porky Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Asus crosshair socket am2, my pc packed up a few years back and I'm fairly sure its the graphics card, I haven't a clue what cards are still available, rather fix than buy another so anyone know what will work ? TIA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey McBongface Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 That’s a pretty ancient system mate, it has a PCIe x16 slot but its anyones guess with what cards it’ll support. You’d need to find a card around the same era, used on ebay. Assuming you have a 1080p monitor its just not worth it. I’d ditch it and look at new budget options - a mini PC would be good if you’re not playing games. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Military Grade Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 (edited) Go on gumtree and buy a second hand upgrade, AM2 is very old that you will have too many compatibility issues with hardware and software nowdays. Edited November 20, 2023 by Military Grade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porky Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 Thanks, the computer shop said the same, card is a geforce gt220 ddr2 1gb. Seems a waste to dump it all for a graphics card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippy One Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 Sell the parts cheap on gumtree or eBay. There’s always someone building old machines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porky Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 Its an antec p180 case, is there any reason I can't take out the crosshair, fx62 and ram to replace them with more upto date equivalent ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippy One Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 What will be the pc’s purpose? Surfing or something harder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porky Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 General surfing, make a web page to help get more work, accounts, invoices estimates everything you can't do on a phone. I got 3 hdd windows xp, linux mint and one for backing up everything, they haven't been fired up for about 6 years so hope they still work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippy One Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 If that’s the case then just remove the faulty gpu and use the internal gpu? Those cards are still available on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey McBongface Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 (edited) If you search for Beelink EQ12 on Amazon, you’ll find a Intel N100 based mini pc with 16gb ddr5 ram and a 500gb ssd. When you look at the price - £200, it kinda puts into perspective how expensive old used parts are. With a SATA to USB adapter, you could take out your old hard drives, connect them to the USB and copy the contents over. Edited November 22, 2023 by Smokey McBongface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porky Posted November 28, 2023 Author Share Posted November 28, 2023 Ta for all the advice, got a new gt 210 ddr2 1gb 64b pcie 2 coming via Ali e for £16. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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