[tomford]

I have a old desktop I want to upgrade. it has a lot of file errors and corrupt files and it used dial up to log on through CompuServe. in the last few years I got a laptop and have WiFi so I bought a pci card and put it in the desktop now it logs on through the WiFi but still is a bit slow and freezes sometimes. oh the operating system is windows xp. can I add windows 10 to it and have it work better?

[tunn58]

You can upgrade ram, graphics card, chipset.
and yes, you can add windows 10

[darkthorn]

Hi, yes you can upgrade a desktop but the question is will it worth it? If the pc has a very old processor and motherboard even if you increase memory and hard disk space it will have a poor performance. So my main questions are:

What processor does the pc have?
How much memory?
HD space?
Graphic card?

Now second question:

What will you do in the computer? Play? just work?

Answer these questions and then I may tell you if it is worth of upgrading or not.

[Torre246]

It'll definitely work, especially if you upgrade the hardware. The only thing you should be aware of when upgrading hardware is making sure everything is compatible. You won't for example be able to use the newest graphics cards or processors with a really old motherboard.

[Alexandoy]

Upgrading an old computer depends on the age of that computer. First is the RAM. Expansion RAM may not be available anymore in the stores. Next are the cards and devices. Even the old keyboards are not available anymore so how can you buy a replacement if your keyboard is that old?

[ksridharprasad]

Hi Friends,

Some time back I wish to upgrade my computer by enhancing my hard disc with more memory from 500 GB to 1000 GB. Because my son is using that computer and it is having lot of educational files, first I cannot delete all those in my system. Some times I am getting notice that " no space in disc" then I have to do something to increase the space. After some days I can successfully removed those files from the system so I does not need to enhance the disk space in my computer.

[tatspats]

Yes you can upgrade your old computer..I recently upgraded my computer with 1 TB hard disk and installed windows 10 on it!

[Allius]

Before you do an upgrade in that computer you have to analyze first if really pays off. It's just that you have to update multiple components ... so even you to buy a very cheap desktop will always be better than the one you have...

[MeowsePad]

I guess it depends on how old the computer is. It was running Windows XP natively, but that covers a time period of about five years. It could be as old as 2002 or as new as 2007. Motherboards always have limits as to how much RAM they can have, what type of RAM they accept, which processors they accept, etc.

[Vinaya]

Before upgrading, you need to check your hardware. New softwares cannot run on old hardwares.

[ninjaslash]

Yes of course. The only thing that you can upgrade includes ram, videocard, hard drive, graphic card. Those four are very important

[adnankhan80]

If you want to upgrade your laptop or your computer then the best thing is that take a pen and paper and which part you want to change the write the price of that part and see if it is too expensive then it is good to sell it and take the new one

[serbog]

You can fully upgrade an old computer, but it is better to buy a new one.

[adnankhan80]

I think if you can change it then it well be for you so you can change it

[ninjaslash]

You can fully upgrade an old computer, but it is better to buy a new one.

Definitely right. Especially right now, because most computer have lower prices. So it is better to buy a new one than to upgrade an old one.

[LShun]

You can fully upgrade an old computer, but it is better to buy a new one.

Definitely right. Especially right now, because most computer have lower prices. So it is better to buy a new one than to upgrade an old one.

I agree with you, like other's said, every motherboard has special things that don't work with any other versions. For example, your Windows XP computer mostly supports DDR or DDR2 SDRAM, that makes it incompatible with DDR3 which has great power savings and marginally improved performance. Besides that, PCI lanes used for graphics card are also of lower bandwidth, so upgrading your graphics card to a higher level isn't going to unleash its maximum power, but upgrading to a card that uses less bandwidth but is more powerful than your current graphics card is preferable and will minimize wastage.

Finally, you can't upgrade your CPU to newer architecture too as said by others ( sadly, that is if you used Intel's, AMD has a broader range but is typiacally limited to a few architecture's only). The pins on the motherboard are specifically labeled and created to suit certain processor's only, for example, on Intel, you can't upgrade from 2nd generation to 3rd generation i series processors and you can't downgrade to 1st generation i series processors either.

Sorry for any mistakes and the long post.

[Thecheesesquid]

ya dude, but remember its hard to get the screws out

[Mihailo]

Ah, my story.
I would like to upgrade my PC. But I have no money ^_^

[lightning18]

I think it will cost more if you want to upgrade your old computer. It is better if you buy a new one. Back then I was contemplating if I can upgrade my old laptop but then I realized it will take too much effort so I decided that I should just purchase a new one. There are a lot of cheap laptops out there.

[zidannkh]

firstly see your desktop is capable or not? i like W7 but W10 is new so you should try for once