HP Pavilion t3000
valou999
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yukio -
Hello,
I have the opportunity to get a HP t3000 PC and the only thing I know is that it has 512MB of RAM and it runs Ubuntu 11.10, which I installed a while ago.
Do you think I could modify this PC... change the motherboard, the graphics card, boost the RAM, and add USB 3...?
Maybe I'm dreaming and it's not even feasible, but I would like to give it a try even though I'm not very knowledgeable about it!
Thank you for replying!
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I have the opportunity to get a HP t3000 PC and the only thing I know is that it has 512MB of RAM and it runs Ubuntu 11.10, which I installed a while ago.
Do you think I could modify this PC... change the motherboard, the graphics card, boost the RAM, and add USB 3...?
Maybe I'm dreaming and it's not even feasible, but I would like to give it a try even though I'm not very knowledgeable about it!
Thank you for replying!
Configuration: Windows 8 / Firefox 17.0
2 réponses
Bonjour, moi j'ai le même "Hp Pavilion t3000". J'ai mis 4 cartes RAM : 2 de 1 Go, 1 de 256 Mo et 1 de 512 Mo.
Hello.
Considering the changes you want to make, it would probably be better to build a new computer rather than upgrade this one.
It would be possible to keep the hard drive and the DVD burner as long as you get an IDE motherboard, but an 80GB HDD isn't really useful anymore today.
The processor cannot be reused. The socket is too old, and anyway it's really not powerful (a single-core non-hyperthreaded at 1.8GHz is weak today).
256MB of RAM, or even 512MB, on systems that now have 4 to 16, is negligible.
That said, building a brand new computer from scratch can be interesting. However, you must remember that you should always compare, compare, compare.
Considering the changes you want to make, it would probably be better to build a new computer rather than upgrade this one.
It would be possible to keep the hard drive and the DVD burner as long as you get an IDE motherboard, but an 80GB HDD isn't really useful anymore today.
The processor cannot be reused. The socket is too old, and anyway it's really not powerful (a single-core non-hyperthreaded at 1.8GHz is weak today).
256MB of RAM, or even 512MB, on systems that now have 4 to 16, is negligible.
That said, building a brand new computer from scratch can be interesting. However, you must remember that you should always compare, compare, compare.
My apologies, I replied in the wrong thread:
The specifications of your computer and the motherboard are here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=fr&lc=fr&dlc=fr&docname=c00257657
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00411711&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=461701
I see that the maximum RAM is 2GB, in PC 2700 or 3200
Unfortunately, I cannot tell you whether HP restricts upgrade of components on its assembled PCs, but you absolutely need to inquire about this.
Regarding the components to change, as I told you, this PC is old, and it will be difficult and not cost-effective for you to acquire compatible parts, as used ones can cost the same as current generation components, while offering very low performance compared to a recent system.
The specifications of your computer and the motherboard are here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=fr&lc=fr&dlc=fr&docname=c00257657
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00411711&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=461701
I see that the maximum RAM is 2GB, in PC 2700 or 3200
Unfortunately, I cannot tell you whether HP restricts upgrade of components on its assembled PCs, but you absolutely need to inquire about this.
Regarding the components to change, as I told you, this PC is old, and it will be difficult and not cost-effective for you to acquire compatible parts, as used ones can cost the same as current generation components, while offering very low performance compared to a recent system.