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yobobjm   01-31-2012 at 05:11:57 AM

So I have this computer from about 2007 ish (the HP Blackbird) and I am thinking about upgrading it but the only problem is the motherboard, as it is an old motherboard it only supports stuff like ddr2 ram and old processors. I want to upgrade it to a current gen system with second gen i7 processors ddr3 ram new graphics cards and all. If I did get a modern motherboard what components of the computer would i need to replace, I already am going to get a new processor RAM and graphics cards but is there anything else? Also, motherboards are the one component that I know very little about, can someone suggest a motherboard that supports 8 ram slots, crossfire graphics, and 4-6 core processor support? If someone can answer these questions I would be very grateful.

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Maxor1   01-31-2012 at 05:21:13 AM
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Unless you are in love with the case you are pretty much builindg a whole new pc anyway. from 2007 odds are its an IDE hard drive and almost certainly IDE optical as its an HP you are also most likely having a fairly low end power supply if its rated high enough for a current build I wouldn't trust it 5 years later. At this point its pretty much start again.

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yobobjm   01-31-2012 at 05:23:52 AM

The case is liquid cooled as it was a gaming pc, also the power supply is 1000 watts and I do trust this computer, I have maintained it a lot and I would prefer to upgrade rather than build a new system, the power supple works fine as it is already running crossfire 9800 GTs so it still does put out plenty of watts.

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yobobjm   01-31-2012 at 05:25:27 AM

Maxor1 wrote :

Unless you are in love with the case you are pretty much builindg a whole new pc anyway. from 2007 odds are its an IDE hard drive and almost certainly IDE optical as its an HP you are also most likely having a fairly low end power supply if its rated high enough for a current build I wouldn't trust it 5 years later. At this point its pretty much start again.



The case is liquid cooled as it was a gaming pc, also the power supply is 1000 watts and I do trust this computer, I have maintained it a lot and I would prefer to upgrade rather than build a new system, the power supple works fine as it is already running crossfire 9800 GTs so it still does put out plenty of watts.

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yobobjm   01-31-2012 at 06:11:57 AM

Maxor1 wrote :

Unless you are in love with the case you are pretty much builindg a whole new pc anyway. from 2007 odds are its an IDE hard drive and almost certainly IDE optical as its an HP you are also most likely having a fairly low end power supply if its rated high enough for a current build I wouldn't trust it 5 years later. At this point its pretty much start again.



I really no nothing about optical drives and hard drives, but here is the exact computer so can you tell me more from this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6883107698

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