05-11-15, 03:17 PM
I have just looked at the fleebay link you put up there. I didn't realise it was a refurbished machine you were looking at.
Having looked at my HP quickspecs too, I have realised that the 8100 was discontinued by HP in June 2012 so that machine will be somewhere between 3.5 and 6 years old before you get it. If that's OK with you then fine but I would not look to get something like that personally. Alternatively, get the later model ( http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Compaq-Elit...Swo0JWJ3aO )
If you do decide that the age is not a problem, upgrade the RAM to 8GB or 16GB (they use DDR3 SDRAM modules and they wont take any more than 4 of the 4GB ones) and the HDD to an SSD and you will have a PC that does go very well and will handle the upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 with ease.
Having looked at my HP quickspecs too, I have realised that the 8100 was discontinued by HP in June 2012 so that machine will be somewhere between 3.5 and 6 years old before you get it. If that's OK with you then fine but I would not look to get something like that personally. Alternatively, get the later model ( http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-Compaq-Elit...Swo0JWJ3aO )
If you do decide that the age is not a problem, upgrade the RAM to 8GB or 16GB (they use DDR3 SDRAM modules and they wont take any more than 4 of the 4GB ones) and the HDD to an SSD and you will have a PC that does go very well and will handle the upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 with ease.
Another ex-Fazer rider that is a foccer again