Is it still viable to run a E5700 system

Golf1.6 · 13 Oct 2015 at 11:02

I built a e5700 (dual core) system for my brother long time ago, he was in a budget so I built him a system for £200. It was OK for the time being but needs me to update the system and get it working again, he also has BSOD on the system so something is playing up on it.

I think they use it for website browsing and a few odd games like age of mythology, league of legends etc.

when i built his system I bought a £30 case (with PSU), he complains the computer is noisy as heck I think it's the PSU fan as the cpu cooler was intel.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the PSU fans are probably noisy and the case probably has really thin panels which doesn't insulate sound and actually makes noise worse as the panels vibrate and add to it.

I was thinking these upgrades would be better on a budget.

1) new quality case that dampens sound better
2) new psu
3) ssd drive upgrade
4) ram 2gb > 4gb

the mobo+cpu+ram combo would be an expensive upgrade to sandybridge and probably not necessary for his use. most importantly i can't get a decent overhaul on his budget, so I'm thinking an interim upgrade of the PSU, case, SSD would be better and these can be used for the next 10 years.

Quartz · 13 Oct 2015 at 15:24

The first thing to do is open it up and see how dusty it is inside. Then give the the whole thing a good blast of air. After you've cleaned it, listen to it to see where any noise is still originating. The Intel CPU cooler is renowned for being noisy at high speeds.

5960xNvidiaGamer · 13 Oct 2015 at 15:28

Yeah the noise is very likely coming from the stock cooler, replacing that alone would make a big difference if the noise is that bad. Stock coolers are cheap and nasty.

Golf1.6 · 7 Jan 2016 at 22:49

i just had a look inside, the cpu cooler is actually an akasa.

I decided against an upgrade for the mobo & cpu. Instead I just bought them a samsung evo 850 ssd and it sorted out all their performance issues. The computer is fast and perfectly adequate for office work and leage of legends which they play.

The noise issues seem to be gone. i think the hard drive was the culprit it's a 165gb mechanical hard drive which has seen better days and is probably 10 years old.

I should add that I was just guessing based on their testimony with regasrds to noise. They told me it was the fan - but I think it's just the hard drive.

Golf1.6 · 7 Jan 2016 at 22:49

Quartz said:
The first thing to do is open it up and see how dusty it is inside. Then give the the whole thing a good blast of air. After you've cleaned it, listen to it to see where any noise is still originating. The Intel CPU cooler is renowned for being noisy at high speeds.

that's one of my fave jobs. I have a compressor and I love blasting dust out of computers.