Upgrading In-Law's PC - Teardown & Replace Components - Part 1 #ryzen #asrock #computerbuild

My father-in-law was finally ready for an upgrade. For some reason, he really likes this Emachines case and it's been a mainstay of his computing setup for the last 15 years. This is also going to be a quantum leap as it will have Windows 11 Professional as well as a much newer copy of Microsoft Office. In this video, I'll be taking the old machine apart and installing a new motherboard from ASRock, a Ryzen 3 CPU, 16GB of RAM and a 250GB SSD.
Of course, he does not need much power as he is not a gamer. Just boring office-type work with occasional web browsing. As far as why a B450, Ryzen 3 and DDR4 memory? I had a $400 budget to work with.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:49 Teardown & removal of motherboard
3:29 New components
6:03 CPU Installation
8:08 RAM Installation
9:21 Install Motherboard into Chassis (Attempt 1)
9:57 Bend tab blocking HDMI Port
10:18 Install Motherboard into Chassis (Attempt 2)
10:36 Attach wires for Fan, USB, Front Panel & LEDs
12:25 (Re)Install existing HDD?
13:05 Install SSD instead
15:48 Install CPU 12V & ATX Power cables

Original Specs
Intel Celeron 2.8GHz Socket 478
Propriety Emachines C2685 Motherboard & Chassis
512MB DDR Ram
IDE DVD-ROM
56K Winmodem
80GB IDE HDD
Windows XP Home

2013 Upgrade
AMD A4-4000 APU
Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2 Socket FM2 Motherboard
4GB DDR3 RAM
HGST 500GB Sata HDD
ASUS Sata DVD-RW
Windows 7 Professional

2024 Upgrade
AMD Ryzen 3-4100 CPU
ASRock B450M/ac R2.0 Socket AM4 Motherboard
16GB DDR4 RAM
Crucial MX500 250GB SSD Sata
NVIDIA Geforce GT 710 PCIE 2GB Graphics
Windows 11 Professional

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