Are These Compatible?

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CrashWare

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I'm new to hardware and just need to know if these parts are compatible with a stocked HP a6700f:

EVGA GeForce GT 640

Intel Pentium G860
 
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All the HP A6700f I see are a AMD Phenom X4, not a Intel G860. It claims it has a X16 slot. Pop the side open and make sure there is room for the card. Not for sure about the power supply. From what I can tell it has a OEM 300W, which probably means it has around 225W on the 12V rail. See if you can get info off the power supply.
 
StrangleHold said:
All the HP A6700f I see are a AMD Phenom X4, not a Intel G860. It claims it has a X16 slot. Pop the side open and make sure there is room for the card. Not for sure about the power supply. From what I can tell it has a OEM 300W, which probably means it has around 225W on the 12V rail. See if you can get info off the power supply.
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I mean I'm going to replace the stocked parts with the two I mentioned.
 
Well your looking at a Motherboard/Processor/it just has DDR2 memory, so a memory upgrade too. Then possible a power supply upgrade too, its just a old OEM 300W power supply.
 
If I were you, I would just buy all new parts and build the system yourself. You have an out of date HP system and its easier to just build a new system then trying to put new hardware into the HP case. The case connections usually don't match up to the motherboard very well.
 
johnb35 said:
If I were you, I would just buy all new parts and build the system yourself. You have an out of date HP system and its easier to just build a new system then trying to put new hardware into the HP case. The case connections usually don't match up to the motherboard very well.
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What would you recommend for a 600-700$ build?
 
Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128519 103.99

Cpu - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113287 119.99

Power supply - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256061 53.99

Video card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127687 114.99

Memory - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231550 64.99

OS - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986 99.99

Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233 69.99

DVD drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 19.99

HDD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236345 84.99

732.91 plus shipping

We may be able to save some money on the video card depending on the games you want to play.

Or

Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128521 89.99

Video card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969 99.99

That would be around $700 if you choose those 2 parts.

If $900 budget then we can definately get better parts. but all depends on what you want to do.
 
Get windows 8 over W7 at least. For $900 you could do a lot better then johnb35's build.
i5 3570K
Gigabyte UD3H Z77
MSI HD 7870
G.Skill Ripjaws 2 x 4 GB 1600 MHz
Windows 8 64 bit oem
Corsair CX 500
Seagate Barracuda 1 TB (get this even with johnb's build if you get it)
NZXT Source 210
This build is a lot better then johnb35's build, but for $200 more.
 
PCunicorn said:
Get windows 8 over W7 at least. For $900 you could do a lot better then johnb35's build.
i5 3570K
Gigabyte UD3H Z77
MSI HD 7870
G.Skill Ripjaws 2 x 4 GB 1600 MHz
Windows 8 64 bit oem
Corsair CX 500
Seagate Barracuda 1 TB (get this even with johnb's build if you get it)
NZXT Source 210
This build is a lot better then johnb35's build, but for $200 more.
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I was only going off of his original budget amount. And if you look at the last sentence in my last post, I said if he was willing to spend the 900 then we can definitely get him better parts. But again, it all depends on the games he plays.
 
johnb35 said:
If $900 budget then we can definately get better parts. but all depends on what you want to do.
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PCunicorn said:
For $900 you could do a lot better then johnb35's build.

get this even with johnb's build if you get it

This build is a lot better then johnb35's build, but for $200 more.
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What was the point in these statements of (better then john build over and over) when he said the same thing about a 900 buck build?.
 
If you want to be able to play next generation games, then you will need a good video card and processor. So if you can really do the $900 then yes thats what you need to do.
 
I guess I'll go for 900$, but dang, 730$ build can't even run next-gen? How does PS4 manage when it's probably only going to be like 450-500$?
 
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