Config. after Bundle install

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Built a couple of PC's many years ago but am now too old and lost the knowledge.
However I do want to go part way, by installing a bundle into my ageing PC. It is Athlon Dual Core system using on-board graphics and 4meg Ram.
The system is always hanging and whether or not I could get over it with a Video Card I am not going to. I bought a top nothch PSU years ago to try and eliminate noise and I want to base the system on that, my 2 HD's and optical.
I feel OK with the install (what one yet, I do not know) but I am in the dark as to whether it will work straight out of the box ie. booting up with OS on existing HD or whether I have to reinstall everything.
Can you guys give me some pointers, please.
 
I am flexible. I d asked a shop for a price and the suggestion was a Trinity system upgrade. It cansisted of an A10 AMD CPU with on-baord graphics. As I suggested that my present AMD system seemed noisy a water cooled fan was suggested and with Win8, I was going to have to shell out £600.
It got me thinking of this route.
I considered an entry i3 bundle and cheapish GPU. I would U/G from my current XP to Win7 (as there are no W8 drivers for my MAudio sound card)
This was all assuming that it booted straight up. That leads me back to my first question.
 
if you are just looking an i3 somethig simpe work with http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-080-OP&groupid=43&catid=2512&subcat=2518 would do comes with 8gb of ram, motherboard, i3 3220 and a heat sink or if you were looking somethig to future proof you for a few years http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-149-OE&groupid=43&catid=2512&subcat=2518

widnows wise you could upgrade the windows xp to windows 7 but you might be better just to get a fresh copy of windows 7 and installing it, windows would boot faster
 
But my concern is, what is the procedure after you have installed the ready fit and configured MB. Does the new system just boot up or do you have to configure through BIOS the HD's and then it will boot up or is it a lot more involved.
Edit: I should have mentioned that I am not a gamer and will use the machine predominantly for browsing. But having been UG to 60 maeg and possible faster to come, want to take advantage of this faster Broadband.
 
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emm you ay have to choose in the bios the boot roder but it isn't too difficult you will be able to fid out how to do this in the motherboard maual that comes with the motherboard
 
First off check the HDD and optical drive are Sata and not IDE. IDE has been dropped from modern mobos. Your case also comes into play as to what size mobo it will take, if the PSU is mounted at the top and you don't have any USB3 ports you can get a good value case cheap enough.

If you are doing a mobo bundle upgrade always do a fresh install of windows. Download the Windows 8 Enterprise (evaluation) Edition, you can try that for free on a 3 month trial. See if the windows 7 drivers for your soundcard work with it, there is a good chance they will. If it's all good you can pay £40ish to upgrade your XP licence to windows 8.

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Trinity isn't a bad shout for a general use home PC. The integrated graphics are gaming capable to a degree so you can dabble in a bit of gaming without breaking the bank if you want to. There is £15 cashback on this large SSD which will give seriously fast boot and load times for the OS and apps installed to it.

If your current drives are Sata you can drop the optical drive from the spec. Do a fresh install to the SSD and you can use the old HDD for storage, this way you don't have to worry about your data when doing the OS install.

Hope this helps, any questions or god forbid problems come build day you know where to find us :)
 
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