Few Questions About Old Hardware

Hi there my old pc broke it just stopped displaying anything it turns on and has power but no display on screen or beeps on startup.

I have a new pc but it was a quick buy and doesn't have as good specs and wanted to put some of the old hardware into new pc if possible but i'm afraid everything is fried that's or something. I'm not very good at replacing hardware ect so these are all bought pre made although i think i can change stuff if i needed to.

Anyhow is there anyway to test if a cpu is still functioning ? is it safe to put it into other pc using new thermal paste ect? also could I have a corsair H60 water cooler its a few years old now could i use that or would i need to change the water ect?. of so any good video guides on how to do so?.

Thanks in advance

 

No where near enough information to answer this.

Motherboards support only specific CPUs and RAM. If your old PC uses an AMD CPU and your one uses an Intel, no way you can swap CPUs. If both use Intel, but he old uses a 775 socket, you cannot put a 1151 CPU in it.

If the old used DDR3 and the new DDR4 RAM, you cannot swap them.

You don't need water cooling if your new PC's cooling is set up properly and you are not over clocking.

 

Ok thanks for the info makes sense ill need to do some research sorry like i said i haven't really looked to much into these things but will do now. reason for the water cooling is because i only have stock fan on it and figure the water cooling would be better than stock cpu fan for gaming.

 

Contrary to what many believe and what some want others to believe, both AMD and Intel supply OEM (stock) coolers that are quite capable of adequately cooling the CPUs they come with in most scenarios. To not do so would just bring unwanted bad publicity on the CPU makers.

It is important remember it is the case's responsibility to provide a sufficient supply of cool air flowing through the case. The CPU cooler need only toss the CPU's heat into that flow. And it is the user's responsibility to ensure case cooling is properly set up. Often all that is needed is another (or better) case fan.

Unless you will be doing some heavy over-clocking, I recommend running with the stock cooler and see how it goes. And remember, the CPU will protect itself and go into thermal protection mode (throttle back in speed) before damage occurs. If that happens, then you can look at more case cooling and alternative CPU cooling.

 

Make model of old PC please.