu is taking it pretty well.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G41MT-S2 CPU:Intel Core2 Quad Q9650 @3.6Ghz RAM:8GB DDR3 GPU:Radeon 7790 OC Storage:240GB Kingston A400 SSD and a 500GB HDD Case:Thermaltake Soprano RS101 Laptop:Hp Pavilion 15 n006sm CPU:Core i5 4200u @2.6Ghz RAM:8GB DDR3 @1666
decided to update my post, now I have: CPU: I5 7600k (4 core 4 thread) GPU: Geforce GTX 1080 RAM: Samsung M378A1K43BB1 (2x 8gb sticks) mobo: MSI B250M PRO-VD PSU: Chieftec I-ARENA Series 450w storage: Kingston A400 240gb and a Toshiba 1tb HDD (and an Asus DVD-ROM drive too) monitor: MSI G24C4
Ey! Youre improving! Just recommending 1 thing. Upgrading to a I5 10400 (what I have, runs like a beast, 6 core 12 thread)
I'm planning to go intel 12th gen even if do even get intel, i probably want a ryzen 7 3800x instead because of the cheaper motherboards and me not wanting to use a stock cooler
P.S. Plans to upgrade are next to current my specs. CPU: I5 9600k _________ I5 13600k (It will be 14 cores, 20 threads) GPU: Asus ROG STRIX OS RTX 2060s (Overclocked to hell, FE cards reach 1700mhz, my can go 2100+) _________ RTX 3070TI/3080 or some of 40xx ones RAM: 16gb DDR4 HyperX Fury 2400Mhz (Overclocked to 3000Mhz with 19 timings) _________ Idk, some HyperX's DDR5 or something other Motherboard: MSI Z390 Gaming Edge Wifi AC _________ Some of MSI's new Z chipset boards for 13th Intel PSU: Be quiet Straight power 11 750w _________ The same or 850w Be quiet if my cant carry upgrades SSD: Samsung 870 EVO 500gb NAND MLC (not 3DNAND TLC) and Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M2 NVME _________ No plans or add one more M2 HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda _________ No plans Cooler: Some Vinga 160W TDP _________ Be quiet Dark Rock 4 Case: Be quiet Pure Base 500DX _________ No plans Monitor: MSI OPTIX G273QF QHD, 165hz, IPS, Nvidia G-Sync _________ No plans