modyifing this system for home use and adding gfx card

gufihu · 16 Dec 2018 at 10:22

im thinking of buying this pc.
https://www.cnet.com/products/lenov...core-i7-6700-3-4-ghz-16-gb-512-gb-30ata023us/
then modify it. adding a graphics card ,a second hdd , and a wifi adapter.
the reason i chose it because it has windows7, not interested in win10. so my choices are limited.

i have several questions:

1- is it suitable for a home pc? seems to be marketed towards workstation customers, which i don't know if it will function perfectly for my needs (daily internet & videos, and occasional gaming).

2- the psu is only 240w, so what graphics card should i install? must have hdmi.

EsaT · 16 Dec 2018 at 10:56

While enough for light use like web surfing/word processing or music/video playback price should be lot lower than that level for three years old CPU.
Four cores is low end nowadays.

Also any graphics card with external power connectors is too demanding for that PC/PSU.

LuckyBenski · 16 Dec 2018 at 22:37

Simple answer: buy a Windows 7 license and install Win7 on whatever hardware you want to buy

Robzere31 · 17 Dec 2018 at 01:01

I'd personally say get over your hangups on windows 10 & buy a new system with a modern OS.

Jamin280672 · 17 Dec 2018 at 03:13

For £1000, you can build your own better, id never pay that for that machine.