New motherboard, RAM and Pentium Gold processor installed in a ten year old desktop PC. This is the fourth episode of the “Old PC Upgrade” series which began in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o-p5Wq6MoQ

The last video in this series, in which I install a Linux distribution and test the machine with video editing and other applications, is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hXBRQPkDw8

My video in which I install Windows 10 is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz_AyZswvXM

This video is intended to provide a generic guide to upgrading an old PC with components of your choice. However, the Pentium G6400 I used is listed here on Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B086MHSH2Z//ref=nosim?tag=explainin-21 and on Amazon in the US here: https://amzn.to/3wbi5iN (affiliate links). But in today's market, shop around. This processor will run on any motherboard with an Intel 400 series chipset and an LGA1200 socket.

You can download Passmark testing software from:
https://www.passmark.com/

And CrystalDiskMark of:
https://cristalmark.info/en/software/cristaldiskmark/

More videos on computing and related topics can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/explainingcomputers

You may also like my channel ExplainingTheFuture at: http://www.youtube.com/explainingthefuture

Chapters:
00:00 Presentation
00:48 Checking things
05:30 New components
11:09 Installing CPU and RAM
14:32 Removing the old motherboard
17:31 Installing a new motherboard
8:49 p.m. First start
10:14 p.m. Windows tests

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