Upgrading In-Law's PC - Video Card and Windows 11 Install - Part 2 #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.

I wish I read the box and listing more carefully. Otherwise, I would have realized that this Ryzen 3 4100 does not have a built-in graphics. Had to quickly find a decent and inexpensive graphics card. Also, the Windows 11 Media is the same one made with Rufus for the AMD Ryzen 7 Framework laptop from a previous video. It already had been setup to bypass the checks for 4GB of RAM, a TPM and Secure Boot. This way it could be used on machines that don't meet those arbitrary requirements.

Timestamps:
0:00 Video Card Installation
2:56 Reinstall Cover and Power up
4:15 Install Windows 11
5:52 Enter UEFI BIOS to Disable CSM & Enable Secure Boot
8:32 Windows 11 Out-of-Box Experience
11:44 Connect to WiFi

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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