Hi,
I have an elderly OC system (Ultimate OC 9800GT) the kids use for gaming, mainly playing via steam. The spec is below. Steam is stopping supporting Vista so I wanted to upgrade to 7 and as I'm awful at the software stuff and wanted to maintain the games and some other contents of the hard drive (my internet is bad and would take weeks to re-download it all) I mailed a nearby shop who said an old system probably wouldn't run Win 7 well and I should get a refurbished rig from them. They said the upgrade would cost in excess of £150 anyway and they could sell me a rig for that.
Sounds like complete **** to me and they're trying to sell a system, but I just wanted to check. The old rig has only really just stopped managing the new games this year.
Can you still legally download 7 (I have the Vista DVD and Licence) or did they stop that, I seem to read different versions.
I'm really bad at the software stuff and juts thought it would be £30 or so and convenient.
Vindows Vista 64bit home pro
Antec 900 case
Intel core 2 quad Q6600 2.4ghz overclocked to 3.GHz.
Corsair 650w ATX2.2 PSU
Seagate 500gb 32mb HD
Gell 4GB (2x2) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2
Abit IP35 Pro XE INtel P35 (775 Socket)
Radeon 6850 1024MB Graphics - upgraded from original 9800GT
Any advice or comments welcome, but sounds like I need a different shop.
I have an elderly OC system (Ultimate OC 9800GT) the kids use for gaming, mainly playing via steam. The spec is below. Steam is stopping supporting Vista so I wanted to upgrade to 7 and as I'm awful at the software stuff and wanted to maintain the games and some other contents of the hard drive (my internet is bad and would take weeks to re-download it all) I mailed a nearby shop who said an old system probably wouldn't run Win 7 well and I should get a refurbished rig from them. They said the upgrade would cost in excess of £150 anyway and they could sell me a rig for that.
Sounds like complete **** to me and they're trying to sell a system, but I just wanted to check. The old rig has only really just stopped managing the new games this year.
Can you still legally download 7 (I have the Vista DVD and Licence) or did they stop that, I seem to read different versions.
I'm really bad at the software stuff and juts thought it would be £30 or so and convenient.
Vindows Vista 64bit home pro
Antec 900 case
Intel core 2 quad Q6600 2.4ghz overclocked to 3.GHz.
Corsair 650w ATX2.2 PSU
Seagate 500gb 32mb HD
Gell 4GB (2x2) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2
Abit IP35 Pro XE INtel P35 (775 Socket)
Radeon 6850 1024MB Graphics - upgraded from original 9800GT
Any advice or comments welcome, but sounds like I need a different shop.