Lesson learned!
I bought this machine on a budget, and even if I could afford a bigger one what I found is that as I go higher the PC comes with extra stuff/components that I don’t really care about but have to pay for, case in which I prefer to save on that and spend it on audio plug-ins/cards...
totenkopf4,
Well, I got an email from HP:
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Please accept my apology on behalf of hp technical support for all the inconvenience this have caused you.
I have checked the manual for your PC and gathered the information that your HP Pavilion Slim line s5-1540 Desktop PC is...
totenkopf4,
All confusion came to me when both Sandy/Ivy were available as upgrade, thinking on a hackintosh possible installation options. SL, L, ML…
Then the motherboard, couldn’t take Intel’s one because it’s foxconn manufactured under HP specifications. When I went to foxconn and going...
I just finished a long email to HP. Don’t wanna go into details about it but for what we need here, I sent two request, in the first I asked about the processor upgrade (i3-3245) because it was launched after this machine was built, but according to its nomenclature it is included in the...
Matching processors available and supported for this machine I found Intel® Core™ i3-3225 processor as an option, which I guess is about the same than Intel® Core™ i3-3245, some said is like a replacement (newer)... Just sharing what I found.
Ok, I went through the list and match it to Intel’s website, then search on line to check availability, so the list is reduced to just a couple processors. Price/Speed/Age wins Intel Core i3-3245 3.4GHz.
Notes:
---It is Intel HD Graphics 4000, I don’t know if is there a preference...
:crazy: Oops!
Thanks for point that out, I started googling everything you guys said, but forgot to switch in my mind that I am no longer have to think in terms of my previous plan for this machine. So, what I am gonna do is to check for each supported processor and its graphics.
totenkopf4, Going Bald,
Here’s what I found:
***You should be able to get a Sandy Bridge CPU for a relatively low price now as Intel has then at End of Life all of the Sandy Bridge CPUs that we use for SB hacks.
--->This is from speccy and HP product specifications page (my HP pavilion...
Hi, I am new to all of this, so kinda nervous here. I have an old iMac (end 2007) and a new hp pavilion :| because can't afford a new iMac. When googling for info to upgrade the hp, I found threads related to you. I have since been reading so many different threads/videos mostly older ones, that...
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